On track for Starship’s 13th flight test later today – the 90-minute launch window opens at 5:45 p.m. CT. Live coverage starts ~30 minutes before launch
Happy 250th Birthday, America! We are building essential space infrastructure to ensure U.S. leadership in low-Earth orbit, paving the way for breakthroughs that benefit our planet. We take pride in developing the #AxEMU spacesuit that will feature the American flag, marking our nation's return to the Moon after more than 50 years.
🚀 NASA INBOUND FOR AMERICA’S 250TH. 🇺🇸
DON’T MISS IT. Tomorrow, @NASAAdmin Jared Isaacman will take to the skies for a flyover above the National Mall as America celebrates 250 years.
This is one you won’t want to miss. 👀
We are doing things differently now. NASA cannot take years longer than expected and spend billions more than planned when the world is waiting for the headlines only NASA can deliver. The programs covered in the report will free up more than $3 billion in the years ahead for more missions of science and discovery. The small pilot program we implemented to rebuild core competencies has already resulted in nearly $200 million a year in savings. That means more Moon Base missions, more astronauts in space, more telescopes, more nuclear spaceships and more x-planes.
@NASAMoonBase The first of three @NASAMoonBase missions will be the @BlueOrigin Mark I Endurance lander, set to launch NET Fall 2026.
@NASAAdmin Isaacman describes how this mission will send scientific payloads to the lunar South Pole region and reduce risk for future astronaut explorers.
Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.
On today's flight, New Shepard will carry more than 40 scientific and research payloads to space, including 24 student payloads. This is the program's 35th mission, bringing the total number of science and research payloads flown on New Shepard to more than 200.
M+11: Photos taken from Node2 nadir hatch window (Earth facing) of the MS-26 Soyuz undocking from the @Space_Station on its way to Earth. The undocking officially begins our Expedition 73 mission. Glad to see @astro_Pettit and his crewmates back on Earth. Happy Birthday Don and happy Easter.
I’m still getting the hang of this photography thing, photos are a bit overexposed. Nikon Z9, Nikkor Z 50mm, ISO 1250, f1.2, 1/32000s