Introducing Artemis III. Four astronauts. Three launches. Two dockings. One splashdown. In 2027, the Artemis III mission will practice docking the Orion spacecraft with two lunar landers in low Earth orbit — the capability we need to return humanity to the Moon’s surface.

The LR13000 crane is officially active lifting the first of nine modules for the first Starship tower at Launch Complex 37. Does this pad have an official name yet @TurkeyBeaver 📷 @NASASpaceflight nsf.live/spacecoast

Our @NASARoman space telescope is officially slated to launch on Aug. 30! Get the details and follow Roman's journey on our new Roman Space Telescope blog: go.nasa.gov/3RQxDIc

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Starship in True 120FPS Slow-Motion. Hello shockwaves. Watch the full below.

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good. I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector. We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

We have regained some access to Launch Complex 36 and are actively investigating the hotfire anomaly. We will start clearing the pad soon and have a good rebuild plan in place. The booster and GS2s in the integration facility appear healthy from quick looks.

We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy. Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead. There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems. We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes. @NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible. America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸

This NASA title card from ~1975 goes so unreasonably hard.

Grateful that all personnel were safe during last nights New Glenn anomaly. That’s the most important thing. Now, let’s send our best wishes to Blue Origin employees as they work to assess the situation, determine what went wrong, and with time, rebuild. 📸 @NASASpaceflight

US space industry is not defined by its hardships, but by the resilience of those who rise from them. Tonight’s mishap at LC-36 is a massive blow, no question. And coming just one day after announcements of Blue’s contribution to future Moon base plans with Artemis is salt in the wound… But for all we know, this may serve as a catalyst for something perhaps even larger, something grander, and more valuable to future Artemis plans. Will they go straight to New Glenn 9x4? Additional LSP collaboration? I don’t know… but some of humanity’s greatest achievements were born from its worst setbacks. I’d rather be optimistic and wrong than pessimistic and right here. But thank God everyone involved in the mission is accounted for and no one was hurt. All of this being said…the clock will keep ticking, and the mission will carry on. Looking forward to seeing how this progresses.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn “No It’s Necessary” experienced a RUD at the beginning of a static fire test at LC-36 this evening

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

NASA is aware of the anomaly that occurred tonight at Launch Complex 36 involving Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. 

Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets. 
We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.

Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4. nsf.live/spacecoast

Getting frosty in Moses Lake. 🥶 A thin layer of frost forms around our Stage 1 structure as it fills with cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen. These tests let us demonstrate structural and fluid design margins, an important aspect of the proto-qualification process. 🍦💡🚀

LIVE: We're sharing the latest updates on @NASAMoonBase, our lunar habitat where astronauts will work and live. x.com/i/broadcasts/1OxwbbnNo…

The new SpaceX Starship and Booster transport barge "You'll Thank Me Later" has arrived at the Port of Brownsville today. This will be used to transport Starships and Boosters from Starbase, TX to Cape Canaveral, FL. 5/27/26

Starlink-equipped buoys provided real-time video streaming in the Indian Ocean during Starship's twelfth flight test