"Every rocket launch is a leap towards humankind’s destiny and an act of defiance against the tyranny of gravity." - @torybruno, Pres & CEO of @ULALaunch #Space #RocketDownrange #ULA #AtlasV #DeltaIV #DeltaII #VulcanCentaur

USA is the best, and it's not even close!

Long post, but this one is important to me so I hope you stick it out! In January I reached out to Artemis II Commander @astro_reid with a simple ask- was he open to capturing the moon like I do for my colorful moon photos during the flyby? He humbly agreed, and we worked out a plan to incorporate into the photos captured as the crew approached the moon. The premise was simple- just capture enough photos in a burst to allow for image stacking to improve image fidelity, potentially to reveal color no human has ever captured. What he brought back was nothing short of magnificent. When I initially stacked the raw photos, it exceeded my expectations by far. The color came right out of the seemingly gray images, and showed details I've never seen before. It's possible nobody has. The lack of atmosphere meant a lot of color normally absorbed and scattered was present, so even the "near side" features looked exotic and unfamiliar. This view of the moon from an alien perspective made the usually-familiar lunar surface fresh and exciting, and the color we were able to resolve gave us valuable insight to the complex geological history of it's battered surface. Then, I faced a bit of a moral dilemma. I wanted people to be able to own these images in print- but I wouldn't feel right to profit off of them. As an active NASA astronaut, Reid certainly can't. He took these photos as part of a taxpayer-funded mission. If I couldn't split profits with him I didn't see a way to do this ethically, so I decided to release the images initially with no print offering, despite many requests!  Then, it clicked. After doing some research- I decided that I should do a print sale where the profits go 100% to charity. That way I can make prints available, do some good in the world, and it doesn't feel like an ethical conflict. ​I'm pleased to share my first EVER entirely-for-charity print release. ​ At the end of this sale all proceeds with be donated to UT MD Anderson Cancer Center. It feels fitting. I will follow up in a future post with a receipt from the donation, so you know how much we were able to donate. When I released this to my email subscribers only, we were already able to raise around $15k. Amazing! The limited edition fine art print is now publicly available, you can grab one of them at the link in my bio (also linked further in the thread) for a short time. Thank you for helping me do something good with my platform. Seriously... it feels amazing.

More rockets in the hangar at LC-1 than we’ve ever had before. We’re lining up a busy few weeks of back-to-back-to-back-to-back launches from the world’s first private orbital launch site 🚀🚀🚀🚀

Falcon 9 launches 29 @Starlink satellites from Florida

A new (temporary) look for #LC3Creative We're flying the stars and stripes high with our fresh American flag soccer ball logo for the duration of the 2026 World Cup! #WorldCup2026 #USMNT #USA #Soccer #Futbol #AmericanPride #StarsAndStripes #JogaBonito

Hey friends! 🚀 I made a new app to go with #RocketDownrange. It's called #ProjectOverheadLive - and is designed to show you what's flying overhead at any given moment. Planets, stars, constellations, satellites, flights, and more - all in one place. project-overhead-live.com/

“[NASA’s] collective effort will lift all of us up on that SLS rocket when we hit launch day.” Artemis III commander @AstroKomrade reflects on the path that led to here, and how this mission will lay the path for all future Artemis missions.

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.

What time zone do we use on the Moon? As Artemis builds a long-term presence on the Moon, seamless communication between astronauts, rovers, and Mission Control is critical. Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC) will keep future missions in sync: go.nasa.gov/4cvYYaE

Liftoff of Falcon Heavy!

Nothing quite as pretty as #FalconHeavy, well done @SpaceX team! #ViaSat 3 #RocketDownrange

I should go to space

Aborted 😩

Weather doesn’t look too favorable but hoping we get to see a launch of #FalconHeavy here soon! Payload is VIASAT-3 F3 Less than a half hour til scheduled launch for #SpaceX #RocketDownrange

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