Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 9hCrew-13 post-launch news conference about to get underway here at Kennedy Space Center: www.youtube.com/live/QSJVOZO... 020
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Crew-13 prelaunch news conference about to get underway. Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/mlfzT_n... 021
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026CDC has yet to update vaccine recommendations for fall. Some prominent nongovernmental medical associations are filling the gap, publishing their own guidance for flu, COVID, RSV, and the research behind it ➡️ spreadthefacts.orgyoutube.comVaccine guidance in flux as flu and cold season gets underwayYouTube video by FOX 32 Chicago 001
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Starship's 14th test flight ended earlier than planned, but achieved major mission goals, including several firsts for the SpaceX megarocket 240
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026NASA and Boeing officials are scheduled to provide an update on the status of Starliner at 3 p.m. ET. News conference should begin shortly.youtube.comSpace Station Operations Update (Sept. 28, 2026)YouTube video by NASA 020
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Reentry begins Starship 14 | Image credit: SpaceX 041
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Starship 14 performs deorbit burn for early return to Earth. Splashdown expected around noon ET in the northern Pacific Ocean. Despite loss of one RVAC engine on ascent, Starship reached low Earth orbit and deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites. | Image credit: SpaceX 5131
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I edited my favorite highlights from this morning's launch of Starship 14 to fit into a 90 second clip, liftoff to orbit. | Original video courtesy: SpaceX 031
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SpaceX pushes Starship 14 launch target to 7:48 a.m. CTspacex.comSpaceXSpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. 000
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026SpaceX pushes launch target to 7:46 a.m. CT for Starship. This 14th test flight will attempt to place the megarocket in low Earth orbit for the first time. Scheduled liftoff is one hour away!spacex.comSpaceXSpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. 001
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Back in Atlanta for a few days before I return to the Space Coast for the Crew-13 launch. This was the view coming into ATL this evening. 290
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Crew-13 arrives at Kennedy Space Center, FL ahead of scheduled Oct. 1 launch 040
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026To my fellow passengers wearing backpacks 261
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Heading to the Space Coast for Crew-13’s arrival at Kennedy Space Center ahead of their scheduled Oct. 1 launch. 130
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NASA and Boeing to provide update on the future of Starliner. News conference Monday, Sept. 28, at 3 p.m. ET at Kennedy Space Center.nasa.govNASA, Boeing to Provide Update on Starliner Development - NASADuring a news conference at 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28, NASA and Boeing leadership will discuss Starliner’s development and plans for regular crew flights 085
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026NASA announces members of Crew-14 mission to International Space Station targeting launch in spring of 2027. Click ALT for names and mission assignments. | Photo credit: SpaceX 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Instead of holding every person’s hand to help them navigate bad information, I want to give people tools to understand how to interpret that information themselves," says @jessicamalaty.bsky.social at @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social public health communications forum.youtube.comEnvisioning the Future: Adapting Public Health Education to New Communications RealitiesYouTube video by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health 012
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NASA and SpaceX announce Crew-13 launch target: 11:10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Docking with International Space Station would occur around 8 p.m. that evening.nasa.govNASA, SpaceX Move to Final Crew-13 Prelaunch Prep for Oct. 1 LiftoffNASA and SpaceX are targeting 11:10 a.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 1, as the earliest launch opportunity for the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. 082
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Jupiter has a more complex "bow shock" than Earth, including multiple frequencies of plasma waves and a series of particle-slowing barriers, or "shocklets," to shield against the solar wind. Nature Communications: www.nature.com/articles/s41... | Image credit: Jayasri Joseph, University of Iowa 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Major TV networks suspend shared "pool" coverage of president, issue joint statement following Trump administration decision to bar CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House 150
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026NASA announces fixed-price contract modification with SpaceX, adding flights for Crew-15, Crew-16, and Crew-17 valued at $946 million.nasa.govNASA Awards SpaceX Three Crew Flights to Space Station - NASATo continue regular crew transportation to the International Space Station, NASA has awarded SpaceX three additional missions through a contract modification. 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Crew-13 entered routine preflight quarantine at Johnson Space Center in Houston today. Targeting liftoff in early October, NASA has yet to announce a specific date. However quarantine usually begins 14 days prior to an anticipated launch to avoid illness during space missions. | Photo credit: SpaceX 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026SpaceX has pushed the 14th test flight of Starship to Monday, Sept. 28 (was originally the preceding Tuesday, Sept. 22). The 75-minute launch window opens at 8:15 a.m. ET (7:15 a.m. CT) at the company’s Starbase in south Texas. This will be Starship's first orbital flight.spacex.comSpaceXSpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. 031
