🚨NEW PODCAST ALERT 🚨 Explore the bold vision of @skyler_chan_ , founder & CEO of @gru_space, as he shares insights into creating humanity's first hotel on the moon, harnessing lunar resources & pioneering space infrastructure. Discover how pragmatic engineering, strategic partnerships, & a focus on making space accessible are shaping the future! #astroben #podcast #gruspace Out now on all platforms, but here's @Spotify #podcast #podcasts open.spotify.com/episode/3xH…

Fears new A417 town will 'flood' Malvern Hills with 'dome of orange haze'. Some insights from your favourite Light Pollution Expert 😎 gloucestershirelive.co.uk/ne…

Check out my wife’s new EP "Exhibit M" distributed by @DistroKid and live on @Spotify ! #ExhibitM #music #newmusic #singer #newartist open.spotify.com/album/53001…

Slightly off my normal space posts, but my wife has released her first original music. Out wherever you listen to music, in my case @Spotify Check it! open.spotify.com/track/32ySI… #music #newmusic

NEWS: Netflix will livestream the NASA livestream of the Artemis II lunar flyby tomorrow! whats-on-netflix.com/news/ne…

In just a few hours, four human beings will climb into a rocket and do something no one has done in 52 years. Roughly 3/4's of everyone alive on Earth right now has only ever known a reality where the Moon was something that happened in black-and-white footage from our grandparents’ time. Until tonight. This is @NASAArtemis. The crew is @astro_reid @AstroVicGlover @Astro_Christina @Astro_Jeremy; the first woman, first Canadian & the first person of colour ever to fly beyond low Earth orbit. Whatever you think about America, its politics, its problems, its noise, there is one truth that remains: when humanity decides to reach for the stars, the United States still leads like no other country on Earth. “Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” It isn’t just about going to the Moon. It’s about reminding ourselves who we really are as a species when we choose to dream bigger than our divisions. Ad Astra and godspeed #ArtemisII (📸 @johnkrausphotos )

NASA is spending $20 billion (£15.5 billion) to build a permanent lunar base, habitats, nuclear power station, rovers, landing pads, the full infrastructure to actually live and work on the Moon. For about the same money, the UK could build roughly 50–80 km of HS2 high-speed rail. That gets you from London partway to Milton Keynes… still less than a third of the way to Birmingham. Make it make sense! 🤔

Anyone else think an application fee of $1K and "pay the other $749K if selected" is kind of ridiculous? What is the point in that? Why not just take the full $750K from people that can actually afford it and refund if not selected? @virgingalactic virgingalactic.com/?gad_sour…

In 2 days, four humans will leave low Earth orbit and fly around the Moon, the first time any human has done so in 52 years. This crew includes the first woman and the first person of colour ever to fly beyond low Earth orbit. Whatever your politics, it’s hard to deny that the foundation for this mission was laid during President Trump’s first term. The @NASAArtemis, the Accords, creation of @USSpaceForce and the sustained commitment to return to the Moon all started then. #ArtemisII #NASA (📸 @johnkrausphotos)

Next week, four human beings will leave Earth and fly around the Moon; the first time in 52 years. While the world argues over politics, money, and daily chaos, something truly historic is happening. This isn’t just another launch. It’s humanity remembering we’re capable of something bigger than our divisions. It’s proof that we can still come together and do hard, beautiful, awe-inspiring things. @NASAArtemis should be the biggest story on Earth right now. This moment belongs to all of us. It’s bigger than any one country, any one argument, any one headline. This is about who we are, and who we can still become. #ArtemisII #NASA

In this weeks episode, explore the inspiring story of @NASABlueberry1, a passionate space enthusiast aiming to become an astronaut & destined for Mars. From childhood curiosity to citizen science & space education, Alyssa shares her journey, insights into space missions like @NASAArtemis, & practical advice for the next generation. Out now on all Podcast Platforms! ✨ 👩‍🚀 #astroben #podcast #space #artemis #mars #astronaut lnkd.in/ess8TbPW

The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay. 🌘

Just saw Project Hail Mary, super fun movie, loved the energy and Gosling carrying it. But early trailers I saw gave ZERO hint about Rocky. Went in blind (no book read) expecting Interstellar-level hard sci-fi... got full Marvel buddy vibes really quick. Was I the only one caught off guard? No spoilers but damn, surprise factor worked. Thoughts? #ProjectHailMary @projecthailmary

Hosting the Tech Seminar at #SATShow tomorrow, 2 days of straight-up engineering deep dives: software-defined missions, resilient satcom, agentic AI, RF awareness, propellant-less propulsion, no sales BS. If you're in DC for @SATELLITEDC 2026, come say hi in the sessions. Details agenda: satshow.com/tech-seminar/#Sp… #SatCom #NewSpace #astroben #space #satellite

🚨 New Podcast episode out now! 🛰️ Joined by @satappceo (CEO @SatAppsCatapult) to unpack how the UK is supercharging its space ecosystem: academia gov policy industry collab. open.spotify.com/episode/2cs… #astroben #podcast #satellite #uk #space #Satuccino

Hosting a tech siminar @SATELLITEDC in a few weeks on all the engineering breakthroughs in satcom & software; defined space stuff. anyone else going to DC for it? #astroben #SATShow 🛰️satshow.com/tech-seminar/#ag…

This weeks podcast with Dan Hart is out now on astroben.com/podcast Discover the untapped 95% of the universe and the groundbreaking discoveries that could redefine our future. Are we ready for the next chapter in space exploration? 🚀 #space #alienlife #astroben #danhart #podcast #science #podcasts

Every time someone asks me what's going on with AI, I give them the safe answer. Because the real one sounds insane. I'm done holding back. I wrote what I wish I could sit down and tell everyone I care about. Send it to someone who needs to read it. x.com/mattshumer_/status/202…

It took 9 years and 3 billion miles to get this shot. Pluto’s icy Mountains.