Will Robinson-Smith

Overnight, @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social will attempt its 1st Moon landing. The anticipated touchdown of the Blue Ghost lander is 3:34 am EST / 0834 UTC on March 2.

Before then, brush up on the mission and what Firefly and NASA have planned while on the Moon.

Watch: youtu.be/g-SCMQnTB18?...

01.03.2025 19:23 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.

Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉

09.01.2025 12:53 — 👍 3605    🔁 855    💬 156    📌 120

NASA Joins Telescope, Instruments to Roman Spacecraft - NASA Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload – the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments – to the

Technicians have successfully integrated NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s payload—the telescope, instrument carrier, and two instruments—to the spacecraft that will deliver the observatory to its place in space and enable it to function while there. 🔭 🧪

08.01.2025 17:15 — 👍 119    🔁 27    💬 0    📌 0

The commercial imaging satellite 高景一号02星 (GaoJing 1-02, Superview 1-02), operated by Beijing-based SpaceView (北京航天世景信息技术有限公司) reentered above New Orleans at 0408 UTC Dec 22 (10.08 pm CST Dec 21) heading northbound towards MS, AR, MO and was widely observed

22.12.2024 05:53 — 👍 100    🔁 23    💬 4    📌 10

Thanks!

07.12.2024 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You may have heard NASA is delaying the Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 missions. For those who don't feel like going watching a 1.5 hour briefing to get a visual understanding of why these delays are happening, here's our @spaceflightnow.com 10 min. version with handy visual aids.

youtu.be/6IBJvZwaFmM?...

07.12.2024 15:11 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

In a space-adjacent post, congratulations to all the Space Coast Marathon and Half-Marathon finishers! It was a beautiful day for a run!

01.12.2024 16:57 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi there! I'm Will Robinson-Smith, reporter and launch commentator for @spaceflightnow.com. As we cover government and commercial orbital space, I'd love to hear from you!

Tips are welcome at my email in my bio and I'm always on the lookout for opportunities to tell rich, visual stories via video!

29.11.2024 17:51 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0