Good morning!

Absolutely blown away to see Artemis The First Flight has hit 50 *THOUSAND* views this week. Felt amazing to see just a hundred or so people see it in the first day, can't believe the support that this little project has gotten. Thank you all so much :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...

A year ago this morning, Blue Origin's New Glenn lifted off for the first time. The massive rocket flew a near perfect debut, orbiting the upper stage and a pathfinder vehicle for the Blue Ring spacecraft. 📸 by me

You know, with Artemis II gearing up to fly in the next few weeks/months, I cant help but think back to this article which came out two days after Starship exploded around 7 minutes into flight. "On just its second flight, Starship now is arguably as successful as NASA’s SLS rocket."

NASA's Crew 11 Mission returned home this morning after a medical issue with one of the crew members saw the mission ended early. Read More: derekspace.news/2026/01/15/i...

Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp shared this photo today of the completed Blue Moon Mk1 lander. The spacecraft has undergone direct field acoustic testing here at Cape Canaveral, before shipping off to Johnson Space Center for Thermal Vacuum testing.

Yeah so this is a crazy powerful tool. This is only about 2 hours of work to do this effect of the livery appearing onto the racecar. Im gonna have so much fun with this.

I am starting to understand how Fusion works in DaVinci Resolve. This is incredibly dangerous for my free time

I have been looking into doing my own independent reporting on spaceflight after a slow year for photography work. Today I am proud to announce the launching of derekspace.news with our first article! My first look is a glimpse into the tumultuous 2025 ULA had and their plans for a bigger 2026.

Having had my moments where there is a sudden and tight window to get an incredible photo, I cant even imagine how it felt looking at the photos afterwards and seeing that they nailed it.

Got to use the new Z Flip yesterday for a bit. It is *wild* how much better a foldable phone is now than it was just a few years ago. Genuinely a frontrunner for my next phone now.

NASA has released the available launch dates for Artemis II in February, March, and April. There are more windows past April available (monthly effectively) but these are the primary windows.

It was mildly concerning to drive up to Titusville and see thick black smoke coming from Kennedy Space Center. Good news though is it is just a control burn for normal land management!

Amazon is preparing for their first flight with Arianespace in early February. This will be the first flight of Ariane 6 with all four SRBs and will also be the heaviest commercial payload ever launched at over 18,250 kg.

Earlier this week I rewatched the F1 movie and was wondering if I could recreate the opening title sequence using only iRacing. Turns out I can get pretty close! youtu.be/MpZP29I1TbA?...

Confirmation that Crew-11 will be returning home as soon as reasonable. Recovery assets are stationed in California to support a splashdown and recovery. The Crew-12 launch is looking to be accelerated to early February.

NASA briefing to update on the Crew-11 situation. Given the movement of recovery assets to California earlier today, I expect them to be returning early. www.youtube.com/live/ffcV3jC...

Keeping a close eye on Crew-11 as a medical situation has developed with one of the crew members that canceled tomorrows planned EVA. NASA is currently evaluating potentially ending the mission early to return the member to Earth. IMPORTANT: The Crew member is in stable condition at this time.

A good look from Boeing today of the new strakes adorning the SLS Core Stage. These fins were added after Artemis I experienced unexpected airflow induced vibrations at the forward attachment point for the SRBs. These smooth out the airflow around the point and reduce vibrations during launch.

The best advice I have ever gotten for managing my anger is pretty simple. Use your anger to be constructive not destructive. I think I'll do that today.

Starship HLS has slipped further behind. The propellant transfer demo, which had been notionally expected to happen this summer, is now being projected to occur in Q4. Based on prior HLS readiness schedules, that would put a crewed landing in Q1 2029 at the earliest assuming a green light schedule.

The plot of the F1 Movie is really meh at best But my god. The cinematography is probably the best I have ever seen in a movie.

Extremely loud boom in Huntsville earlier today. Initially there were rumors it was a failed Blue Origin test, however in the time since the explosion was felt, Blue has test fired both a BE-3U and BE4 engine on their 4670 test stand. It is currently unclear what caused the sound and bright flash.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has had his private jets put into a NASA livery and is now using them to give joyrides to members of the Trump family from Kennedy Space Center.

