Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦

Martian at @NASA HQ, farm boy from Virginia, pilot, former ISS CAPCOM, explorer, Earthling, co-lead for Mars Human Landing Sites Study; Opinions mine

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Wow. Amazingly successful launch of Blue Origins NG2 rocket. 1st stage successfully landed on barge. Big accomplishment. ESCAPADE satellites successfully released and on their way to #Mars . Even bigger accomplishment! Congrats to Blue and ESCAPADE teams.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Blue is working hard to launch today (Thursday 11/13) at 2:57pm ET. Godspeed NG2 and ESCAPADE!

https://t.co/XxbepXu9Mi

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Unfortunately they have scrubbed for a solar storm.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Lovely shot of Blue New Glenn rocket! They are targeting 2:50 p.m. for liftoff today (Wed), and the launch window extends until 4:17 p.m.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Lovely shot of Blue New Glenn rocket! They are targeting 2:50 p.m. for liftoff today (Wed), and the launch window extends until 4:17 p.m.

[IGW @interstellargw]

See you tomorrow.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Blue NG-2 launch with ESCAPADE aiming for this Wed. Godspeed!

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

NG-2 Launch Update: Our next launch attempt is no earlier than Wednesday, November 12, due to forecasted weather and sea state conditions. We worked with the FAA and range to select a launch window from 2:50 PM – 4:17 PM EST / 19:50 – 21:17 UTC. The live webcast starts at T-20 minutes.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Launch was scrubbed due to weather.

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Launch today (2:45pm ET) for both New Glenn rocket (second time) and for ESCAPADE mission (two satellites heading to #Mars ) Both the Blue and ESCAPADE teams are amazing. Godspeed! @exploreplanets @ExploreMars @L_SPACEProgram @TheMarsSociety @sedsusa @csf_space

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Launch today (2:45pm ET) for both New Glenn rocket (second time) and for ESCAPADE mission (two satellites heading to #Mars ) Both the Blue and ESCAPADE teams are amazing. Godspeed! @exploreplanets @ExploreMars @L_SPACEProgram @TheMarsSociety @sedsusa @csf_space

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Today’s New Glenn launch window opens at 2:45 p.m. ET / 19:45 UTC. Join us here for the webcast hosted by Ariane Cornell and Tabitha Lipkin, beginning 45 minutes before launch!

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

New astronaut candidates announced. Maybe one of these people will walk on #Mars !
https://t.co/XLMhXofHZG

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

The time has come for commercial services out to #Mars There are risks, but significant gains are possible.
Excellent article by @jeff_foust
https://t.co/KhfGjWjI8A

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

A more detailed explanation of what happened. It was not at launch pad. Many thanks to @sturmf1 for the catch.
@ExploreMars @exploreplanets @TheMarsSociety

https://t.co/J0HfmyF4rA

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Starship just lost during a static fire. Hopefully there wasn’t a lot of damage to launch pad

https://t.co/kL97U15RJj

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Starship just lost during a static fire. Hopefully there wasn’t a lot of damage to launch pad

https://t.co/kL97U15RJj

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

They may be pulling Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator. Geez….hopefully this is wrong. Isaacman seems like a really visionary leader that would help the agency navigate these challenging times.

https://t.co/uwU9nLGOSJ

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Big push for H2M. Hopefully a commercial option for MSR (as a part of large human class landers) can b found. We also need much more high res imagining and to understand where the enormous ice deposits are better than we do. Commercialization will b key. #Mars

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Major focus on humans to Mars emerging in just released Presidents “skinny budget”. Lots and lots of other changes being proposed such as no MSR, SLS or Gateway.

https://t.co/TnNSuT9Rf1

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Major focus on humans to Mars emerging in just released Presidents “skinny budget”. Lots and lots of other changes being proposed such as no MSR, SLS or Gateway.

https://t.co/TnNSuT9Rf1

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Excellent, even if frightening article on what presidents budget is attempting to do re science. We need to do a lot better than this. Science is the seed corn of the future. You don’t eat it.
@exploreplanets @ExploreMars @TheMarsSociety @csf_spaceflight

https://t.co/ty5gzz0lrJ

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Link to Jared Isaacman’s Senate confirmation hearing today, starting at 10AM ET
https://t.co/YQjEdEb4YV

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Interesting read on Musk's potential plans/ideas for NASA at #Mars.
Hopefully you can open this WSJ link
https://t.co/ZsHObe4fpS

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

There is a lot of interesting talk about sending large landers and even humans to #Mars. Wanted to share this blog which outlines some of these things we need to think about in picking a landing site and hopefully base location
https://t.co/vVwUzBurpW
Pls add ideas!

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Wow. Just beautiful and cool!

[Chris Hadfield @Cmdr_Hadfield]

First time ever! An eclipse of the Moon seen from Toronto, and the Earth seen from the Moon.
(images: Andrew Yee and @fireflyspace)

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

Unfortunately looks like they are declaring the IM2 mission over. Amazing team. Despite this set back, they will bounce back and nail the next landing I bet.

https://t.co/PjaA2dscgF

Key details in this extract:

[Richard (Rick) Davis 🇺🇦 @redplanetrick]

The landing appears to have had an issue. There is one pic which shows it may have tipped over; not generating full power (which may indicate it's tipped over) and engine did not shut off on landing which it should have done (if in upright position). Press conf at 4PM ET