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Join us as the Artemis II crew answers questions from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, where they're in protective quarantine ahead of their upcoming flight around the Moon. NASA's Artemis II Q&A from Quarantine | 53:49 NASA | 12.8M subscribers | 20,828 views | March 29 2026(Streamed live 2 hours ago)

NASA Might Be Able to Reboost the Hubble Space Telescope After All... | 10:37> Ellie in Space | 222K subscribers | 34,141 views | March 25, 2026 [link to the report from Ars Technica]

A meteor nearly 6ft in diameter weighing roughly 7 tons broke apart above Ohio and was seen across 10 states. NASA: Massive 'boom' heard from Ohio to Kentucky caused by exploding meteor | 1:56 ABC News | 19.5M subscribers | 137,427 views | March 17, 2026

(link set up to start at 2:37:18) Butch Wilmore - He Was Stranded in Space for 286 Days | SRS #287 | 3:27:27 Shawn Ryan Show | 5.96M subscribers | 189,109 views | March 12, 2026

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A meteorite has crashed through the roof of a house in the city of Koblenz in the west of Germany after a spectacular fireball lit up the night sky above western Europe on Sunday evening, March 8.More than 2,800 sightings of the fireball have been reported to the International Meteor Organization (IMO), with dozens of video recordings having been uploaded on social media. Witnesses reported hearing multiple explosions as the space rock disintegrated in the atmosphere, showering fragments across the western German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.According to available reports, multiple fragments of the meteorite have already been found in Koblenz's Güls...

Today is my favorite day of the year. For tonight we gain an extra hour of daylight! In Boston for example, the sun sets at 5:44pm tonight. But tomorrow night, that same sun sets at 6:45pm! The result of this phenomenon is that the snow will be melted off the roofs within 48 hours! Within a week, the snow will be melted entirely. Chickens will be laying more eggs and the crops will begin to grow. Hail Daylight Savings time and welcome spring!

Following the rollback of the Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft on Wednesday, Feb. 25, experts will discuss the work ahead for the Artemis II test flight around the Moon and provide broader updates on the Artemis campaign. Artemis Update (Feb. 27, 2026) | 1:01:31 NASA | 12.7M subscribers | 30,157 views | Streamed live 2 hours ago

Starship Block 3 just entered a new testing phase and SpaceX is preparing Starship Flight 12. NASA’s Starliner Crew Flight Test report classifies the mission as a Type A mishap and confirms no crew will fly again until full requalification. Artemis II faces delay after a liquid hydrogen leak during SLS wet dress rehearsal was resolved, only for a helium repressurization anomaly in the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage to trigger rollback to the VAB. Starship Ready for Its Toughest Test Ever Starliner Years-Old Design Flaw NASA Missed | 14:47 Scientia Plus | 54K subscribers | 11,966 views | February 23,...

[snip] I just had to pull my video that I made last night about the leaks being solved. No more hydrogen leaks with Artemis and the launch being no earlier than March 6th. I literally just woke up and the information is now completely changed and it's not good. Jared Isaacman shared on X that after overnight data showed an interruption in helium flow in the SLS interim cryogenic propulsion stage, teams are troubleshooting and preparing for a likely roll back of Artemis 2 to the vehicle assembly building at NASA Kennedy. This will almost assuredly impact the March launch...

"It's the only launch vehicle that can meet the orbit, the schedule and the cost to achieve something unprecedented with emerging technology."A history-making robotic rescue mission scheduled to launch next year will fly on a rocket dropped from a plane.In September, NASA announced that it has chosen Arizona company Katalyst Space Technologies to boost the altitude of its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, a space telescope whose orbit has gotten dangerously low since its November 2004 launch...The $500 million Swift observatory was built by Orbital Sciences, a company that in 2014 became Orbital ATK, which was then acquired by Northrop Grumman...

NASA's Starliner Crew Flight Test was supposed to restore confidence in America's second human spaceflight system. Instead, it exposed something far more serious than helium leaks or thruster anomalies. NASA Admin Jared Isaacman breaks down the actual findings behind the Starliner mission. NASA Chief Finally Admits Boeing Starliner Was A BIG Failure! | 10:45 Scientia Plus | 53.8K subscribers | 6,342 views | February 19, 2026

Once in a lifetime! Scientists Track a Green Comet on a Permanent Escape Path | 9:43 NASA Space News | 597K subscribers | 2,030 views | February 16, 2026

[live in about ten minutes] NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev will spend the next several months in low Earth orbit on NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 mission. While there, they will conduct various science experiments and technology demonstrations to benefit life on Earth and in orbit, furthering our journey back to the Moon, to Mars, and beyond. NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 Arrival & Welcome Remarks | less than 10 minutes NASA | 12.7M subscribers | 1,576 waiting | Scheduled for February 14, 2026

In the last week SpaceX has acquired XAI and presumably related to that they submitted plans to the FCC exploring the construction of a compute cluster in Earth orbit with one million spacecraft. So, I try to use Universe Sandbox to visualize this.... and it's not easy. For technical reasons this is a limited version visualizing the kind of orbits we expect, but you can play with it yourself if you own Universe Sandbox. What Would SpaceX's Space Datacenter Plans Look Like? | 11:31 Scott Manley | 1.83M subscribers | 50,409 views | February 10, 2026

As the International Space Station approaches retirement, commercial space stations are preparing to take its place. Max Space is developing expandable habitats that launch compactly and expand in orbit, offering a new way to build space infrastructure after the ISS. Happening! Private Space Station Being Assembled for Launch | 10:47 NASA Space News | 597K subscribers | 1,506 | February 9, 2026 YouTube transcript reformatted at textformatter.ai follows.

For those unaware, SpaceX has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars. It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city....

My Talk With Jared Isaacman: 50 Days as Head of NASA | 20:11 Ellie in Space | 217K subscribers | 12,435 views | February 6, 2026

Blue Origin pauses New Shepard flights for no less than 2 years!? | 2:01 Ellie in Space | 216K subscribers | 15,046 views | January 30, 2026YouTube transcript reformatted at textformatter.ai follows.

Artemis II Wet Dress Rehearsal Delayed, SpaceX to Merge with xAI!? | 4:42 Ellie in Space | 216K subscribers | 4,773 views | January 30, 2026