Derek Newsome
@derekdotspace.bsky.social
262 Launches and Counting! Freelance spaceflight photographer catching each and every ride to orbit he can.
Check out my work at derekspace.com
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NASA has completed the construction of #NASARoman! Last month, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the observatory in Maryland.
After final testing, Roman will move to the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations in summer 2026: https://go.nasa.gov/48EqnE8 🔭 🧪
After final testing, Roman will move to the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations in summer 2026: https://go.nasa.gov/48EqnE8 🔭 🧪
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
NASA has completed the construction of #NASARoman! Last month, technicians joined the inner and outer portions of the observatory in Maryland.
After final testing, Roman will move to the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations in summer 2026: https://go.nasa.gov/48EqnE8 🔭 🧪
After final testing, Roman will move to the launch site at the Kennedy Space Center for launch preparations in summer 2026: https://go.nasa.gov/48EqnE8 🔭 🧪
Reposted by Derek Newsome
🟥 Rolling out the red carpet for Mars exploration takes a couple of hinges.
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Rolling out the red carpet for Mars
ExoMars ramps hinge
www.esa.int
December 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🟥 Rolling out the red carpet for Mars exploration takes a couple of hinges.
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
⚙️ Here's the mechanism that will allow @esa.int's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover to step onto the martian surface.
👉🔗 How it works: www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
Isar Aerospace looks to be attempting to launch their Spectrum rocket again in the coming days.
This will be the second launch of the rocket following a failed launch earlier this year.
The first flight failed due to a multitude of software issues that resulted in a loss of control early in flight
This will be the second launch of the rocket following a failed launch earlier this year.
The first flight failed due to a multitude of software issues that resulted in a loss of control early in flight
December 3, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Isar Aerospace looks to be attempting to launch their Spectrum rocket again in the coming days.
This will be the second launch of the rocket following a failed launch earlier this year.
The first flight failed due to a multitude of software issues that resulted in a loss of control early in flight
This will be the second launch of the rocket following a failed launch earlier this year.
The first flight failed due to a multitude of software issues that resulted in a loss of control early in flight
I really need BlueSky to get video support. I want to share my stupid videos with you
December 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I really need BlueSky to get video support. I want to share my stupid videos with you
Would anyone be willing to give me roughly 900,000 dollars to buy a pirate ship?
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Would anyone be willing to give me roughly 900,000 dollars to buy a pirate ship?
LEGO Announced another NASA set yesterday, with a Technic version of the SLS rocket.
The main feature of the set is a crank wheel which has the rocket fly up and seperate the SRBs and Core Stage from the Orion spacecraft.
Genuinely one of the most creative Technic sets I've seen in ages.
The main feature of the set is a crank wheel which has the rocket fly up and seperate the SRBs and Core Stage from the Orion spacecraft.
Genuinely one of the most creative Technic sets I've seen in ages.
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
LEGO Announced another NASA set yesterday, with a Technic version of the SLS rocket.
The main feature of the set is a crank wheel which has the rocket fly up and seperate the SRBs and Core Stage from the Orion spacecraft.
Genuinely one of the most creative Technic sets I've seen in ages.
The main feature of the set is a crank wheel which has the rocket fly up and seperate the SRBs and Core Stage from the Orion spacecraft.
Genuinely one of the most creative Technic sets I've seen in ages.
Absolutely insane photo from the ISS this week. Cygnus was temporarily released from the station and held in place by Canadarm2 to provide more clearance for the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to dock to the ISS.
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Absolutely insane photo from the ISS this week. Cygnus was temporarily released from the station and held in place by Canadarm2 to provide more clearance for the Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft to dock to the ISS.
The fourth SLS rocket and first Block 1B is coming together at Michoud!
Core Stage 4 has begun its welding and outfitting process, with the massive LH2 tank moving out of the VAC and into a production cell for inspection and bracket installation.
Core Stage 4 has begun its welding and outfitting process, with the massive LH2 tank moving out of the VAC and into a production cell for inspection and bracket installation.
December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fourth SLS rocket and first Block 1B is coming together at Michoud!
Core Stage 4 has begun its welding and outfitting process, with the massive LH2 tank moving out of the VAC and into a production cell for inspection and bracket installation.
Core Stage 4 has begun its welding and outfitting process, with the massive LH2 tank moving out of the VAC and into a production cell for inspection and bracket installation.
Man. I can not wait to see Project Hail Mary as a movie. Everything we've seen so far looks like they've knocked it out of the park. Definitely gonna be some differences from the book, but it does generally seem like the changes will mostly be minor ones that make sense.
November 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Man. I can not wait to see Project Hail Mary as a movie. Everything we've seen so far looks like they've knocked it out of the park. Definitely gonna be some differences from the book, but it does generally seem like the changes will mostly be minor ones that make sense.
Yikes. Lmax of 100+db across the entirety of CCSFS and KSC and a 10PSF sonic boom over the entire CCSFS industrial area for Starship.
The overpressure risk is directly over vehicle/satellite storage and operation areas for multiple LSPs.
The overpressure risk is directly over vehicle/satellite storage and operation areas for multiple LSPs.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yikes. Lmax of 100+db across the entirety of CCSFS and KSC and a 10PSF sonic boom over the entire CCSFS industrial area for Starship.
The overpressure risk is directly over vehicle/satellite storage and operation areas for multiple LSPs.
