Jay L. DeShetler

Side-by-side shot of returning boosters with different returning approaches during Flight 7 & 8 from the same remote spot. @NASASpaceflight youtu.be/sSDGxXQEFYY

an unstoppable force vs. an immovable object

SLS returns to 39B ahead of Artemis II Moon Launch twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

When Starship Booster 19 left Pad 2, a few of the engines looked very familiar. Looking back, the @NASASpaceflight McGregor Live team spotted engines 57, 58, and 67 leaving the SpaceX engine testing facility back in November 2025, 4 months before. nsf.live/mcgregor

omg i found @AJamesMcCarthy & a moon rocket

NASA went to asteroid Bennu expecting sand but instead it was all boulders. AstroForge employee Andy Ryan was formerly the Lead Scientist on OSIRIS-REx's sample physical and thermal analysis working group. Their paper just dropped. We talk about it here: apple.co/40550YW

Quite the landscape here in Norway. #shotoniphone

Can Falcon 9 launch in the rain? Yeah, prolly... Falcon 9 and Starlink 10-33 punching through the rain this morning at the very end of its launch window, on the way to orbit from SLC-40. Booster 1077's 27th flight! 📸 - @NASASpaceflight

T-20 minute vent:

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink 10-33 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This morning in Florida, SpaceX installed the Methane BQD Hood on to the launch mount at historic LC-39A. Progress continues ahead of a future where Starships are launching right next to where Shuttles used to launch! @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/spacecoast

McGregor still going strong. R3.132 rolled past earlier today, a new record for the Raptor 3 family! 📷: nsf.​live/mcgregor

So stoked to see this image being released! Easily a top 10’er so far in my career. Go Spectrum!

We strive to always test as we intend to fly. This enables us to derisk components and subsystems before launch. To that end, here is a DeepSpace-2 test article in a vacuum chamber getting prepared for a hotfire thruster test under the control of our full avionics suite.

Initial Super Heavy V3 and Starbase Pad 2 activation campaign complete, wrapping up several days of testing that loaded cryogenic fuel and oxidizer on a V3 vehicle for the first time. While the 10-engine static fire ended early due to a ground-side issue, we saw successful startup on all installed Raptor 3 engines. Next up: preparing the booster for a 33-engine static fire

Starship Flight 12: Booster 19 is being lifted off Pad 2 ahead of heading back to the Production Site tonight, hopefully for the rest of its engines. nsf.live/starbase

Slightly used Raptor 3 engines | @NASASpaceflight

Anticipating the lift of Booster 19 off of Pad 2 shortly @NASASpaceflight Starbase Live 24/7 nsf.live/starbase

The first step of many, the LOX QD has retracted. 📸nsf.live/starbase | @NASASpaceflight

Fresh science is the best science. Also, fun fact: Andrew Ryan, who lead OSIRIS-REx's sample physical and thermal analysis working group joined AstroForge a few months ago after completing this study!

A Soyuz rocket is installed on Pad 6 at Site 31 for the first time after the November 2025 accident and subsequent repairs: