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Marina Koren @marinakoren.bsky.social · 5d

Have a little cosmic wonder with your spooky season: My first story for @nytimes.com, about a pair of once-in-a-lifetime cosmic visitors gracing the northern skies this month www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/s...

Two Comets Are Moving Into Your Night Skies in October: How to Watch

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 9d

This week is going to be revealing in a lot of ways. There's been plenty of speculation over how NASA will respond in the event of a shutdown and a CR, and the agency has been planning to a lot of different scenarios. Soon we'll find out exactly what the path forward is.

SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 9d

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), top Democrat on Senate Commerce Cmte, is out with a Democratic staff report: "The Destruction of NASA's Mission: Whistleblowers Reveal OMB's Unconstitutional Plot to Gut the Agency."
www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

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David Gilbert @davidgilbert.bsky.social · 13d

NEW

WIRED led the way in reporting on Elon Musk's efforts to dismantle the US government. My colleagues and I spoke to 100s of employees at dozens of agencies to understand what happened.

This is the definitive story of DOGE as told by those who experienced it

www.wired.com/story/oral-h...

The Story of DOGE, as Told by Federal Workers

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 13d

As another government shutdown looms, OMB is telling federal agencies to plan for mass firings rather than just furloughs, bucking precedent www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

White House Tells Agencies to Prepare for Job Cuts in Shutdown

The White House budget office is telling federal agencies to prepare plans for mass firings during a possible government shutdown.

www.bloomberg.com

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 16d

Anna Menon of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission is among the new class

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 16d

NASA is about to get a new crop of astronaut candidates. Start your Monday on a high note: www.youtube.com/watch?v=frX3...

NASA Selects 2025 Astronaut Candidates

YouTube video by NASA

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Marina Koren @marinakoren.bsky.social · 22d

An absolute banger of a story from @sarahscoles.bsky.social about Breakthrough Starshot and its dreams of interstellar travel, a decade after the big-deal project was announced, including what happened to that dazzling $100 million promise: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

A $100-Million Mission to Another Star Just Disappeared

An abandoned plan to visit another star highlights the perils of billionaire-funded science

www.scientificamerican.com

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 22d

House Appropriations has filed a CR that would keep the government open through November 21. appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 28d

And to cap it off, we've maybe, kinda, sorta found life on Mars... again! This time, enticing rocks found by the Perseverance rover hint at past microbial life, and the bot even grabbed a sample! Too bad they're trying to kill Mars Sample Return... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NASA Rover Finds Mars Rocks That May Be Signs of Ancient Life

NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars stumbled upon rocks last year that scientists think may show signs that Mars once hosted microbial life.

www.bloomberg.com

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 28d

Then, NASA tells us that it is restricting Chinese citizens' "physical and cybersecurity access to our facilities, materials, and network to ensure the security of our work." w/ @eroston.bsky.social and Sana Pashankar www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NASA Blocks Chinese Citizens With US Visas From Working on Space Programs

NASA has blocked Chinese citizens with US visas from working on agency programs, people familiar with the matter said, as Washington escalates anti-Beijing rhetoric with both nations racing to the moo...

www.bloomberg.com

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 28d

Kind of a wild morning! First up some post-Starship analysis for the newsletter, with Elon's promise of reaching 100-ton payload capacity next year www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

Is Starship the Weak Link in the US Lunar Race With China?

Greetings Earthlings, it’s Loren Grush, reporting this week from the US Chamber of Commerce’s aerospace summit in Washington. The pressure is on for the US to beat China in the race to put humans back...

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · Sep 8

SpaceX agrees to acquire EchoStar's AWS-4 and H-block spectrum licenses for up to $8.5B in cash and up to $8.5B in stock, resolving an FCC inquiry into EchoStar (Bloomberg)

Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bridenstine ripping apart the complicated Artemis architecture with a specific focus on Starship and the decision to pick SpaceX between NASA administrators: "This is an architecture that no NASA administrator that I'm aware of would have selected had they had the choice"

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Sep 3

Bridenstine is back, and so is the Mountain Dew

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Senate Commerce Committee's hearing on beating China to the moon is underway after a last minute witness reshuffle www.commerce.senate.gov

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · Sep 2

BREAKING: President Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision, an AP source says.

Trump will announce Space Command will move from Colorado to Alabama, AP source says

President Donald Trump’s administration will announce U.S. Space Command will be located in Alabama, reversing a Biden-era decision to keep it at its temporary headquarters in Colorado.

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 28

Such a sweetheart, Millie! So sorry Andrew

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 27

Did a dive into the saga to transport a retired Space Shuttle to Houston. The story could have easily been twice as long, it's got so many wild parts www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Ted Cruz Wants a Real Space Shuttle in Houston, Not a Fake One

There’s money and desire to move a retired spaceship from Washington, but it’s a logistical nightmare.

www.bloomberg.com

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 27

Starship coming in for landing

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 27

Relatively clean Starship launch so far. Finally demonstrated payload deployment after not getting the chance for most of the year www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

SpaceX Starship Launches in Key Test After Fiery Setbacks

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its massive Starship rocket on its 10th major test flight on Tuesday evening, a mission that comes with high stakes after a series of explosive setbacks this year.

www.bloomberg.com

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 26

Tim, please no. I'm tired

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 25

"Now let's talk about Mars" the hosts say on the SpaceX livestream, but let's not say a word about the $4 billion contracts we hold with NASA to send astronauts to the Moon

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 25

Musk voice jumpscare on today's Starship livestream. I guess we're getting a combined technical update and launch viewing experience today x.com/i/broadcasts...

SpaceX

Starship's Tenth Flight Test

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thank you! Should be fixed now. And yeah, we'll find out soon...

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Loren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · Aug 20

After the mixed Starship test flights this year, SpaceX surged 20 percent of its Falcon engineering group to Starship for six months to help with testing and reliability. Now as the company heads into its next test flight, the pressure is on to show progress www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

SpaceX’s Expensive Starship Explosions Are Starting to Add Up

Plagued by failed test flights, Elon Musk’s space company is under pressure to show progress in its massive rocket program. How long will investors keep the faith?

www.bloomberg.com

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