Congrats to Blue Origin for the landing/recovery of New Glenn's 1st stage! It's good to have more than one company that can now do this!
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Congrats to Blue Origin for the landing/recovery of New Glenn's 1st stage! It's good to have more than one company that can now do this!
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Today marks 25 years of humans' permanent presence in low Earth orbit. Via #NASA —an overview of how the International Space Station program started. www.nasa.gov/reference/in...
International Space Station - NASA
The International Space Station Program brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch and flight operations, training, engineering, and development ...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Today marks 25 years of humans' permanent presence in low Earth orbit. Via #NASA —an overview of how the International Space Station program started. www.nasa.gov/reference/in...
Views of HTV-X1 berthed to Node 2 Nadir
October 31, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Views of HTV-X1 berthed to Node 2 Nadir
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HTV-X1 was captured and berthed to ISS today! There are now 7 vehicles docked/berthed to Station (tied record from 2024). If schedules hold, when Soyuz MS-28 docks in late November, all 8 available ports will be occupied for the first time -- a new record!
October 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
HTV-X1 was captured and berthed to ISS today! There are now 7 vehicles docked/berthed to Station (tied record from 2024). If schedules hold, when Soyuz MS-28 docks in late November, all 8 available ports will be occupied for the first time -- a new record!
Great to see HTV-X arrive at the ISS (and by my count, this is the last ever time we'll see a brand new type of Visiting Vehicle arrive at the ISS).
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Great to see HTV-X arrive at the ISS (and by my count, this is the last ever time we'll see a brand new type of Visiting Vehicle arrive at the ISS).
I highly recommend watching "Once Upon A Time In Space" on the BBC - a great series documenting the early Shuttle years all the way through to today. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Once Upon a Time in Space
A new perspective. At the dawn of a new space race, the personal stories of those who led us here offer a unique insight into our changing world - and where we are headed.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I highly recommend watching "Once Upon A Time In Space" on the BBC - a great series documenting the early Shuttle years all the way through to today. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This is a fantastic resource
Ben Fiest, the man behind the "Apollo in Real Time " project, has launched for the International Space Station's 25th Anniversary. "ISS in Real Time" issinrealtime.org #ISS #ISS25 #ISSInRealTime
ISS in Real Time
Explore 25 years onboard the International Space Station.
issinrealtime.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is a fantastic resource
The evolution of Cygnus 2014-2025
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The evolution of Cygnus 2014-2025
Great photo of the UK at night with the SSRMS in the foreground! (Image taken 14/9/25 @ 00:38 UK time)
September 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Great photo of the UK at night with the SSRMS in the foreground! (Image taken 14/9/25 @ 00:38 UK time)
SpaceX Dragon CRS-33 Docks with ISS in 4K | NASA Cargo Mission
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August 25, 2025 at 8:22 PM
An absolutely stupidly crazy decision by our government. Once again the UK sabotages its own space sector. History on repeat.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK independent space agency scrapped to cut costs
Britain's space agency is set to be scrapped - a scientist fears the UK space sector could fall behind as a result
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
An absolutely stupidly crazy decision by our government. Once again the UK sabotages its own space sector. History on repeat.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NASA is now faced with the perfect storm: Russia effectively at war with the west, Musk gone off the rails, radio silence on Starliner, Artemis still not operational, and an administration intent on killing science.
June 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NASA is now faced with the perfect storm: Russia effectively at war with the west, Musk gone off the rails, radio silence on Starliner, Artemis still not operational, and an administration intent on killing science.
Hopefully we are witnessing the downfall of Elon Musk. I don't think there's any way back for him now in the court of public opinion - he's alienated himself from pretty much all sides, apart from his wacky die-hard fans on X. I only hope that SpaceX can decouple from him in time - but I fear not.
