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Founded the Talking Space Podcast in 2009. Immersed in spaceflight since the Apollo days, Space Advocate and lovebird Dad. All Opinions are mine alone and don't reflect the position of the podcast. https://www.talkingspaceonline.com
Here are the launch windows for an #ArtemisII Launch attempt for April, 2026. SLS will be rolled out to Launch Complex 39B on 19 March. The crew will enter quarantine on 18 March for a 1 April launch attempt at 6:24 PM EDT.
All teams polled said GO for #ArtemisII - rollout to pad next week on 19 March. Launch date as early as 1 April at 6:24 pm EDT - Another opportunity on 2 April would be at 7:22 pm - 4 launch opportunities within that 6 day period in April.
Teams have polled "go" for a Launch Attempt on Artemis II. SLS will be rolled out to the pad on 19 March with a launch attempt on 1 April, at 6:24 PM EST. This, according to NASA's Lori Glaze, was said at today's Post Flight Readiness Review press conference. #NASA #ARTEMISII
If you wish to listen in to the Artemis II Flight Readiness Review, here's the link. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpMM...
Thank you...totally forgot about that!!!
Taikonauts for China's manned moon landing mission will be selected from those who have been to the Tiangong space station, Yang Liwei, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program and China's first taikonaut, said in an interview this week.
I wrote about the long history of moon base concepts here, and also teach about them in my intro to the solar system class, so students can understand that the idea of a moon base comes up every decade since the 1950s: medium.com/@adeene.dent...
Space Job!!!
GPS spoofing is distorting vessel positions and deepening the risk in one of the world’s most important shipping lanes
Yep, I had the convertible top down on the Mustang, was running through the Northwestern, NJ Mountains, had the tunes going, it was the best errand-running day I've had in a while. Today it's almost 48 degrees cooler and lightly snowing. March is letting us know Winter isn't over yet.
Firefly's return to flight was a success, paving the way for Alpha Block II. Read more from Beverly: www.spacescout.info/2026/03/fire...
Looks like Alpha's return to flight has ultimately been one of the rocket's best flights to date.
Alpha has had a spotty record since its 2021 debut flight ended in an explosion, and has yet to record consecutive successful missions. The Block II upgrades aim to improve reliability and performance.
I drove by a home here in Northwestern, NJ, with one of these "Little Free Libraries" set up in their front yard, and thought, "Hey, perhaps I could pull that off here? How do I do that? " Now I know...😊👍📚
It's not the NASA Administrator's role to go off and advocate for an unpopular war. I would think the Human Landing System's problems would occupy enough of his time. It should be interesting when he enters into negotiations with Artemis partners from this point forward.
No, It Isn't. Wayne Hale left NASA a while back; as a result, all of his blog posts were taken down. He did look into keeping the blog alive on the NASA site, but he'd have to go the "Special Government Employee" route, which he found to be cumbersome. So he continued blogging independently.
Retired @AerospaceCorp CEO Steve Isakowitz, accepting the @astrosociety John F Kennedy Astronautics Award for the Exploration and utilization of Outer Space.
'Science makes people reach selflessly for truth and objectivity; it teaches people to accept reality, with wonder and admiration, not to mention the deep awe and joy that the natural order of things brings to the true scientist.'
-Lise Meitner, Austrian nuclear scientist
#Science #Physics
More than 50 #BaldEagles gathered on the lower Lewis River to fish the annual Smelt run. Bright sun and large distances made #photography difficult.
#birdsinflight #Eagles #fishing #birds #wildlife #nature #baldeagles #birdsofprey #raptor #pacificnorthwest #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #birdwatching
The Firefly Alpha launch appears to have been fully successful. The LM-400 test satellite is being tracked in a 401 x 405 km x 123.0 deg orbit, and the Alpha second stage made a perigee lowering burn at about 0140 UTC to 231 x 423 km x 123.1 deg.
ISS astronauts take out the space trash | Space photo of the day for March 11, 2026 www.space.com/space-explor...
From left to right: Dietmar Pilz, Robert Lindner, Jeanette Epps, Tommaso Ghidini and Advenit Makaya
Dietmar Pilz and Jeanette Epps
👩🏾🚀 Retired NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps visited ESTEC, @esa.int’s technical centre in the Netherlands! Jeanette supported many ESA projects during her time at the International Space Station: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
...and reap the benefits of those voyages of exploration yielding both scientific and economic treasures, we're just as doomed. Off the soap box...Kirk Out. 8/###
However, to do what Mr. Quintanilla is suggesting here, and pull back from going to the lunar surface, and use working on the Moon as a springboard to reaching out farther, will also lead to disaster for us here in the States. If we simply stand still and allow others to explore, 7/
I'm no great fan of this US President, nor the new NASA Administrator. However, I'll applaud him when he's doing something right. Yes, bragging about a proposed lunar base sounds tone deaf in this time of utter chaos. (Remember Apollo took place in a chaotic time, too) 6/
...leaving Europe to carve up what once belonged to the great Ming Empire. The lesson is clear. Reaching out leads to survival, incentives for innovation, and financial possibilities. Looking inward leads to stagnation, decay, and ruin. 5/
...and because of exploration, and their willingness to take risks (usually while on the precipice of financial ruin), their technology got better, and they started to get richer because of the resources they were able to bring home. Meanwhile, China pretty much vanished from the world stage, 4/
He listened to his advisors, who were saying, "We have the best of everything, why are we reaching out when we have problems to solve here?" So they stopped their voyages, recalled the navy they had and looked to just keep what they had. Meanwhile, all of Europe was reaching outward...3/
And Portugal, which was a struggling, threadbare nation at the time. Poor and badly in debt, they rolled the dice, fought for a small trade route, and won. They discovered that taking risks, reaching out, had its advantages both politically and economically. When a new Ming Emperor rose to power 2/
🧵 - Wayne Hale crafted a speech that gave historical context to thinking like this, using the Ming Dynasty in China and Portugal as examples. Sadly, a link to it has been taken down by NASA. He explained how the Ming Dynasty, through exploration and reaching out, expanded and grew its influence, 1/
The US spent half of NASA's annual budget in just six days of unplanned war against Iran www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...