Tyler Gray

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

LAUNCH! Found a window in what has been very poor weather this morning. youtube.com/watch?v=H-EWvc…

🚀 #GrowthMindset #Innovation #RocketShip #CareerJourney

Tomorrow evening, SLS & Orion will break cover once again & make the run out to LC-39B. The Artemis II crew also entered quarantine at JSC earlier this afternoon in preparation for launch. Things are lining up.

Some stats from PAO to round out the day: - Total elapsed time: 7 hours, 2 minutes - Today's EVA was the 278th in support of ISS assembly, maintenance & upgrades - 1st EVA of 2026 - 1st EVA of Expedition 74 - Jessica Meir's 4th spacewalk, totalling 28h 46m - Chris Williams' first spacewalk - 73 days, 8 hours, 28 minutes of total EVA time in support of the ISS.

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

Live coverage is underway as two NASA astronauts get ready to exit the space station for a six-and-a-half hour spacewalk to complete solar array upgrade work. nasa.gov/blogs/spacesta…

After a busy few days of testing at Pad 2, Starship Booster 19 rolled back home to Mega Bay 1. Next up should be be inspections, and possibly getting a few more engines before its next trip to the Launch Site. @NASASpaceflight | nsf.live/starbase

Slightly used Raptor 3 engines | @NASASpaceflight

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

NASA: "Due to quicker than expected completion of close-out activities, NASA now may roll out the Artemis II rocket from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B, on Thursday, March 19. A final decision on start time will be made on Wednesday, March 18."

For me, it’s a toss-up between Starship Flight 7 & Falcon Heavy/GOES-U. But both will be superseded once Artemis II leaves the ground.

Ahead of their upcoming flight to the Moon, the Artemis II crew spent countless hours at @NASA_Johnson training in full‑scale Orion mockups and simulators—mastering procedures, troubleshooting, and tackling challenges. This is how they trained for the Moon.

Falcon 9 launches 29 @Starlink satellites from Florida

LAUNCH!

Starship Update with Max Evans (@_MaxQ_): ➡️youtube.com/watch?v=oZTjtw…

Falcon 9 lifts off from pad 4E in California and delivers 25 @Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit

Teams are now targeting no earlier than Friday, March 20, to roll Artemis II to the launchpad, maintaining the opportunity for an April 1 launch attempt. More info: go.nasa.gov/4utuo8B