Loren Grush
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A small silver lining: Yes, NASA and NOAA did not do briefings for their global temp data sets released today. And they certainly do not emphasize the human causes. But they *did* release them. The work is still happening.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:52 PM
A small silver lining: Yes, NASA and NOAA did not do briefings for their global temp data sets released today. And they certainly do not emphasize the human causes. But they *did* release them. The work is still happening.
data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/grap...
www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monit...
data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/grap...
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It's "very unlikely" NASA will be able to recover the MAVEN Mars orbiter, NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter says at the Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting this morning. Efforts to restore contact will resume Friday, after solar conjunction ends.
January 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
It's "very unlikely" NASA will be able to recover the MAVEN Mars orbiter, NASA planetary science division director Louise Prockter says at the Small Bodies Assessment Group meeting this morning. Efforts to restore contact will resume Friday, after solar conjunction ends.
Did a dive into the engineering challenges posed by data centers in space. They could work! But there's a lot of technological development to be done www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Why AI Data Centers in Space Aren’t Totally Science Fiction
Tech billionaires want to move AI’s massive energy demands off Earth. The engineering hurdles are enormous.
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January 13, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Did a dive into the engineering challenges posed by data centers in space. They could work! But there's a lot of technological development to be done www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Fwiw, it was almost 10 years ago that I was warning of the exclusionary nature of Musk's vision of space colonization, subtle then but very much present. Most space advocates would pooh-pooh such talk saying Musk jcared about the survival of the whole human race and couldn't I see that?
It is amazing how no one cares. Yes times have changed, but even so if the CEO of Pepsi or Apple or Citibank said this in public, let alone daily, I suspect it would make news and end their CEO job. With Musk it's, like, "eh everyone already knows he's a Nazi, move along"
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
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January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Fwiw, it was almost 10 years ago that I was warning of the exclusionary nature of Musk's vision of space colonization, subtle then but very much present. Most space advocates would pooh-pooh such talk saying Musk jcared about the survival of the whole human race and couldn't I see that?
A NASA press conference on the Crew-11 mission should begin shortly www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcV...
International Space Station Update: Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
YouTube video by NASA
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January 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A NASA press conference on the Crew-11 mission should begin shortly www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffcV...
Overnight, the situation on board the ISS became more serious: NASA is now considering ending Crew-11 early due to a crew member's medical issue
January 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Overnight, the situation on board the ISS became more serious: NASA is now considering ending Crew-11 early due to a crew member's medical issue
NASA is postponing tomorrow’s planned spacewalk
January 7, 2026 at 10:21 PM
NASA is postponing tomorrow’s planned spacewalk
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One note from the STScI town hall at #AAS247 today: the median reentry date for Hubble, based on current modeling, is 2033; a <10% chance of reentry by 2029.
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
One note from the STScI town hall at #AAS247 today: the median reentry date for Hubble, based on current modeling, is 2033; a <10% chance of reentry by 2029.
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has donated his own private jets to the agency and is offering incentive rides on them to NASA employees who do exceptional work. What are your thoughts on this move? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NASA’s Isaacman to Treat ‘Exceptional’ Staff to Private Jet Ride
NASA employees now have another incentive to outperform for new agency head Jared Isaacman: rides in his private F-5 jets.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman has donated his own private jets to the agency and is offering incentive rides on them to NASA employees who do exceptional work. What are your thoughts on this move? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
For the new year, I have resolved to be more active on social after kind of falling off a cliff the last year. I had put most of my eggs in the Twitter basket in the 2010s. But now wondering where people find the best connection -- is it here? Insta? Gulp TikTok? Where do you live online these days?
January 6, 2026 at 2:15 PM
For the new year, I have resolved to be more active on social after kind of falling off a cliff the last year. I had put most of my eggs in the Twitter basket in the 2010s. But now wondering where people find the best connection -- is it here? Insta? Gulp TikTok? Where do you live online these days?
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House Approps has released a pkg of FY2026 approps bills including CJS (NASA & NOAA).
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January 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
House Approps has released a pkg of FY2026 approps bills including CJS (NASA & NOAA).
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The Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator www.senate.gov/legislative/...
