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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · Jun 02, 2026

Sweden Herald - Latest Sweden News | NASA: Bezos rocket damage could take until 2028 to repair by Sweden Herald AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told CNBC that repairing the damage from the recent explosion of Blue Origin’s New Glenn lunar rocket could take until 2028. The accident occurred during an engine test for a satellite launch, destroying the rocket’s sole launch pad and raising concerns for NASA’s Artemis lunar program, which depends on both Blue Origin and SpaceX. Isaacman emphasized the desire to see Blue Origin succeed and called for a thorough investigation before moving forward. Read more: https://swedenherald.com/article/nasa-bezos-rocket-damage-could-take-until-2028-to-repair #NASA #JeffBezos #BlueOrigin #Artemisprogram #NewGlenn #JaredIsaacman

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 27, 2026

The Copenhagen Post | Musk’s SpaceX wins billion-dollar US military contract by Ritzau AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. The U.S. Space Force has awarded Elon Musk’s SpaceX a $2.29 billion contract to develop a satellite communications network that will link military sensors and weapon platforms worldwide, marking a major boost to the service’s global war‑fighting capabilities; at the same time, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin secured a $188 million (potentially rising to $280 million) NASA contract to deliver unmanned rovers for future lunar missions. Read more: https://cphpost.dk/2026-05-27/news/round-up/musks-spacex-wins-billion-dollar-us-military-contract/ #SpaceX #ElonMusk #SpaceForce #NASA #BlueOrigin #JeffBezos

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 27, 2026

PBS NewsHour - The Latest | WATCH: NASA shares plans to construct moon base by Marcia Dunn, Associated Press AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. NASA announced its first‑phase moon‑base plans less than two months after Artemis II’s record‑breaking lunar fly‑by, awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to four U.S. companies to deliver landers, rovers and drones. Blue Origin will supply a pair of landers that will carry lunar terrain vehicles built by Astrolab and Lunar Outpost to a site near the Moon’s south pole, while Firefly Aerospace will send the first drones to the lunar surface. The hardware is slated to arrive before the planned Artemis III crew landing, targeted for mid‑2027 with astronauts on the surface as early as 2028. Phase 2 (2029‑early 2030s) will add permanent infrastructure such as a power grid, and Phase 3 in the 2030s will debut specialized habitats for long‑duration stays, creating a sprawling base covering hundreds of square miles and marked by “MoonFall” drones at its corners. NASA’s goal is to spark a lunar economy, conduct scientific research and lay the groundwork for a future Mars expedition. Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/watch-nasa-shares-plans-to-construct-moon-base #NASA #ArtemisIII #artemismission #moonbase #spaceexploration #JeffBezos #CarlosGarcia_Galan #JaredIsaacman

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 27, 2026

ABC News: Top Stories | NASA reveals new details on plan to build a base on the moon AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. NASA announced new details on its $20 billion lunar‑base program, outlining a phased approach that aims to return humans to the Moon by 2028 and eventually establish a permanent settlement. The first phase, already underway, will involve roughly 25 launches and 21 landings to demonstrate reliable technology and deliver about 4 metric tons of cargo, using private contractors such as Blue Origin (providing the Blue Moon lander), Astrobotic (delivering over 1,100 lb of supplies), Astrolab and Lunar Outpost (building rover vehicles), and Firefly Aerospace (supplying a spacecraft for lunar drones). Subsequent phases will expand infrastructure, test survival science, and install habitat modules, with the ultimate goal of creating a “lunar economy” that can sustain operations beyond government funding. NASA highlighted the harsh lunar environment—extreme temperature swings, radiation, and micrometeorite hazards—as both a challenge and a driver for pioneering technologies that will benefit life on Earth and future deep‑space missions. Read more: https://abcnews.com/Technology/nasa-reveals-new-details-plan-build-base-moon/story?id=133325738 #NASA #BlueOrigin #Astrobotic #JaredIsaacman #technology

