🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 I am so excited to share that SOLAR-1 has finally completed its provisional testing and has been cleared by NOAA NESDIS for release! SWPC will begin publishing the real-time solar wind data along with IMAP data TODAY! There is still one more thing to workout for CCOR-2, but that will be coming soon! I can't say enough what a freakin honor it has been to work with the NOAA wide SOLAR-1 teams the past few months to get everything ready to go for everyone. Seeing the test and validation work put in and how it compares to ACE and DSCOVR is truly incredible. 🥹 Stay tuned for more details! noaa.gov/news-release/noaas-…

Northrop Grumman partners with Apex on space-based interceptors for Golden Dome spacenews.com/northrop-grumm…

New Glenn rocket explodes on Cape Canaveral pad spacenews.com/new-glenn-rock…

At the NASA Moon Base event, NASA announced it selected Astrolab and Lunar Outpost for LTV (lunar rover) awards and Blue Origin to deliver those rovers to the Moon on its Blue Moon lander.

Cowboy Space has filed plans with the FCC for Stampede, a proposed 20,000-satellite orbital data center constellation. It’s smaller than the million-satellite system proposed by SpaceX, though still massive by historical standards: spacenews.com/cowboy-files-p…

Rocket Lab joins Raytheon on space interceptor program for Golden Dome spacenews.com/rocket-lab-joi…

Proud to partner on this groundbreaking mission.

You heard it from @Will4Planet first: we’ve successfully made contact with all three Pelicans!

🚨Science Committee Democratic staff have learned from multiple sources that President Trump has fired the entirety of the National Science Board (NSB). The purpose of the @NSF_NSB is to advise Congress and the President on the activities of the @NSF.

Turion Space raises $75 million to expand maneuverable satellite fleet spacenews.com/turion-space-r…

The U.S. Space Force selected 14 companies to compete for contracts under a new $1.8 billion procurement of satellites and supporting technologies to monitor activity in geosynchronous orbit. The program, known as Andromeda, is structured as a 10-year contracting vehicle managed by Space Systems Command. Link in thread.

Here's what to expect:

Pentagon awards Raytheon $45 million for GPS ground system as program future is reassessed spacenews.com/pentagon-award…

Artemis 2 heads to the moon spacenews.com/artemis-2-head…

Orion has separated from the ICPS upper stage.

SLS core stage main engine cutoff. ICPS and Orion have separated.

On their way to the Moon.

This would prevent NASA from proceeding out of its current planned hold at T-10 minutes if not resolved. But they have time to fix it.

NASA reporting an issue with one of the batteries on the Artemis 2 launch abort system; temperature out of range.

SpaceX quietly files for big bang IPO spacenews.com/spacex-quietly…