After the remarkable turnover at Relativity Space, my colleague @kielporter.bsky.social and I dove into what really happened at the company and how it's moving forward with its new CEO Eric Schmidt
A Rocket Maker Burned Through Its Cash, Then Eric Schmidt Swooped In
Relativity Space tried to build spacecraft with 3D printing. After a series of setbacks, Google’s former chief has taken the helm — and the old boss’s big idea is being left behind.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
After the remarkable turnover at Relativity Space, my colleague @kielporter.bsky.social and I dove into what really happened at the company and how it's moving forward with its new CEO Eric Schmidt
The SpaceX news just keeps on coming
SpaceX to Pursue 2026 IPO Raising Far Above $30 Billion
SpaceX is moving ahead with plans for an initial public offering that would seek to raise significantly more than $30 billion, people familiar with the matter said, in a transaction that would make it...
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December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The SpaceX news just keeps on coming
This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
Our last free-to-read story of the day is this classic whopper from @lorengrush.bsky.social:
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Worshippers of Elon Musk have flocked to the middle of nowhere in Texas to watch SpaceX’s attempts to build a space-worthy rocket — and to find friends.
Encounters with SpaceX fans who uprooted their lives and moved to Starbase
Trying to understand the people who feel “trapped on Earth” and would like to live on Mars
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This was one of my favorite projects I did at The Verge -- also my last! A fitting send off
NASA and Boeing are reducing Starliner's definitive mission to the ISS to four, after last year's botched test flight and the ISS program quickly approaches its end. Next Starliner flight, a cargo mission, is planned for April
November 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
NASA and Boeing are reducing Starliner's definitive mission to the ISS to four, after last year's botched test flight and the ISS program quickly approaches its end. Next Starliner flight, a cargo mission, is planned for April
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We've worked on this project for months — excited to finally share it!
[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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Apollo's bold, unruly and controversial successor
A visual guide to the audacious moon-landing mission design that put SpaceX and NASA in the hot seat — and has experts worried the US could lose the new moon race.
cnn.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We've worked on this project for months — excited to finally share it!
[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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[Note: The animations are not to scale, and details such as flight paths are simplified to give an illustrative overview of the mission design.]
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Blue Origin sticks the landing on New Glenn's second flight www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Bezos’ Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Launches First NASA Mission
Blue Origin LLC launched its flagship New Glenn rocket from Cape Canaveral on Thursday, successfully reaching space and landing its first-stage booster shortly after launch, a major feat for the Jeff ...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Blue Origin sticks the landing on New Glenn's second flight www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
At last, some resolution www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Revives Billionaire Isaacman’s Nomination to Top NASA Job
President Donald Trump renominated Elon Musk ally Jared Isaacman to lead NASA on Tuesday, a major about-face just five months after the White House ended his candidacy as relations between Trump and M...
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November 4, 2025 at 11:02 PM
At last, some resolution www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
You'd think of all people, Kim Kardashian would know how selective editing works people.com/kim-kardashi...
Kim Kardashian Insists the 1969 Moon Landing Was Fake: ‘It Didn't Happen'
Kim Kardashian revealed that she believes the conspiracy theory that the 1969 Moon landing did not actually happen, and she tried to convince her 'All's Fair' costar Sarah Paulson to believe it, too, ...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You'd think of all people, Kim Kardashian would know how selective editing works people.com/kim-kardashi...
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Quite the battle royale here.
October 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Quite the battle royale here.
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I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
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What Happens When the US Stops Funding the Science Behind SpaceX?
NASA’s shrinking budget threatens the public science behind SpaceX’s success, and it could weaken America’s ability to develop breakthrough technologies.
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October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I have a new essay in Bloomberg Weekend about how important government science is to advanced tech like SpaceX's Starship, and what we can expect from big cuts to government R&D:
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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This is one of those weeks where I'm reminded that space reporting is 95% talking about going to space and 5% actually going to space
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is one of those weeks where I'm reminded that space reporting is 95% talking about going to space and 5% actually going to space
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I did a brief writeup on known space debris reentries on Oct 16, none of which match the UA1093 airliner incident
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Reentered over Canary Is. circa 16W 28N at 0157 UTC, reentry observed from ground. Space Force confirms reentry on Oct 16 but with no TIP reentry data. 3) WHSJW 6-01 (63428, 2025-067A) Reentered over Sakhalin 143E 49N at 1700 UTC based on Space Force TIP reentry data on space-track.org.
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October 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I did a brief writeup on known space debris reentries on Oct 16, none of which match the UA1093 airliner incident
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Ah yes, the age old "make space companies move faster" technique. Works every time x.com/SecDuffyNASA...
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Ah yes, the age old "make space companies move faster" technique. Works every time x.com/SecDuffyNASA...