New in our coverage this morning: A former senior Biden White House official told me they were never made aware of an offer from Elon Musk or SpaceX to bring Butch and Suni home early. Read here: www.cnn.com/2025/03/18/s...

Coming to you live from an Intuitive Machines watch party in Houston for the IM-2 Athena landing. www.cnn.com/science/live...

This note is from Dr. Tim Swindle of the U of A

We asked for him to respond to the latest executive orders

"We do not encourage and track diversity just because it is the fair thing to do, we do it because we want to provide NASA and aerospace corporations with the very best future workers we can"

Based on FAA documents, an "Aircraft Hazard Areas (AHA)" was set up that extends 730 nautical miles (840 miles) east of the launch site. That would not reach Turks and Caicos. Pre-set DRAs were in place, but it's possible debris fell outside those areas too, per reports of damage on the islands.

Here's our latest exchange with the FAA. Awaiting more details

Idk about you guys but if I saw this while I was flying a plane, it would scare the ever-loving crap out of me...

It's so nice and refreshing to see centibillionaires burying the hatchet and really coming together under the common goal of dominating the universe.

I spent the weekend cleaning out my grandparents' house in Dallas. They were "meticulous record keepers" — (euphemism for "they might be hoarders") — but then I found the front page of the Dallas Morning News from Jan. 29, 1986...and I've never been more grateful for their junk.

LeoLabs confirmed that the Air Force satellite called DMSP-5D2 F14 broke apart in orbit today. They're currently tracking 20 new pieces of debris.

I rallied up some recent tweets that reflect Jared Isaacman's long-held tone on politics. He's always wanted to be viewed as a "unifier." But as NASA chief, it's hard to imagine the agency can make any major decisions that won't elicit criticism/raise concerns about conflicts of interest.