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This week was a great time to connect with former NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on This Week in Space! @nss @TWiT @lisadlaporte twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-s…

Live from the International Space Development conference, @tariqjmalik and I sit with Apollo flight director and former JSC director Gerry Griffin to discuss his amazing career. @nss @lisadlaporte @NASA @NASAJohnson #nasa #jsc twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-s…

On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year. Here's a look at the contenders. space.com/space-exploration/…

The sandfish locomotion idea has been adopted from Scincus scincus, a lizard found in the Sahara desert. space.com/technology/watch-t…

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🇺🇸

RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly) events are not unusual in the rocket world

This completely takes Blue Origin out of the Artemis picture for the next 12 months, most likely. All of those Moon Base missions, man, it's bad.

Update on @BlueOrigin: I was just on CNN talking about the New Glenn explosion last night. Audio: soundcloud.com/keith-cowing/… #AdLunam

Early reports that one tower and the transporter erector at LC-36A were damaged beyond repair appear to be true.

The implications of New Glenn’s failure are probably worse than you think. I dig in here to some of the most serious concerns. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0…

sorry it blew up, but for explosion fanatics, this is an all-time explosion caught on camera x.com/SawyerMerritt/status/2…

NASA envisions its moon base covering hundreds of square miles, and hopping scout drones may mark the facility's perimeter. space.com/astronomy/moon/art…

On June 9, NASA will reveal the astronauts who will fly on the Artemis 3 docking mission in Earth orbit next year. space.com/space-exploration/…

China is melding its robotic Chang'e lunar probe activities with the country's human spaceflight program in an effort to land astronauts on the moon by 2030. space.com/space-exploration/…

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has declared the debut flight of SpaceX's Starship V3 vehicle a mishap and is requiring an investigation before the megarocket can fly again. space.com/space-exploration/…

NASA is working hard to predict where in Earth orbit its aging Swift space telescope will be this fall, so a private spacecraft can boost its altitude. space.com/space-exploration/…

A new report stresses the security implications of mass drivers on the moon, arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems. space.com/space-exploration/…

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence that tiny red dwarf stars can devour their own planets. space.com/astronomy/stars/re…

New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant. space.com/astronomy/solar-sy…

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.