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 23, 2026

NPR Topics: News | SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight by The Associated Press AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. SpaceX launched its biggest, most powerful version of Starship—a third‑generation “V3” model with larger thrust, upgraded grid fins and a more robust fuel line—on a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on May 22‑23, 2026. The rocket carried 20 mock Starlink satellites that were released midway through its hour‑long, half‑world‑circumnavigating trajectory before the spacecraft reached the Indian Ocean, where it descended under control but ultimately toppled and ignited on impact, a result SpaceX had anticipated. Although some engines experienced trouble and not all fired on the return, the launch demonstrated key upgrades and the ability to deploy payloads, drawing praise from Elon Musk, who called it “epic,” and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who said the flight moves Starship closer to supporting the Artemis moon program and future Mars missions. Read more: https://www.npr.org/2026/05/23/nx-s1-5832402/spacex-biggest-starship-flight #SpaceX #ElonMusk #NASA #Starlink #Artemis #BillNelson #DennisTito #ChunWang

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@TheBadPlace@mastodon.ozioso.online · May 23, 2026

Top Stories | SpaceX launches biggest model of Starship megarocket AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information. SpaceX has launched the biggest, most powerful version of its Starship megarocket in a test flight from Texas, carrying 20 mock Starlink satellites before splashing down in the Indian Ocean. The upgraded “V3” Starship, 124 m tall with enhanced thrust, larger grid fins, stronger fuel lines and additional cameras and navigation systems, is intended to serve NASA’s Artemis program to land astronauts on the Moon and eventually support missions to Mars. NASA and Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin are each receiving billions of dollars to develop lunar landers, with Artemis III slated for 2027 and a potential crewed Moon landing as early as 2028, depending on which lander proves ready first. The successful launch marks the 12th test of the vehicle and a step toward both lunar and Martian exploration. Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/spacex-launches-biggest-model-of-starship-megarocket/h8elybar8 #SpaceX #Starship #NASA #Artemis #BlueOrigin #JeffBezos #JaredIsaacman

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PugJesus

@PugJesus@piefed.social in politicalcompassmemes · May 13, 2026

PCM goes to SPAAAAAACE

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Flipboard Science Desk

@ScienceDesk@flipboard.social · May 09, 2026

NASA is hard at work preparing for the SkyFall mission on which three helicopters will go to Mars aboard a nuclear-powered spacecraft. A breakthrough in rotor technology will help the helicopters fly in much thinner air than what we have on Earth. @ArsTechnica@flipboard.com has more: https://flip.it/PoomJR #Space #Science #SpaceExploration #NASA #SkyFallMission

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Twig

@Twig@noauthority.social · May 08, 2026

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Chad

@chad@mstdn.ca · May 07, 2026

I'm still astounded by this. This is our spaceship. Look at where the aurora is. That's the maximum thickness of the layer of gases that support our existence. #artemisII #earth #nasa #csa #space

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Westport Observatory

@WestportObservatory@vmst.io · May 05, 2026

Don't miss our next free lecture! Join us May 19 at 8pm as MIT aerospace engineer Erik S. Bailey — veteran of multiple NASA Mars landings — takes us on a whirlwind history of robotic planetary landers from 1966 to today. Hear from the engineer who helped make it happen at the Westport Observatory or join live on Zoom & YouTube. Free & open to all! https://was-ct.org/events/erik_bailey_2026/ #WestportObservatory #Mars #NASA #Space #JPL #MarsLanding #Connecticut #Aerospace

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Droppie

@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone · Apr 29, 2026

MAGA peep pushes for MPGA https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/nasa_boss_make_pluto_a_planet_again/ #astronomy #pluto #planet #nasa #space

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Mikko Tuomi

@mustapipa@scicomm.xyz · Apr 28, 2026

The White House announced a plan to cancel over 50 #space missions as part of a devastating 46% cut to #NASA #science.

The proposal would likely eliminate thousands of jobs at an agency that has just launched astronauts to the #Moon for the first time in decades, and dozens of other space missions would see their operations reduced or slowly wound down to a halt.