The overpressure risk is directly over vehicle/satellite storage and operation areas for multiple LSPs.
Making bad decisions on a Friday
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Making bad decisions on a Friday
An absolute treat to spend this morning with my family at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City!
While it was busy at times, the crowd lit up when every balloon floated by for a wonderful holiday atmosphere!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
While it was busy at times, the crowd lit up when every balloon floated by for a wonderful holiday atmosphere!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
An absolute treat to spend this morning with my family at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City!
While it was busy at times, the crowd lit up when every balloon floated by for a wonderful holiday atmosphere!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
While it was busy at times, the crowd lit up when every balloon floated by for a wonderful holiday atmosphere!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
A Stroll Down Central Park West
November 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A Stroll Down Central Park West
Absolutely unreal to see Artemis The First Flight averaging 1000 views a day after a week. Thank you all for the unbelievable support!
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Absolutely unreal to see Artemis The First Flight averaging 1000 views a day after a week. Thank you all for the unbelievable support!
Enjoying Artemis : The First Flight?
Well now you can listen Beverly’s entire soundtrack in full on its own!
You might want to stay tuned for something special soon 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIj...
Well now you can listen Beverly’s entire soundtrack in full on its own!
You might want to stay tuned for something special soon 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIj...
Artemis The First Flight | Full Original Score
YouTube video by Beverly
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November 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Enjoying Artemis : The First Flight?
Well now you can listen Beverly’s entire soundtrack in full on its own!
You might want to stay tuned for something special soon 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIj...
Well now you can listen Beverly’s entire soundtrack in full on its own!
You might want to stay tuned for something special soon 👀
www.youtube.com/watch?v=syIj...
As if on cue...
Blue Origin's first Blue Moon lunar lander is nearing completion and will be moving to JSC in the coming days for its thermal vacuum testing!
Launch is expected in Q1 of next year.
Blue Origin's first Blue Moon lunar lander is nearing completion and will be moving to JSC in the coming days for its thermal vacuum testing!
Launch is expected in Q1 of next year.
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
As if on cue...
Blue Origin's first Blue Moon lunar lander is nearing completion and will be moving to JSC in the coming days for its thermal vacuum testing!
Launch is expected in Q1 of next year.
Blue Origin's first Blue Moon lunar lander is nearing completion and will be moving to JSC in the coming days for its thermal vacuum testing!
Launch is expected in Q1 of next year.
Unreal. Absolutely unreal.
2 and a half years of flight testing and 10+ years of development and still failing in ways quite literally no one else is.
2 and a half years of flight testing and 10+ years of development and still failing in ways quite literally no one else is.
You learn more from failure than success is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot the past few years in the world of spaceflight.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
November 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Unreal. Absolutely unreal.
2 and a half years of flight testing and 10+ years of development and still failing in ways quite literally no one else is.
2 and a half years of flight testing and 10+ years of development and still failing in ways quite literally no one else is.
100 Launches
1 Year
The busiest year ever for Cape Canaveral continues to bear fruit
1 Year
The busiest year ever for Cape Canaveral continues to bear fruit
November 21, 2025 at 4:20 AM
100 Launches
1 Year
The busiest year ever for Cape Canaveral continues to bear fruit
1 Year
The busiest year ever for Cape Canaveral continues to bear fruit
Replaying HiFi Rush tonight and MAN I FORGOT HOW FUN THIS IS
November 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Replaying HiFi Rush tonight and MAN I FORGOT HOW FUN THIS IS
Would it be irresponsible to make an X-59 edit to Defying Gravity or...
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Would it be irresponsible to make an X-59 edit to Defying Gravity or...
You learn more from failure than success is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot the past few years in the world of spaceflight.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
You learn more from failure than success is a phrase that has been thrown around a lot the past few years in the world of spaceflight.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
Incredible to look back on this sentiment today and see which programs are succeeding and which ones are failing.
Jacklyn’s First
November 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Jacklyn’s First
There’s a new kid in town…
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
There’s a new kid in town…
I’m absolutely blown away by the support we’ve gotten since release last night.
I’ve had so many kind messages from people that I just have to say Thank You to all of you.
Now let’s all get ready to enjoy the show that will be Artemis II! ☺️☺️
youtu.be/WiU-KKxoNa8?...
I’ve had so many kind messages from people that I just have to say Thank You to all of you.
Now let’s all get ready to enjoy the show that will be Artemis II! ☺️☺️
youtu.be/WiU-KKxoNa8?...
Artemis The First Flight
YouTube video by Derek Newsome
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November 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m absolutely blown away by the support we’ve gotten since release last night.
I’ve had so many kind messages from people that I just have to say Thank You to all of you.
Now let’s all get ready to enjoy the show that will be Artemis II! ☺️☺️
youtu.be/WiU-KKxoNa8?...
I’ve had so many kind messages from people that I just have to say Thank You to all of you.
Now let’s all get ready to enjoy the show that will be Artemis II! ☺️☺️
youtu.be/WiU-KKxoNa8?...
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My congratulations to @derekdotspace.bsky.social on his film, which tells the story of #Artemis1 so uniquely well. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...
Artemis The First Flight
YouTube video by Derek Newsome
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November 17, 2025 at 2:12 AM
My congratulations to @derekdotspace.bsky.social on his film, which tells the story of #Artemis1 so uniquely well. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiU-...