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Watch Rocket Lab launch Europe's 1st 2 'Celeste' navigation satellites early March 25 space.com/space-explorat…

Falcon 1 flight 1 was 20 years ago today. How poetic, given the blockbuster NASA Ignition event we're all being treated to.

@NASAMars The biggest elephant in the room is the lack of any new approach to Mars sample return...

Can't wait for this to come to the Red Planet.

NASA's '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft' will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028 space.com/astronomy/mars…

Just catching up on the big NASA announcement today and this seems to be one part of it that no-one is really pointing out...

#MeteorSighting: A fireball was observed by witnesses in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and the Canadian province of Ontario on the night of March 23. The meteor was first detected over the Michigan town of Hope. It traveled northeast and disintegrated above Saginaw Bay. At its peak, the fireball was 40 times brighter than the planet Venus. 🔗 go.nasa.gov/4bGgIhF Eyewitness accounts supplied by the American Meteor Society

A car-sized asteroid is heading toward Earth for a flyby later tonight: Here's what you need to know space.com/astronomy/aste…

NASA's lunar Gateway space station is out. Moon bases are in space.com/space-explorat…

Science and discovery will always be at the heart of NASA’s mission.  - The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch this year. - The nuclear-powered Dragonfly mission will explore Saturn’s moon Titan in 2028 in search of signs of life, with new missions to Venus to follow. - The lunar base will incorporate MoonFall hopper drones and all the science payloads the landers and rovers can integrate. - Several scientific payloads to Mars including Rosaland Franklin Rover, MTN and SR-1 Freedom delivering Skyfall. These missions will deliver the breakthroughs only NASA can achieve, inspire the next generation, and continue the greatest adventure in human history.

NASA is advancing nuclear power and propulsion in space to accomplish President Trump’s national space objectives. With SR-1 Freedom, launching in 2028, we will demonstrate nuclear electric propulsion and deliver SkyFall helicopters to Mars. In collaboration with @Energy, these capabilities are key to future missions to Mars and beyond. A new chapter of deep space exploration begins. 🚀

HiPOD: Bedrock in Valles Marineris This image was targeted to a region showing mineral diversity in the CRISM hyperspectral data. The enhanced-color cutout shows a portion of the scene with diverse colors, indicating different rock types. uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_0919… #Mars #science

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Progress MS-33/94P: Cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, flying the Progress cargo ship by remote control from inside the space station's Zvezda module, guided the spacecraft to a successful docking at the station's space-facing Poisk module at 9:40am EDT (1340 UTC), completing a two-day rendezvous; on board the Progress: 2.7 tons of equipment an supplies, including 1,825 lbs of fuel, 1,365 lbs of food, 926 lbs of water, 866 lbs of spare parts, 298 lbs of hygiene material, 115 lbs of science gear, 110 lbs of air and 26 lbs of medical supplies

I'm happy to be outflanked/behind the curve. If Isaacman's schedule holds, NASA appears to be undertaking more #Mars exploration (with new rotorcraft:) over the next 2-4 years. Outstripping expectations can be a good thing🤨

NASA is focussing most of its resources on getting back to the moon. The agency could be accused of seeming a little obsessed with the place (not as if astronauts had visited the lunar surface no less than 6 times already)🙄

We officially have the news of a new mission to Mars! NASA announced at a press conference this morning that they are aiming to launch Space Reactor‑1 Freedom, the first nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft, to Mars before the end of 2028

I’ve been waiting literally decades for NASA to articulate a plan for a Moon base. Now Carlos Garcia-Galan is doing a masterful job of precisely this. Dozens of landings. Drones. RTGs. Rovers. Habitats. Excavators. This is incredible stuff.

The next DMS meeting falls on Sunday, March 29th. Scheduled for the meeting is our guest speaker, biologist Dr. Borja Barbero. He studies the problem of growing food crops on the Moon & Mars for NASA. If you'd like credentials to join our virtual meeting, please contact/DM us.

More than 800 Rutherford engines have been launched to space and this year we plan to exceed 1,000 total. 3D printing helped to make that scale possible. Like Rutherford, Neutron's Archimedes engine features 3D printed parts, including turbo pump housings, thrust chamber, valve housings, and engine structural components.

Save the Dates! The 2026 Int'l Mars Society Convention is Oct 22–24 at the @USC in Los Angeles. Register today! Submit your abstract on #Mars exploration & settlement here: bit.ly/4uH4Nc9. #science #policy #globalconference #mars #humanstomars #spaceflight #research