The following missions are to be cancelled:

The Habitable Worlds Observatory being built to search for #life on dozens of Earth-like planets beyond our Solar System while addressing fundamental questions about our #Universe.
OSIRIS-APEX capitalizes on the exceptionally rare 2029 Earth flyby of the potentially hazardous #asteroid #Apophis to advance planetary defense strategies and reveal how Earth’s #gravity alters an asteroid’s surface and interior.
The ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover will deliberately search for signs of life on #Mars by analyzing the composition of samples collected from as deep as 2 meters below the surface.
The DAVINCI mission is an atmospheric probe that will be deployed to our sister planet, #Venus, and provide the first detailed measurements of the composition and chemistry of its #atmosphere.
Initially focusing on #Jupiter’s interior, atmosphere, and aurora, #Juno is already orbiting Jupiter and has expanded during its extended mission to be a full system explorer capable of investigating the Galilean satellites, rings, inner moons, radiation belts, and boundaries of Jupiter’s magnetosphere.
VERITAS will create unprecedented, global, high-resolution datasets of Venus designed to answer a fundamental question for rocky #planets: how did Earth and her twin Venus evolve into two entirely different examples of planetary #habitability?

https://www.planetary.org/articles/meet-the-people-behind-nasas-endangered-missions

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@ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · Apr 25, 2026

Wow, they sewed the Apollo spacesuits with TREADLE SEWING MACHINES MIT Press: The Bra-and-Girdle Maker That Fashioned the Impossible for NASA "...Key to these demands were NASA’s painstaking engineering standards, which pushed the very limits of the equipment and seamstresses’ own techniques. The tolerances allowed — less than a 64th of an inch in only one direction from the seam — meant that yard after yard of fabric was sewn to an accuracy smaller than the sewing needle’s eye. To achieve such precision, many women used a modified treadle that, instead of starting and stopping a Singer sewing machine’s operation, fired one stitch per footfall through the multiple layers of a suit’s surface. ..." h/t @wtrmt@mastodon.social https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-bra-and-girdle-maker-that-fashioned-the-impossible-for-nasa/ #space #nasa #sewing

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Philip C James

@PhilipCJames@mas.to · Apr 21, 2026

BTW, a neat tool for viewing the status of the #NASA/#JPL Deep Space Network can be found at https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/dsn-now/dsn.html

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Philip C James

@PhilipCJames@mas.to · Apr 21, 2026

Good Morning, all, just a brief reminder that America is not just Trump and Trump is certainly not America... With a personal peripheral historical dalliance with the domain of space science, I remain in awe of what our species has achieved in beginning the physical exploration of our Cosmos, and America has been a huge part of that effort. The round-trip light travel time to/from Voyager 1 is almost _two_days_ (it's >15,000,000,000 miles from Earth). BZ! #NASA, #JPL https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyager/2026/04/17/nasa-shuts-off-instrument-on-voyager-1-to-keep-spacecraft-operating/

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The Christian Post

@christianpost@na.social · Apr 18, 2026

Non-religious NASA astronaut 'broke down in tears' seeing cross after Artemis II mission NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman revealed that, although he's not a religious man, he "broke down in tears" after returning from the mission and felt such intense emotion that he asked to speak to the Navy chaplain. #NASA #ArtemisII #ReedWiseman #VictorGlover Source: https://www.christianpost.com/news/non-religious-nasa-astronaut-broke-down-in-tears-seeing-cross.html #Faith #ChristianNews #Bible

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@oscarjiminy@aus.social · Apr 18, 2026

'Wing and his colleagues measured a 10-fold concentration of lithium atoms in the upper atmosphere around 20 hours after the uncontrolled re-entry of the Falcon 9 rocket. Increasing amounts of metal, such as lithium...are beginning to alter the chemical composition of Earth’s atmosphere' #musk #bezos #nasa #space #rockets #climateChange https://gizmodo.com/study-confirms-reentering-spacex-rockets-are-peppering-the-upper-atmosphere-with-metal-pollution-2000723932

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Linux Is Best

@Linux@mivatter.com · Apr 10, 2026

@stux@mstdn.social Thankfully, NASA uses Linux and BSD. #Nasa #Linux #BSD

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@blindquilter@caneandable.social · Apr 17, 2026

Good morning! I’ll wash towels today, I really will! Found a new podcast to listen to and am enjoying it so far. It is Houston, we have a podcast. Yeah, it is a NASA podcast. Wishing you all a frisky Friday filled with sunshine, safety, love, laughter, high energy and positivity. Be kind to yourself and those around you, hug tight those you love most and smile, you are loved and appreciated! 🤗🫶❤️🫂 #GoodMorning #Positivity #NASA #Podcasts #FriskyFriday

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