I love my job. Honored to serve 🇺🇸

The night’s watch: Aurora through the eye of the Dragon. This timelapse had the same setup as the last post from SpaceX Dragon’s starboard window—with one difference—the aurora is absolutely wild and on fire. Each 90 minute cycle at night has looked like this and KP index has been 4-5.

Fall has entered the chat. 🍂 Quaking aspens turn beautiful shades of yellow in the fall, shimmering as the sun dances across their leaves. Photo by Jim Grindley

.@POTUS: I recently announced we will be establishing a brand new U.S. National SPACE ACADEMY. Every other state wants it, but I have no doubt that — as the birthplace of aviation and home of the Wright Brothers — if we win, Ohio will be under STRONG consideration.

Touchdown Falcon Heavy

I just captured this incredible flyby at @PacificAirshow

The flyovers will continue…

The Golden Age of Space. 🚀

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. 🇺🇸

Milt Windler was one of the great pioneers who showed the world what NASA is capable of during both the best and most challenging of days. As a Maroon Flight Director, he helped guide Apollo 8 around the Moon, played a critical role in bringing Apollo 13 safely home, and carried that same commitment through Skylab and beyond. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, and all those who had the privilege of working alongside him. His generation set the bar incredibly high. It is our responsibility to pick up and continue where they left off.

Did Houston just drop the best Space themed uniforms ever?!

Thinking Houston should be sporting these helmets all season long. It is Space City @tedcruz 🚀

A tale of two windows. Here is a look outside from Crew-13’s SpaceX Dragon windows. One faces port toward Earth and the other starboard toward Earth. Timelapse is sped up.

Yesterday in a nutshell. Falcon Heavy launches NROL-97 12 hours after Crew-13.

Applications are now open for our newest class of flight directors! Apply before Oct. 12 for a chance to lead missions to the @Space_Station, the Moon, and beyond: go.nasa.gov/4zauIdJ

We are in the midst of a great power competition. That is exactly why @POTUS has aligned government and industry to secure American leadership in Super Intelligence and across our most critical domains, from under the sea to space. America will win the Second Space Race. Artemis III will launch in 2027, and Artemis IV will return American astronauts to the lunar surface in 2028. When they arrive, the foundations of a Moon Base and rovers will be waiting for them.

Incredible Falcon Heavy footage! Congrats @SpaceX and @DeptofWar on a spectacular launch. October 1st was a big day for the Cape 🇺🇸🚀

Immediately after @SECWAR State of the Force speech, Project Meridian held its inaugural meeting with @elonmusk @newtgingrich and @PalmerLuckey. And today, the full board met at the Pentagon for the second meeting.

Welcome aboard! 🙌 After nearly eight hours in flight, Crew-13 arrived at the @Space_Station, where they will spend the next several months conducting experiments on science and tech to benefit life on Earth and in space.

Always a great day when I get to return to my alma mater! Thank you to the United States Air Force Academy for hosting members of the U.S. Space Academy Commission this week. Your commitment to developing leaders of character for our Air Force and Space Force is truly world-class. Lots to learn from this incredible institution as we work to build the next generation of American space leaders 🇺🇸🚀

Docking confirmed!