What a bummer. I am really enjoying this show.

Can anyone point me to any good history or sociology books about the everyday experience of Americans needing to go do their jobs in the middle of the turmoil of the 1960s and 70s? We are not the first people to have this sort of disconnect and I want to know how other people dealt with it

Happy Monday! A few Artemis things for this week: - Artemis II is on the launch pad, and so far everything appears to be in order for a 4/1 launch attempt. - If the rocket launches 4/1-4/3, you can catch me live on CNN as part of their launch coverage team.

Artemis II is back at the launch pad! The journey took 11 hours, which is actually on the faster side for SLS. Launch window opens 4/1. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

Yes, Starship will still need to be refueled multiple times for this to work. The plan does not eliminate the need for propellant transfer. Wrote about the refueling aspect when Starship first launched (and since) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Here's a gift link of our story from yesterday! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NASA is shaking up its plans for its moon landing if SpaceX gets to the finish line first with Starship. Under the new plan, Starship would dock with Orion in low Earth orbit and propel Orion to low lunar orbit instead. SLS would no longer perform TLI www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Artemis II rollout is set for tonight at 8 pm ET. It'll take 12-14 hours, and NASA is still targeting the launch window opening 4/1.

The highlights of the Artemis II post-FRR conference: - They’re aiming to rollout to 3/19, possibly earlier because they’re slightly ahead of schedule - No third WDR because if they successfully tank the vehicle they want to launch - Adding 4/2 as another launch date, with window opening 4/1

There is an Artemis II press conference later today, however I likely will not be live posting unless it’s significantly delayed, as I have a kid school event in the middle of it!

What a week to start doing vertical video again. Just posted my first video in over a YEAR yesterday and uh now this.

Artemis II/Artemis program update press conference starting momentarily. I'll live post the highlights in this thread!

Artemis II rollback is scheduled to start today at 9 am ET.

It’s very unlikely Artemis II will launch in March. NASA announced this morning that due to a helium flow issue in the ICPS (the second stage of the rocket), they will need to roll back SLS to the VAB. This would put the next target launch date at 4/1. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

A lot of people have asked me if I think NASA will attempt launch on March 6 because they want to make travel plans. I'd say it's 75% yes. My plans are made but are fully refundable.

Artemis II post-WDR press conference. Lori Glaze said most of the fixes went "pretty well" -- so interested to see what those are. "We do have work to go."

The long story short of the Boeing Starliner press conference: Isaacman is very direct that there were management failures during the Starliner debacle. NASA had too-high expectations of Boeing because of their previous experience with spaceflight and didn't dig deep enough for root causes.

NASA just dropped that there will be a Boeing Starliner press conference today at 2 pm ET because there isn't enough going on apparently

NASA is conducting a second wet dress rehearsal for Artemis II, in which they fully load the rocket with propellant and simulate the countdown to T-30 seconds. If they want to attempt launch in March, this need to go well. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

#NASAWebb uncovered the full population of brown dwarfs (objects more massive than Jupiter but smaller than stars) in star cluster Westerlund 2. Many of our Milky Way galaxy's hottest, brightest, and most massive stars also exist in this region. Credit: ESA, NASA, CSA.

If you’re so inclined and you have a minute, can you vote for this organization to get more funds? It will only take a minute and you will be helping families like Amelia’s find a better treatment and maybe one day a cure for this disease.

My friend @palermo.bsky.social’s eight year old daughter Amelia died of Batten disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, this week. The BDSRA (Batten Disease Support Research and Advocacy Foundation) has been nominated in the Project for Awesome charity event. projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...

Thank you to Amelia’s fans for the support this week. If you’d like to help us continue the fight against Batten Disease, please vote for the BDSRA Foundation in the Project for Awesome fundraiser. Voting ends on 2/18. Please vote and spread the word: projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...

My friend @palermo.bsky.social’s eight year old daughter Amelia died of Batten disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, this week. The BDSRA (Batten Disease Support Research and Advocacy Foundation) has been nominated in the Project for Awesome charity event. projectforawesome.com/videos/proje...

China's Chang'e-6 lunar lander may have solved one of the great Moon mysteries: Why does its far side look totally different than the side that faces us? A huge impact 4.3 billion years ago partially melted the Moon's mantle & made it lopsided, according to a new study. 🧪🔭 eos.org/articles/pri...

Why is NASA’s SLS rocket so damn leaky? I wrote about it over at National Geographic: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

swung by my local comic book shop to pick up a BANGER

(Also hi everyone, yes I am back for now to cover Artemis II!! I will once again be checking in regularly.)

NASA has quite a few things to fix on Artemis II before March. That means they’re looking at March launch dates, rather than February. www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

Tanking operations are currently underway for the Artemis II wet dress rehearsal (basically practicing countdown operations in advance of launch), and there is no audio feed for it for some reason and that’s really really not great

I’m replaying Mass Effect for the millionth time, and I considered letting Ashley live instead of Kaidan just to have a slightly different experience. But. She’s so racist.

Been taking an extended break from social media but I had to come back for this: NASA announced that Boeing Starliner’s next flight will be a cargo only flight to the ISS. Assuming that goes well (which at this point is not a given), they will then fly with crew. www.nasa.gov/blogs/commer...

NASA's Artemis II ushers in a new era of human exploration buff.ly/1idRiYX NASA's manned Artemis II mission could happen as early as February, and there's a huge amount of science planned. This fascinating article explains why this flight will be one to watch. By @swapnakrishna.com #Space #Moon

SF BAY AREA! You are invited to a sneak peek screening of my documentary ANTARCTICA UNEARTHED before it goes to national TV broadcast next year. Wednesday, October 15 at 7pm near Palo Alto, CA. Free to attend but registration required: arielwaldman.com/screening (cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social)

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

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Jamie’s track record for designing superhero costumes speaks for itself. He’s amazing!!

Well don't I feel stupid

I was going through my pictures from the Artemis II press event with my 6 year old (we do this for every space-related business trip I go on) and we got to this picture, and he asked what it was. I explained it’s the leading edge of a Space Shuttle wing (and what that means.)

Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...

Good overview of the mission and the challenges the team has/is working with a good summary of the heat shield issues the team worked through.

Between this and Hades II it's a great days for Greek mythology and sequels

out in paperback today! read the book called "the funniest book about racism you will ever find" 🥰🫡 www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

hey also since Payal is out in paperback today, i am bringing Freddie Prinze, Jr back!!!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/690564...

Meet Artemis II: the first mission to send humans around the moon since 1972. I’ll be covering this mission for National Geographic, so you’ll be seeing a lot from me about it, but here’s the first: www.nationalgeographic.com/science/arti...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA 10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

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I have spent two days at Johnson Space Center immersed in all things Artemis II and it has been wild. It’s always fun to get a glimpse of how much you don’t know and how many moving parts you never even thought about with a mission like this.

Reid Wiseman just told us the name of the Artemis II Orion spacecraft: Integrity.