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026NASA and SpaceX say engineers have successfully replaced a leaky oxidizer valve on the Dragon spacecraft's propulsion system. Originally scheduled for Sept. 12, Crew-13 is now targeting launch to the International Space Station in early October. | Photo credit: NASA 031
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I asked Crew-12, "What was your biggest 'Eureka!' moment?" 051
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026El Niño needs a press team. | Screenshot: X 100
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Goddard Spaceflight Center director responds to reorganization concerns seven current and former NASA employees voiced to NPR 031
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026SpaceX targeting Sept. 22 for Starship 14 launchspacex.comSpaceXSpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. 020
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Why doesn't Venus have a Moon? Burp. New research published in The Astrophysical Journal suggests Venus' slow rotation would have allowed its gravity to draw in and swallow a moon. Earth's fast rotation pushes its Moon outward through tidal acceleration. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3... 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Sustainability analysis suggests a city on the Moon would run dry after a decade, but a village could last for centuries. "If the ambitious plans of the space billionaires are to be realized, then finding more water will be the first step."frontiersin.orgNo cities on the Moon — there isn’t enough water, scientists sayThe discovery of water at the poles of the Moon has inspired speculation about whether we can build there – cities, industrial neighborhoods, places where peopl 043
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"We should look past the politics on this one." NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman responds to critics of U.S. Space Academy | Source: X/@NASAAdmin 141
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Which state should host the future U.S. Space Academy? NASA is requesting information from governors following the first meeting of a Presidential Commission exploring logistics for the school set for groundbreaking no later than 2027. For your convenience, Governor, I’ve included the link.sam.govSam Acquisition 360 040
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Asteroid Chariklo’s inner ring has become more opaque and its outer ring more transparent over just a few years, according to James Webb Space Telescope observations of starlight behind the system (stellar occultation) published in Science Advances | Image credit in ALT 190
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Artemis II astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman transitioning to "emeritus" status, a specialized consultant role that allows them to pursue other opportunities while simultaneously training and mentoring the workforce at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston | Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett 080
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Just for fun, NASA is putting pixels up for adoption on its Roman Space Telescope. You can get yours here ➡️ science.nasa.gov/mission/roma... 030
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Tomorrow (Sept. 3), both of Florida’s U.S. senators and a bipartisan group of 22 members of Congress plan to send this letter to President Trump and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman to make the case for locating the new U.S. Space Academy in the Sunshine State. 031
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026NASA says its next astronaut rotation to the International Space Station (Crew-13) is targeting launch in late September following a delay to address an oxidizer leak on the Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system. “A new target launch date will be shared once confirmed.”nasa.govStation Crew Cleans Up, Relaxes After Busy Month of Spacewalks - NASAThe Expedition 75 crew members are coming off a busy period that saw four spacewalks take place in one month outside of the International Space Station. The orbital septet cleaned spacesuits, conducte... 082
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 31/08/2026After surviving multiple White House budget cut proposals, reversed by Congress, NASA’s Roman Space Telescope not only launched today, but seems to have won over the president. Watch what happened in the middle of the post-launch press conference. | Video: NASA 171
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Instead of watching the Roman Telescope launch from the Kennedy Space Center Press Site, I booked a tour through the Visitor Center to get my parents up close as a birthday gift to Mom, who helped me turn our living room wall into mural of the solar system during the year of Apollo 11. 070
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 30/08/2026An oxidizer leak on the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft’s propulsion system will delay the planned Sept. 12 launch of the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station. NASA says the leak was detected during standard prelaunch spacecraft processing. New date TBD following more tests. | Image: NASA 041
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026U.S. Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA) raises questions and concerns about President Trump’s efforts to create a U.S. Space Academy | Screenshots: gtwhitesides/X 0209
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Weather forecast is 50/50 for Sunday morning launch of Roman Telescope, but improves to 70% favorable on Monday and Tuesday 062
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Where should the U.S. Space Academy be located?substack.comHouston, we’ve had a POTUSDuring his Texas visit, President Trump honored the Artemis II astronauts and signed an executive order to create the first-ever “U.S. Space Academy.” 211
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The event at Johnson Space Center continues with a live feed from Mission Control, where President Trump is on a ground-to-space call, congratulating the International Space Station crew on their courage. “I wouldn’t do it.” 100
Jonathan Serrie @jonathanserrie.bsky.social · 28/08/2026POTUS has moved to Mission Control for a ground to space call with the International Space Station crew 000