June 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Hopefully we are witnessing the downfall of Elon Musk. I don't think there's any way back for him now in the court of public opinion - he's alienated himself from pretty much all sides, apart from his wacky die-hard fans on X. I only hope that SpaceX can decouple from him in time - but I fear not.
Wow, who could have foreseen that Musk & Trump, two of the biggest narcissistic, egotistical assholes to walk the earth, would fall out? No-one saw that one coming. It's almost as if the "smartest man alive" isn't actually that smart... 🙄
June 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Wow, who could have foreseen that Musk & Trump, two of the biggest narcissistic, egotistical assholes to walk the earth, would fall out? No-one saw that one coming. It's almost as if the "smartest man alive" isn't actually that smart... 🙄
Well, that's the end of NASA I think. RIP. Space exploration is now in the hands of billionaires and China.
May 31, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Well, that's the end of NASA I think. RIP. Space exploration is now in the hands of billionaires and China.
Despite Musk's rhetoric that ISS is nearing the end of its life, that's far from the truth IMO - the US Segment has many years of life left I think. Its modular nature has allowed it to be upgraded over the years – for example, it has a fully upgraded system of batteries and solar arrays.
May 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Despite Musk's rhetoric that ISS is nearing the end of its life, that's far from the truth IMO - the US Segment has many years of life left I think. Its modular nature has allowed it to be upgraded over the years – for example, it has a fully upgraded system of batteries and solar arrays.
In 2011, when Shuttle retired, NASA found itself dependent upon and beholden to a partner (Russia) whose behaviour was increasingly becoming belligerent and erratic. The irony is, nearly 15 years later, NASA now finds itself in exactly the same position - only this time the "partner" is Elon Musk.
May 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
In 2011, when Shuttle retired, NASA found itself dependent upon and beholden to a partner (Russia) whose behaviour was increasingly becoming belligerent and erratic. The irony is, nearly 15 years later, NASA now finds itself in exactly the same position - only this time the "partner" is Elon Musk.
Great photo of the Japanese Experiment Module taken during EVA-93 yesterday.
May 3, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Great photo of the Japanese Experiment Module taken during EVA-93 yesterday.
So, as expected, Trump's FY26 budget proposal effectively guts NASA and turns it into the SpaceX Contracting Agency. You know, it's almost as if Elon wrote the budget himself....
May 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So, as expected, Trump's FY26 budget proposal effectively guts NASA and turns it into the SpaceX Contracting Agency. You know, it's almost as if Elon wrote the budget himself....
This is an extremely dumb move - reducing ISS research & crew at a time when the station is at it's most capable (and still improving). With reduced crewing requirements, Starliner may well be dead in the water too.
OMB FY 2026 "Skinny" Budget hits ISS pretty hard, but extends to 2030: www.whitehouse.gov/omb/informat... @spacepete.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is an extremely dumb move - reducing ISS research & crew at a time when the station is at it's most capable (and still improving). With reduced crewing requirements, Starliner may well be dead in the water too.
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🔧 Now installed on @esa.int’s Columbus lab, our Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space is ready to test gravity, compare time across continents, and explore the laws of physics from orbit 💫.
⚡ Next step: #ACES first power-up on 28 April 🔋
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⚡ Next step: #ACES first power-up on 28 April 🔋
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ACES finds its home in orbit
The Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES), ESA’s state-of-the-art timekeeping facility, has been successfully installed on the International Space Station, marking the start of a new chapter in space-...
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April 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Happy 35th Birthday, Hubble!
April 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Happy 35th Birthday, Hubble!
Don Pettit now airborne aboard NASA's Gulfstream V heading back to the US. Routing Karaganda > Prestwick > Houston (Ellington).
April 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Don Pettit now airborne aboard NASA's Gulfstream V heading back to the US. Routing Karaganda > Prestwick > Houston (Ellington).
Butch & Suni have been rescued!!! All thanks to Trump & Musk! 😅
March 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Butch & Suni have been rescued!!! All thanks to Trump & Musk! 😅