Great report from Marcia Smith on the FY26 NASA budget. Definitely a significantly improved outlook for the agency than a year ago. spacepolicyonline.com/news/great-n...

A lot of the prominent space media has been avoiding reporting on Artemis II's remarkably smooth progress in the past year. As of me writing this, the mission is slated to launch in Early February, with rollout to the pad for testing in about a week and a half.

I have waited 23 years to say this

We’re going back to the fucking Moon this year

My collection of obscure NASA LEGO grows...

Just stumbled upon an INCREDIBLE shot of Apollo 10 blasting a hole in the clouds during its launch

Set a personal goal a few months back to do a true sub 10 minute mile this year. Haven’t been able to do one since middle school. Just ran a 9:39 💪

Hearing reports of an unidentified red object flying over Cape Canaveral tonight at incredible speed. Anyone have any eyes in the sky on this merry evening? 🎄

BOOM 💥 FIRST EVER 10 MINUTE MILETIME LFG 1/4 mile warmup at 4mph 1 mile run at 6 mph

Not exactly what I would call a flawless flight…

About 7 minutes until the first launch attempt of HANBIT-Nano. This is the first orbital launch attempt for Innospace, as well as the first orbital launch attempt from Alcantara since VLS-1 V02 in 1999 www.youtube.com/live/RqGZ1mS...

ASAP coming out with a steel chair oh my god

The Exploration Upper Stage Structural Test Article is now well into production at the Michoud Assembly Facility ahead of a planned completion early next year. This is the first EUS to be manufactured, and will be used for testing at the Marshall Spaceflight Center in Alabama.

The next Electron rocket is just a few minutes away from liftoff. This launch is notable for being from the Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport in Virginia instead of their normal launch site in New Zealand. This site is more often used for suborbital HASTE launches. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYZ...

About 5 minutes until the next launch of Ariane 6, notably the fastest launch to launch turnaround for Europe's new Flagship rocket at 42 days. This mission is carrying a pair of Galileo satellites. www.youtube.com/live/ho6lSJ0...

Japan had planned to launch an H3 rocket just a few minutes ago, but the countdown abruptly stopped at around X-18 seconds. The issue that stopped the launch was related to Ground Equipment, and will result in a scrub for today's attempt.

Atlas V punches through the clouds on its way to space

As the holidays approach, the space coast has yet to slow down as ULA launches the LA-4 mission to orbit.

Despite the love Curiosity's twin often gets these days, it's important to remember that this rover has been dutifully exploring Mars for over 13 years now! Baring any critical issues, Curiosity is set to eclipse Opportunity's record of 5,250 days of surface operations in December of next year.

Possible desiccation cracks (mudcracks) in rock found by the Mars Curiosity Rover this week. flic.kr/p/2rLi9Lh flic.kr/p/2rLoXm3 flic.kr/p/2rL7ntV

The world is really trying to be a shitty place and sometimes that is hard to deal with. But I have to say Elsie the cat using her buttons to speak always helps put the mind at ease

It appears that MAVEN may have suffered a more serious issue than initially thought. The spacecraft seems like it may be spinning and have changed orbit slightly. It's unclear exactly what may have caused this but efforts are still ongoing to recover the spacecraft science.nasa.gov/blogs/maven/...

Ok so here's my hot take on this. Depending on the dimensions this could potentially be comfortable, a bit more curve would fit the palm better but the thumb hole controls are a good idea imho. I'm not gonna say its a flawless idea because, no... but I'm not gonna say innately stupid.

In other news OWWW MY LEGS

LETS FUCKING GO!!!! Best run of my damn life today, 2:30 for 10 miles!!!!

Tonight is a fun night every year, the night before the T Minus 10 Miler! I was never much of a runner, I was a Football lineman in high school, but I've been getting better every year! This is the 4th year of the event and my 4th year participating! Cant wait for tomorrow!