Martian at @NASA HQ, farm boy from Virginia, pilot, former ISS CAPCOM, explorer, Earthling, co-lead for Mars Human Landing Sites Study; Opinions mine
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The Japanese MMX mission to #Mars has successfully launched.
This amazing mission will bring back samples from the Martian moon Phobos which will provide key insights into Mars’ history
Will b first round trip demo ever from the Martian system. Super congrats to JAXA!
Good article on Mars Telecom Network and Blue being selected. In addition to amazing comm from Mars…13 Ports! Both aspects will transform Mars science and prep for humans there.
msn.com/en-us/science/genera…
Wow. Amazingly successful launch of Blue Origins NG2 rocket. 1st stage successfully landed on barge. Big accomplishment. ESCAPADE satellites successfully released and on their way to #Mars . Even bigger accomplishment! Congrats to Blue and ESCAPADE teams.
Blue is working hard to launch today (Thursday 11/13) at 2:57pm ET. Godspeed NG2 and ESCAPADE!
blueorigin.com/missions/ng-2
Lovely shot of Blue New Glenn rocket! They are targeting 2:50 p.m. for liftoff today (Wed), and the launch window extends until 4:17 p.m.
Blue NG-2 launch with ESCAPADE aiming for this Wed. Godspeed!
Launch was scrubbed due to weather.
Launch today (2:45pm ET) for both New Glenn rocket (second time) and for ESCAPADE mission (two satellites heading to #Mars ) Both the Blue and ESCAPADE teams are amazing. Godspeed! @exploreplanets @ExploreMars @L_SPACEProgram @TheMarsSociety @sedsusa @csf_space
Launch today (2:45pm ET) for both New Glenn rocket (second time) and for ESCAPADE mission (two satellites heading to #Mars ) Both the Blue and ESCAPADE teams are amazing. Godspeed! @exploreplanets @ExploreMars @L_SPACEProgram @TheMarsSociety @sedsusa @csf_space
New astronaut candidates announced. Maybe one of these people will walk on #Mars !
nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-s…
The time has come for commercial services out to #Mars There are risks, but significant gains are possible.
Excellent article by @jeff_foust
thespacereview.com/article/5…
A more detailed explanation of what happened. It was not at launch pad. Many thanks to @sturmf1 for the catch.
@ExploreMars @exploreplanets @TheMarsSociety
cbsnews.com/news/spacex-star…
Starship just lost during a static fire. Hopefully there wasn’t a lot of damage to launch pad
nasawatch.com/commercializat…
Starship just lost during a static fire. Hopefully there wasn’t a lot of damage to launch pad
nasawatch.com/commercializat…
They may be pulling Isaacman’s nomination to be NASA administrator. Geez….hopefully this is wrong. Isaacman seems like a really visionary leader that would help the agency navigate these challenging times.
politico.com/news/2025/05/31…
Big push for H2M. Hopefully a commercial option for MSR (as a part of large human class landers) can b found. We also need much more high res imagining and to understand where the enormous ice deposits are better than we do. Commercialization will b key. #Mars
Major focus on humans to Mars emerging in just released Presidents “skinny budget”. Lots and lots of other changes being proposed such as no MSR, SLS or Gateway.
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up…
Major focus on humans to Mars emerging in just released Presidents “skinny budget”. Lots and lots of other changes being proposed such as no MSR, SLS or Gateway.
whitehouse.gov/wp-content/up…
Excellent, even if frightening article on what presidents budget is attempting to do re science. We need to do a lot better than this. Science is the seed corn of the future. You don’t eat it.
@exploreplanets @ExploreMars @TheMarsSociety @csf_spaceflight
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0…
Link to Jared Isaacman’s Senate confirmation hearing today, starting at 10AM ET
m.youtube.com/watch?v=tqejrl…
Interesting read on Musk's potential plans/ideas for NASA at #Mars.
Hopefully you can open this WSJ link
archive.md/3LNqx
There is a lot of interesting talk about sending large landers and even humans to #Mars. Wanted to share this blog which outlines some of these things we need to think about in picking a landing site and hopefully base location
blogs.nasa.gov/redplanetdisp…
Pls add ideas!
