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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

“We have not journeyed all this way across the centuries, across the oceans, across the mountains, across the prairies, because we are made of sugar candy.” — Sir Winston Churchill, c. 1941

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Before… and After. Inspired by a post by Twitter user @atlonglastcz — “i want to see more photographers post before & after photos; people need to see how much intentionality goes into each edit.” 🚀✨📸

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Enhance Details. 🔍 Throwback to this dramatic Moon image I took in March 2021 — one of the first lunar photos I took with my trusty Nikon P950. 2000mm, f6.5, 1/200s, ISO 100 #LookUp 🌔🔭

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Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Back in the Fall, I had heard about a SpaceX worker who wrote on the company's intranet asking that Musk stop wearing company apparel at political rallies. After he posted that, he had his access shut off and was walked out of his office. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/b...

NYT excerpt that reads:

This fall, a SpaceX employee was fired after writing on an internal message board that he hoped Mr. Musk would stop wearing company apparel during his campaign appearances for Mr. Trump, three people familiar with incident said. During an October rally in Butler, Pa., for example, Mr. Musk wore an “Occupy Mars” T-shirt — which SpaceX sells in its company store — as he jumped up and down onstage.

The employee wrote that it wouldn’t be appropriate for workers to wear political clothing to the office and, therefore, that company apparel should not be worn at campaign events. A few days after his post, the company revoked the employee’s access to internal systems, though it later reinstated the employee after determining there was no violation of company policies, the people said.

The employee resigned weeks later. SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Sawyer Rosenstein @thenasaman.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

What's better than 1 rocket launch? 2! What's better than 1 booster in a picture? 2! What's better than 1 streak shot? 2! First, the shuttle walkway leads the way to the successful launch of IM-2 from LC-39A Second, Starlink 12-13 launches from SLC-40 seen from the port

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Julia Bergeron @juliabergeronnsf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🎶 Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars 🎶 The IM-2 lander along with three additional payloads are on the way to the moon and beyond after a successful launch of Falcon 9. @nasaspaceflight.com stream youtube.com/live/gi0cLW7J6

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

“Can you stop talking about space & rockets?” N 　 O 　　　 O 　　　　 o 　　　　　 o 　　　　　 o 　　　　　 o 　　　　。　　　。　　　 . 　　　 . 　　　 . 　　　　 .

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Good news: asteroid 2024 YR4 has dropped from 3 to 1 on the Torino scale, with impact risk now significantly reduced; source: cneos.jpl.nasa.gov/sentry/

The image shows a screen grab from the Sentry site at CNEOS, with the line for asteroid 2024 YR4 highlighted - the impact probability has significantly dropped.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

SpaceX Crew-7 astronaut & former ISS commander Andreas Mogensen disputes Elon Musk’s assertion that Butch & Suni were “abandoned” on the ISS for political reasons. Musk’s response is absolutely appalling. This is what things have come to in the space community in 2025.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Our survival instinct is our greatest source of inspiration. 🧠🚀 📸 @nasaspaceflight.com

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Into the Vast Unknown. ✨ Shot as a test frame in October 2024, while I was dialing in my new star tracker. 120mm, f4.8, 60 sec., ISO 400 #LookUp 🔭🌟

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Ship 34 static fire test was incredible! WOW 🔥🔥🔥 📸 — Mary (BocaChicaGal) for NSF

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NASASpaceflight.com @nasaspaceflight.com · 12/02/2025

Live now 🚀SpaceX Performs Static Fire with Ship 34 for Starship Flight 8 www.youtube.com/live/z2Exgpe...

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🚀SpaceX Performs Static Fire with Ship 34 for Starship Flight 8

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Returning to Florida. On this day Shuttle Challenger became the first orbiter to use the SLF at KSC, concluding STS-41-B in 1984.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Starship Flight 8: Booster 15 returning to the production site following its Static Fire test. 🎥 nsf.live/starbase

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Using JWST, scientists recently observed a protoplanetary disk and gas jets located around a newborn star. Furthermore, Webb was used to investigate "light echoes" traveling through interstellar material near Cassiopeia A. 📝 By Haygen Warren — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/webb...

Left: Webb image of HH 30 and its surrounding protoplanetary disk. (Credit: ESA/Webb/NASA/CSA/Tazaki et al.)

Right: Webb image of the light echo moving through interstellar material. (Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/J. Jencson (Caltech/IPAC))

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Booster 15 has completed a static fire test of its Raptor engines. 🔥🔥🔥 📸 — Mary (BocaChicaGal) for NSF

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Elisar Priel @elisar3.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

STATIC FIRE! Starship Booster 15 fires up its engines for the first time, as teams continue with the pre-flight testing flow ahead of flight 8, pending regulatory approval @nasaspaceflight.com Testing stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AozA... Starbase Live: nsf.live/starbase

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

🆕 This Week in Spaceflight! 🆕 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTC...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

SpaceX is making good progress with the second launch site at Starbase. 📝 By Ryan Weber — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/star...

