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On this week's TWiS, we invited Rob Coppinger, author of the new book "HOTOL and Skylon," to discuss the efforts of the UK and other nations in building single-stage spaceplanes. @nss @lisapaporte @TWIT twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-s…
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On Episode 228 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Rob Coppinger to discuss the promise of rapid, reusable spaceplanes, space.com/entertainment/spac…
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Dragon really is going away, so NASA is making some contingency plans for human spaceflight. Is everyone ready for Starliner supremacy?
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NASA Boss: Moon Race with China Has National Security Stakes
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NASA's Isaacman to Newsmax: Starship Could Build 'Small City' on Moon
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The Pentagon must prepare for battles around the moon: Joint Chiefs chair defenseone.com/threats/2026/… #SpaceForce
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Moments ago @CNN cited a study saying that very large settlements on the Moon would run out of water and that much smaller bases are more realistic #Artemis @NASAMoonbase
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For This Week in Space on the Star Trek 60th, we visited with Mike Okuda, the Cardinal of Canon, to talk all things Trek and beyond. It was a rare treat! @nss @twit @tariqjmalik @SPACEdotcom @MikeOkuda twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-s…
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NASA and IBM have developed an AI model to help sift through the mountains of data the agency has gathered about the moon. space.com/astronomy/moon/nas…
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#OTD in 1962, President John F. Kennedy stood at Rice University in Houston and gave voice to a challenge that would inspire a generation and help set humanity on a course for the Moon.
What began as a bold vision became footprints on the Moon. Now, we’re building on that legacy and taking the next giant leap: building humanity’s first lunar outpost.
go.nasa.gov/45ZrLRy
ALT President John F. Kennedy smiles while standing behind a wooden podium bearing the presidential seal during his 1962 speech at Rice University in Houston. Several microphones are positioned in front of him, while people behind him applaud and the stadium stands rise in the background.
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The problem of orbital debris has not gotten enough attention, but this is changing. Join TWiS for a conversation with Adam Kall of KMI Space to learn about their ambitious plan for orbital debris remediation. @nss @twit @lisadlaporte @tariqjmalik
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The Artemis program is headed to the lunar poles, and we need to figure out how to best explore the region. Dr. David Kring of the Universities Space Research Association's Lunar and Planetary Institute joins us. @nss @twit @USRAedu twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-s…
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Orbiting over wavy green auroras! Moments like these are some of the most surreal in spaceflight. What a view!
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After China formally delays Chang'e 7 into 2027, the race to the South Pole of the Moon is back on.
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It was my pleasure to personally host NASA leadership in Montana to align around the Ignition priorities and make sure the team is focused and moving safely and urgently.
Decisions of the past have made the second space race closer than it ever needed to be. Under @POTUS’ national space policy, and with the resources from the Working Family Tax Cut Act, we have the tools to accelerate Artemis, return American astronauts to the Moon, build the base, rebuild the X-plane portfolio, launch more missions of science and discovery, and get America underway on nuclear power in space so the third race will never be in question.
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A great week visiting some of the teams across American industry helping make Artemis III possible.
From Collins Aerospace @RTX_News and @ScotForge to @L3HarrisTech and @blueorigin, it was great to get on the factory floor, see the hardware coming together, and talk with the teams behind it.
Returning American astronauts to the Moon is an enormous undertaking. It takes the best of NASA and American industry working together to deliver.
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Grateful to @POTUS, Director Kratsios @mkratsios47, and the entire OSTP team for spearheading a policy that will ensure American leadership in space 🚀🇺🇸
Today @POTUS signed a new National Space Transportation Policy, one that meets this moment of explosive growth and positions America to lead the next era of space.
In the 13 years since the last update to the Policy, U.S. launches have surged 10x: from 19 successful orbital launches in 2013 to 178 in 2025. This policy builds on that momentum to enable 1,000 launches and reentries on American soil by 2030.
Most of our launch infrastructure dates back to the 1960s. This Policy catalyzes commercial co-investment to build next-generation launch and reentry sites and designates an additional federal land reentry site to bring operations home.
It expands space transportation to include reentry and in-space operations. This unlocks reverse logistics and new orbital markets. The policy also delivers priority airspace corridors, transparent range allocation, a commercial-first approach enabling Americans on the Moon by 2028 and initial Moon Base elements by 2030, and rapid, resilient launch capabilities for national security.
This is how America leads.🚀🇺🇸
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We can announce the news! 🥳
I’m excited to be part of the EMILIA-3D team developing an instrument that will fly to the lunar surface. My role is to understand how the plume affects the landing site and to improve plume physics with the new measurements.
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China aims to launch its Chang'e 7 moon mission on Aug. 24 to send a lander, a rover, a hopper and a wide range of science experiments to the lunar south pole. space.com/astronomy/moon/chi…
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