Loren Grush

Loren Grush

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Space reporter at @bloomberg.com covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Send tips: LGrush@bloomberg.net | Signal username: lorengrush.56 | Buy my book! https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Six/Loren-Grush/9781982172817

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Jonathan McDowell
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Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

news.mit.eduMargaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.
Loren Grush
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Got to chat w/ NASA's Carlos García-Galán about Phase Two of the moon base and how the agency is going to get a whole bunch of equipment to the lunar surface. NASA is close to announcing block buys of rockets and is aware of the coming SpaceX Falcon "issue." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comNASA Eyes Bulk Rocket Buy for Moon Base Amid SpaceX PhaseoutNASA is close to announcing a bulk purchase of rocket launches to fuel its $30 billion drive to build a permanent base on the moon for humans to live and work.
Loren Grush
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It's not a Starship flight without a little drama. At first, it seemed like SpaceX might call off orbit insertion after an engine cut out. But the team pressed on and successfully inserted 26 Starlink V3s in orbit www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comSpaceX Launches First Starship Flight to Orbit in Key TestSpaceX’s massive Starship rocket reached orbit for the first time on Monday morning, achieving a milestone for the program after the mission briefly looked at risk because an engine failed during asce...
Loren Grush
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The next SpaceX Starship launch will be a big milestone. It will launch to orbit for the first time and attempt to deploy upgraded Starlink satellites that will generate revenue. Once that happens, though, Starship launches become something of a balancing act www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

bloomberg.comMusk and SpaceX Face Expensive Tradeoffs on the Road to MarsElon Musk faces a strategic dilemma between launching cash-generating satellites and sending humans into deep space — with an uncertain payoff.
Loren Grush
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Launching more satellites on Starship stands to provide more immediate revenue, which should make investors of the newly public company happy. But there's still plenty of work to be done to turn Starship into a lunar lander for NASA. How SpaceX balances those priorities will be interesting to watch.

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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)
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The Falcon 9 crater is new archaeological site on the Moon. It's the 10th rocket body impact, following 6 Apollo, 1 Luna, 1 Long March, and LCRoss crashes. We can assess it for its historic, scientific, aesthetic, social and spiritual significance. 🧪 🔭 #Heritage

Science X / Phys.org@sciencex.bsky.social

A Falcon 9 upper stage left a 60-foot-wide crater on the moon. Lunar images show bright fresh material near the rim and darker weathered rays excavated from about 1.5 feet below the surface.

phys.orgNASA's LRO images Falcon 9 crater on moon, learns new detailsBetween Aug. 11–12, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured a series of images of a new crater on the moon.
Loren Grush
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A Starship timeline is shifting? Color me shocked (previously Musk said they'd try to catch Starship on the next flight which was targeted for the end of this month)

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Jeff Foust
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Katalyst Space is calling off its effort to reboost NASA's Swift gamma-ray observatory because of ongoing attitude control problems with its Link spacecraft. www.linkedin.com/posts/kataly...

linkedin.comFollowing continued monitoring and assessment of the LINK spacecraft, Katalyst Space and NASA together have concluded that due to ongoing attitude control issues, the mission will not include… | Katal...Following continued monitoring and assessment of the LINK spacecraft, Katalyst Space and NASA together have concluded that due to ongoing attitude control issues, the mission will not include the capt...

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Tim Fernholz
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a little space exclusive: Here's a picture taken a few days ago by Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle, after separating from the Optus-D3 satellite it's been supporting for more than a year. You can read all about it here: techcrunch.com/2026/08/12/n...

Loren Grush
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Every day I get two to three voicemails from different numbers about a business loan I qualify for. I will vote for the person who makes this stop. (Not really, but man my voicemail is getting full)

Katie Mack@astrokatie.com

I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam"

Loren Grush
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Updated with some more details from NASA: The plan is to use most of the Curiosity rover's test bed Maggie, while using elements of Perseverance's test bed Optimism. Part of NASA statement screenshotted

Loren Grush@lorengrush.bsky.social

Dove into the response to NASA's decision to fly a test Mars rover to the moon www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

bloomberg.comNASA’s Surprising Move to Fly a Test Mars Rover to the MoonIn a bid to use existing hardware for its moon base, NASA is considering flying a test version of its Mars rovers to the lunar surface. Not everyone likes the plan.

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Tim Fernholz
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not exactly a good look for Isaacman...

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A dispute among Cabinet officials over who could ride in fighter jets flying over D.C. on July Fourth escalated to President Trump, who gave the go-ahead to acting attorney general Todd Blanche despite objections from Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy.

washingtonpost.comTrump weighed in on Cabinet squabble over ride for July Fourth flyoverThe president encouraged acting attorney general Todd Blanche to fly on one of NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman’s jets despite the FAA’s prior objection to the planes.
Loren Grush
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NASA has awarded more lunar lander contracts for its moon base plan, while announcing new capabilities it wants for the moon and an intention to fly a rover based on the Mars Perseverance rover to the moon?? www.nasa.gov/news-release...

nasa.govNASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities - NASANASA announced Tuesday the selection of three companies to land four new missions on the Moon in late 2028 as part of the agency’s Moon Base Program.

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Dan Vergano
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Scientific American is being sold to LabX Media, publisher of Discover: group.springernature.com/gp/group/med... They've fired me and other union staff, ahead of June 26 vote ratification. My rates are suddenly more reasonable, if you need editing or reporting - Argonaut2026@gmail.com

group.springernature.comSpringer Nature to divest its consumer media businesses | Springer Nature Group | Springer NatureStrategic divestment of consumer media portfolio enables Springer Nature to focus on its core business Transaction supports the long-term development
Loren Grush
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The future of SpaceX as a public company is going to revolve around AI, but the reason Elon and co. can present a money-losing business to the public confidentally is because of the past success with launch. And launch will be their biggest asset moving forward www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comSpaceX’s Money-Losing Rockets Are Biggest Asset in AI DreamSpaceX revealed eye-popping numbers in its IPO prospectus, including a $26.5 trillion potential market for an empire spanning artificial intelligence and telecommunications.
Loren Grush
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It's a bit bizarre watching the world turn it's attention to SpaceX, when even a year ago, it still felt like something of a niche company to most. I also didn't have the company IPO-ing this way on my bingo card, but if there's anything I've learned from covering SpaceX, it's that you must adapt.

Loren Grush
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Will be joining a live Q&A this afternoon on Bloomberg to discuss SpaceX's behemoth IPO. What, like you've never seen a hybrid rocket/satellite/telecomm/AI company before? See you there: 2PM ET bsky.app/profile/bloo...

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

TODAY: SpaceX's IPO is expected to be a market spectacle as investors get a chance to buy into Elon Musk's vision for a combined space and AI powerhouse. Our journalists answer your questions in an interactive Live Q&A at 2 p.m. EDT. Join the livestream: bloom.bg/4vFn35A

Loren Grush
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SpaceX's Jessica Jensen just confirmed our scoop from earlier this year: SpaceX's Starship will be doing the translunar injection burn with Orion attached www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comSpaceX Knocks Boeing From Dominant Role in NASA Moon MissionNASA is revising its moon-landing plans, reducing Boeing Co.’s role while elevating SpaceX’s Starship rocket to do the job of propelling astronauts to lunar orbit, people familiar with the matter said...