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F9/Ax-4: Whitson and her crewmates floated into the space station's forward Harmony module a few minutes before 8:30am EDT (1230 UTC), welcomed with hugs and handshakes from the lab's seven long-duration crew members

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Y'ALL brand new images from the @vrubinobs.bsky.social are STUNNING!! Revel in the beauty of the cosmos. Supporting basic research is worth it for so many reasons rubinobservatory.org/news/first-i...

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My first story for National Geographic is out, and it's about the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which will spend the next decade scanning the night sky in the Southern Hemisphere, revealing all kinds of cosmic wonders: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

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"Enhance 224 to 176" (I've zoomed in, slowed down etc. the Starship 36 footage) original source: D wise on the other site x.com/dwisecinema/...

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Ship 36 experienced a RUD during preflight testing at Massey’s ahead of Starship Flight 10.

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Why — and I say this rhetorically and grumpily — do a static fire in the middle of the night?

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Happy Sally Ride launch-aversery

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Meanwhile in Japan, Honda has joined the reusable first stage Launch and Landing fun :) source: global.honda/en/topics/20...

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Possible issue with a GN2 purge line that cannot be resolved inside the count. We will need to stand down for today. We’ll sort it and be back.

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Love having Tory here to give us updates on today's Kuiper launch

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Ax-4 indefinitely delayed as NASA and Roscosmos assess recent repairs to the Russian segment of the ISS that has been leaking. [Seems odd since the press release says "the segment now is holding pressure."] www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

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As NASA faces down the prospect of significant budget cuts to its science portfolio, the question becomes: what is the space agency's future supposed to look like? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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he'd like to fly Starship again

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As the world contemplates NASA's reliance on SpaceX

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Wait no, that's what he wants!!

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Today's mood

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Take their phones away for the love of god

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So to recap: -- Trump called on canceling SpaceX's contracts after Musk repeatedly attacked the tax bill -- Musk retaliated by saying SpaceX would decommission Dragon immediately, whatever that means.

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I really didn't have the destruction of our space program on my bingo card today

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Look I know everyone's probably watching multiple meltdowns at the moment, but a Japanese company is gonna try to land on the moon this afternoon if you want a Zen break www.youtube.com/live/B682Yox...

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This is the saddest news of the day. Marc was absolutely the best and I will miss him

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Isaacman speaks on his recent NASA nomination kerfuffle: “There were some people that had some axes to grind, I guess, and I was a good visible target.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Isaacman's nomination was officially withdrawn by the President yesterday.

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Last week was one of those weeks where Life comes at you all of sudden, so I unexpectedly took the week off. Of course that means all hell broke loose on the space beat, including one heck of a Saturday news dump. Uncertain times ahead for NASA and space reporting www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Meanwhile this is appropriately timed...

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On the other site, Elon's about to give another Starship/Mars plan update. I need to start making Bingo cards for these x.com/SpaceX/statu...

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The FAA has given SpaceX the go ahead to fly Starship on its 9th test flight, scheduled for as early as next week www.faa.gov/newsroom/sta...

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So many space things that will miraculously be ready by 2028!

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Fine I’m just going to keep these samples to myself if y’all don’t want them

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I kinda also want an explanation, but I'm also not a regulatory agency

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The House Science committee is holding a hearing on NASA's planetary defense strategy, for those who'd like to tune in www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sam...

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NEW: Behind closed doors, the Trump administration has mounted a “maximum pressure” campaign on a poor African democracy. The objective: push the country to help Elon Musk's Starlink business. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

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Please enjoy these shelter pups reacting to getting a kiss. Some are bashful, some have butterflies, and all deserve approximately 10 million more. 14/10 for all

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Schrodinger's National Space Council www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

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Okay the pope timeline has been very good

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The rats have chosen a new pope.

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After serving as Director of NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and VP of Caltech for three years, I have decided to step down, effective June 1. Though not an easy decision, I strongly believe it is the right one for me, my family, and the Lab. www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/dave-ga...

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The budget may be skinny but it sure packs a punch www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...

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I'm no longer with Polygon. If you're hiring, please consider the many talented writers and editors now on the market. Every one of them deserves a spot on your staff. I won't be talking more about the sale because I wasn't involved. Going to hang out with my kid. Taking wins where I can.

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The Senate Commerce Committee has voted in favor of Jared Isaacman's nomination to run NASA. Now his nomination will head to the full Senate for approval.

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