NASA International Space Station flight controller. Deputy manager of flight operations for HLS Program. ERAU-BSAE. UHCL-MSSE. All opinions my own. (he/him)
Space City, Texas
Joined October 2008
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The first Starship to return to its launch site, Ship 40's journey took it across air, space, and sea. Now that it is vertical alongside three other Starships in a Megabay at Starbase, it will provide first-of-its-kind data on a flown Starship heatshield, Raptor engines, avionics, and more.
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Crew-13 launch as seen from their destination. Photo wizardry by Dubrov. See you soon Watty, Luke, Josh, and Sergey.
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"The nights are dark and full of wonder." Isn't that how the quote goes? Here are 4 nights cycles from Dragon's port window, stitched together by @bot, no changes to underlying photos, taken by Nikon Z9, 15s exposure, ISO 800, 14mm lens (1.4 aperture). You can see satellites dancing in the center, likely Starlink.
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Southern Hemisphere Milky Way galaxy view from the @Space_Station cupola. This 3s exposure series captured two of my favorite cupola views, the particularly dense Milky Way galaxy as seen from the Southern Hemisphere, and the bright, colorful lights of squid fishing boats (here, the bright blue and green lights off the coast of China, Thailand and India). Look at what the light did now!
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Starship is preparing to go to orbit. Flight 14 is targeting to launch as early as Tuesday, September 22, pending regulatory approval → spacex.com/launches/starship…
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LIVE: Watch as @POTUS awards the Artemis II crew – Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen – with the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1YxNrbDXE…
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SpaceX is building a new spaceport on Louisiana's Gulf Coast.
As SpaceX invests in the region, we are offering our neighbors in the Vermilion Parish area a 50% discount on Starlink Residential service plans to new and existing customers → starlink.com/vermilionparish
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Join us tomorrow at 11am ET (1500 UTC) as the Artemis II crew receives the Congressional Space Medal of Honor! We'll be streaming the ceremony here, on our YouTube channel, and across other NASA platforms.
On Friday, Aug. 28, @POTUS will award the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to the four crew members of our Artemis II mission around the Moon during a ceremony at @NASAJohnson. Details: go.nasa.gov/4wCgUXL
ALT The four members of the Artemis II crew — Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen — stand in the Oval Office of the White House behind a seated President Donald J. Trump. The crew members are wearing blue flight jackets; President Trump is wearing a dark suit. Credit: White House
Ben Honey retweeted
Our next space telescope is launching in just under two weeks!
In the first episode of our NASA's Curious Universe podcast series on @NASARoman, we get to know the telescope's namesake and what cosmic mysteries it will help us to unravel. go.nasa.gov/4hz20hc
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We've finished fueling up our @NASARoman telescope, bringing it one step closer to its targeted liftoff on Aug. 30.
Learn more about the process and find out what's next for our mystery-solving mission: go.nasa.gov/3TDA8hR
ALT The Roman Space Telescope, several stories tall and covered in gray foil, towers over a group of about a dozen technicians, wearing dark blue clean suits and full face masks; they are posing in front of the telescope for the photo. The cavernous, white servicing room surrounds them. Credit: NASA/Sydney Rohde (Rocz)
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Now targeting Friday, July 24 for Starship’s thirteenth flight test, due to weather.
A key objective for the flight test is to get clear imagery from the ground of Starship’s heatshield as it flies at a higher dynamic pressure during ascent, which won't be possible with today's weather conditions. Visibility is forecast to be ideal for a Friday attempt.
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RFA ONE is on the launch pad. For the first time, our rocket is standing at SaxaVord Spaceport as we continue preparations for launch. Next step: first-stage hotfire testing.
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Now targeting to launch Starship’s thirteenth flight test as early as Thursday, July 23 → spacex.com/launches/starship…
