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@NASAAdminOct 12

So the post below went a bit viral, and I was tagged on it several times. I'm not posting to disagree, as I write and talk a lot about freeing NASA from external impositions, eliminating needless bureaucracy, empowering our talented workforce, and focusing resources on the objectives NASA was created to achieve. No need to rehash all of that here and make this post excessively long. And of course, SpaceX is an extraordinary company that has enabled NASA to accomplish far more at lower cost, from transporting astronauts to the ISS, to launching Europa Clipper, to the first Moon Base mission set to launch in December. Its ambition to make humanity a spacefaring civilization is exciting and important beyond words. I will just leave you with this: NASA is the world's greatest space agency. We put 12 American heroes on the Moon and brought them home safely, built the Space Shuttle, landed rovers on Mars, launched great observatories like Hubble, James Webb, and now Roman, sent a spacecraft to kiss the Sun's corona, and sent Voyager nearly a light-day from Earth, and she is still going. There is a reason the NASA "meatball" is one of the most recognizable logos on the planet. What our people accomplish inspires generations. Even with the occasional institutional inertia, NASA remains the space agency others aspire to be. We didn't earn that reputation through continuous perfection. We earned it by accomplishing what others thought impossible.

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@multiplanet1Oct 11

A retired NASA engineer who had worked on the Space Shuttle program for 25 years was hired by SpaceX at age 62. He described the first week as the most disorienting experience of his professional life. At NASA, a design change required 3 meetings, 2 committees, a review board, and 6 to 18 months of documentation. At SpaceX, his new supervisor said "if it works, build it. If it doesn't, change it by Friday." He sat at his desk after the first day and called his wife. He told her he felt like a man who had been swimming with ankle weights for 25 years and someone just cut them off. He could move. He could decide. He could build something in the morning and test it in the afternoon. The constraint that he had accepted as the nature of aerospace engineering turned out to be the nature of bureaucracy. Within 6 months he had contributed to more design iterations than he had completed in his last 5 years at NASA. Not because he was working harder. Because the time between having an idea and testing the idea collapsed from months to hours. The same brain. The same knowledge. A different operating system. He described a specific moment where he proposed a modification to a Raptor engine component. At NASA, the proposal would have entered a queue. At SpaceX, the modification was machined by the end of the day and tested by the following morning. He watched his idea become a physical object in 18 hours. At NASA, 18 hours would not have been enough to schedule the first meeting to discuss whether to schedule a meeting. He told an interviewer: "I didn't get smarter when I went to SpaceX. I got faster. The intelligence was always there. The system was in the way." The difference between SpaceX and NASA is not talent. NASA has extraordinary talent. The difference is the time between a thought and a test. SpaceX compresses it. NASA elongates it. The same engineer produces 10x more at SpaceX than at NASA because the bottleneck was never the engineer. It was the meetings about the meetings about the work.

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman · Oct 5, 2026 · 5:43 PM UTC

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We’re going back to the Moon to stay. Building a Moon Base means giving American astronauts the infrastructure to explore more, conduct more science, and prepare for missions farther into our solar system. That’s the future we’re working toward at @NASA.

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman · Oct 3, 2026 · 7:34 PM UTC

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Congratulations to the @NASA workforce and our partner @SpaceX on another successful crewed launch to the International Space Station. Crew-13 is now aboard the station, Crew-12 will be home soon, and 2026 is far from over. Still ahead: more science missions, more flyovers, the MAX POWER exposition, cargo resupply, a possible Starliner-1 demonstration mission to the ISS, Artemis III rollout and tanking tests, and the first Moon Base launch before the year ends. We will never stop going. 🇺🇸

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman · Oct 1, 2026 · 3:42 PM UTC

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Congratulations @NASA and @SpaceX teams, on another gorgeous launch. Godspeed Crew-13!

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Liftoff of Crew-13!