Aerial view of the Launch Site at Starbase in Cameron County, Texas. (Credit: Mary @BocaChicaGal for NSF)

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Starship Flight 9: There's Ship 35 in Mega Bay 2. Ship 35 is flying after Ship 34 (upcoming Flight 8) and may be the first Ship to be caught. Meanwhile, work on Tower 2 is focusing on reeving the lines for the chopsticks. 🎥 nsf.live/starbase

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ followers on Bluesky! Thanks a bunch, everyone! Bigger & better things to come. Onwards & upwards. 🦋🚀

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

7 years ago, SpaceX launched Falcon Heavy for the first time. The flight saw the two side boosters perform a spectacular simultaneous RTLS landing, while the upper stage sent Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster & a dummy named Starman to interplanetary space. 📺 youtu.be/A0FZIwabctw?...

Falcon Heavy lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to begin its long-awaited test flight. (Credit: Brady Kenniston for NSF)

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Thomas Hayden @thomashayden.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Aircraft carriers are HUGE! Here's an approximate visualization of a Starship stack on ex-John F. Kennedy as it entered the Port of Brownsville for scrapping. ~408ft vs ~1,106ft Apologies (or you're welcome) for the Ship 26 style stack @nasaspaceflight.com

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Starship Flight 8: SpaceX just performed a nitrogen purge of the Booster QD (Quick Disconnect) & Raptor QDs on Pad A for the first time since Flight 7. nsf.live/starbase This usually means that the pad is nearly ready to host a static fire, so we should be on the lookout for B15 rollout closures.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

2025 is kicking off with huge developments at the Space Coast! SpaceX’s Roberts Road expansion is officially confirmed for Starship production, Blue Origin's New Glenn reached orbit for the first time, & NASA, ULA, & Relativity continue their work across the Cape. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y6c...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

How long until we see two full stack Starships out on the Starbase pads? From the latest summary vid. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e87...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

This week at Starbase, Pad B takes a giant leap forward with the installation of the chopsticks, the digging of the flame trench, & the tank farm coming together. Meanwhile, B15 & S34 near testing, & Massey’s sees preparations for Block 2 hardware. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5vt...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This week’s launch manifest is quite diverse: Rocket Lab is gearing up for Electron’s first launch of the year from New Zealand, & Blue Origin’s New Shepard will simulate the Moon’s gravity from just beyond the Kármán line. 📝 By Aaron McCrea — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/02/laun...

New Shepard on Launch Pad One in West Texas. (Credit: Blue Origin)

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

A lot of future ship parts can be seen when peeking in the Starfactory windows. In this Starbase Summary, we track Starbase from the ground & the air. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nru...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Dynamic Duo. 🙌 The 16%-illuminated crescent Moon & -4.48 mag. Venus snuggle close together in the sky on a wonderfully clear night. 300mm, f8, 30 sec., ISO 100 — shot using a MSM Nomad tracker. #LookUp 🔭✨

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Garrett Reisman @astro-g-dogg.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Remembering the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia today, 22 years after we lost them. I was closest with Ilan Ramon and miss him very much but it is the pilot, Willie McCool, who I see most days because this photo of him taken by his wife, Lani, hangs on the wall of my study. Farewell Columbia.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

🆕 This Week in Spaceflight with Elysia Segal! 🆕 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzg0...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Scientists announced this week that OSIRIS-REx's samples of asteroid 101955 Bennu contained organic "building blocks" for life. Meanwhile, a newly discovered asteroid could threaten Earth in December 2032. 📝 by Justin Davenport — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/benn...

Bennu as imaged by OSIRIS-REx. (Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona)

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

#FBF — #Starship SN9 on the Suborbital Pad B at SpaceX Starbase, waiting to conduct its high-altitude flight test. c. January 2021.

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

You know the saying: "Work Continues On The Pad B OLM". The Chopsticks were installed on Tower 2 at Starbase, & flame diverter construction continued for Pad B. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rska...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#SpaceX is preparing for #Starship Flight 8, pending Flight 7 Ship 33 investigation and launch vehicle/pad readiness. 📝 by Ryan Weber — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/foll...

Super Heavy Booster 14 on the Orbital Launch Mount after Flight 7. Credit: Mary (BocaChicaGal) for NSF

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

#NASA Statement on Butch and Suni: “NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions.”

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

This week at Starbase, the action centers on repairs at Pad A after Flight 7, major progress at Pad B, & ongoing development of future #Starship vehicles. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxow...

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Latest Starbase Summary, with a focus on chopsticks for Tower 2 - with humans for scale. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oFO...

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All Eyes on Pad B at Starbase | SpaceX Boca Chica

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Commercial providers are gearing up to deliver cargo to the lunar surface, with over a dozen uncrewed lunar missions planned for launch in the coming years. 📝 by Martijn Luinstra — www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/luna...

Blue Ghost ahead of its launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket. (Credit: Firefly Aerospace)

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Wallpaper check? Wallpaper check. Lemme see yours down below 📱⬇️

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Tyler Gray @tylergray-nsf.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Incoming! Super Heavy Booster 14 navigates its way down towards Mechazilla during its final descent. 📸 @nasaspaceflight.com 📺 youtu.be/nT6jXu-Yx9w?...

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