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NASA HQ PHOTO · Oct 1, 2026 · 7:32 PM UTC

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Check out pictures of the launch of @NASA's @SpaceX #Crew13 on their long-duration science mission to @Space_Station 📸: flic.kr/s/aHBqjD6nMS

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov onboard, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is the 13th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, Teteryatnikov launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov onboard, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is the 13th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, Teteryatnikov launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched a Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov onboard, is seen as it lands at Space Launch Complex 40, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is the 13th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, Teteryatnikov launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

ALT The first stage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that launched a Dragon spacecraft on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov onboard, is seen as it lands at Space Launch Complex 40, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is the 13th crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. Watkins, Delaney, Kutryk, Teteryatnikov launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to begin a mission aboard the orbital outpost. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

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NASA's Kennedy Space Center · Sep 30, 2026 · 8:07 PM UTC

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Crew-13 is GO for launch! 🚀 After a successful review, @NASA and @SpaceX are gearing up for liftoff as the team prepares for their journey to the @Space_Station. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4iYfMuy

Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, stands vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

ALT Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, stands vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

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NASA Events · Sep 29, 2026 · 8:58 PM UTC

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Calling all digital creators and savvy storytellers! Media credentialing is open for MAX POWER, an aerospace technology expo and air show at @NASAKennedy in Florida. Apply by Oct. 6 to cover one of our biggest events of the year, happening Nov. 7-8: go.nasa.gov/4gJykvF

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NASA · Sep 29, 2026 · 7:19 PM UTC

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We're ready for Crew-13 to launch to the @Space_Station! Join us for a prelaunch conference on Sept. 30 and launch on Oct. 1: go.nasa.gov/4hSzzKG

The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Credit: SpaceX

ALT The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits. From left are Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. Credit: SpaceX

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NASA Events · Sep 3, 2026 · 8:20 PM UTC

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Calling all digital creators and savvy storytellers! Media credentialing is open for MAX POWER, an aerospace technology expo and air show at @NASAKennedy in Florida. Apply to cover one of our biggest events of the year, happening Nov. 7-8: go.nasa.gov/4gJykvF

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NASA · Sep 1, 2026 · 11:00 AM UTC

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LIVE: Join us to watch today's spacewalk as @Astro_Jessica and @Soph_astro work on maintenance outside the International Space Station. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1RKZzBVPg…

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NASA Events · Aug 30, 2026 · 11:59 AM UTC

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That post-launch feeling! 🚀

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NASA · Aug 30, 2026 · 10:20 AM UTC

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LIVE: Today’s the day! @NASARoman is getting ready to head to its new home 1 million miles from Earth, where it will change how we view the universe. Liftoff is currently scheduled for 7:26am ET (1126 UTC). xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1wxWjlbAb…

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NASA Events · Aug 30, 2026 · 1:36 PM UTC

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Thanks for following with our #NASASocial crew! @NASARoman is in space and on the way to its new home at the second Sun-Earth LaGrange point (L2)!

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NASA Events · Aug 30, 2026 · 10:37 AM UTC

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We are less than one hour from launch at @NASAKennedy and weather is 70% favorable!

The massive Vehicle Assembly Building, a huge gray building, with a huge American flag and the NASA meatball on the sides. It is dark, with the building illuminated from below, and electric lights glowing in a parking lot swarming with people.

ALT The massive Vehicle Assembly Building, a huge gray building, with a huge American flag and the NASA meatball on the sides. It is dark, with the building illuminated from below, and electric lights glowing in a parking lot swarming with people.

ALT A massive rectangular screen lit up with a countdown clock that reads “-00:53:39” against a very early sunrise. The foreground is dark.

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NASA Events · Aug 30, 2026 · 11:07 AM UTC

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If you’re watching the live broadcast, our #NASASocial group will make an appearance this morning! Tune in: nasa.gov/live

ALT NASA social participants hold up posters in countdown clock for Roman.

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NASA Events · Aug 30, 2026 · 10:32 AM UTC

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

Good morning! Our #NASASocial participants arrived bright and early for @NASARoman launch, scheduled for 7:26 am ET. 🚀

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Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope · Aug 29, 2026 · 6:54 PM UTC

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@NASARomanAug 29

This time tomorrow, Roman will be on its way to L-2! Make sure to tune into the launch broadcast starting at 6:20 am ET from @NASAKennedy.

@NASAAug 29

Ready for launch, ready to change how we view the cosmos. After years of careful planning, testing, and construction, @NASARoman is ready for liftoff tomorrow, Aug. 30.

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NASA Events · Aug 29, 2026 · 5:56 PM UTC

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