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Kristin Fisher @KristinFisher - NASA just announced a MAJOR overhaul of the Artemis program. Here’s what’s changed, according to @NASAAdmin @rookisaacman:
NEW MISSIONS:
Artemis 3 is no longer a moon landing It's now a crewed test mission in Low Earth Orbit in 2027 - docking with SpaceX's Starship and/or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander to test systems and new spacesuits BEFORE anyone tries to land on the moon. The actual lunar landing now moves to Artemis 4, targeted for early 2028. Artemis 5 would follow by late 2028. That’s two crewed lunar landing attempts in one year, with NASA targeting at least one surface landing every year after that.
NEW ARCHITECTURE:
Block 1B - the planned upgrade to the SLS rocket - is dead. No more custom builds. No second mobile launcher. NASA is standardizing the rocket so they can launch every 10-12 months instead of every 3.5 years.
Why?
NASA is framing this as a return to the Apollo mindset. SLS has the worst launch cadence of any NASA-designed vehicle… ever. It’s been 3+ years since Artemis I launched. The gap between Apollo 7 and 8 was just 9 weeks! You can't build muscle memory launching once every few years. Plus… China.
The response?
A Senior NASA Official told me Congress and all prime contractors are on board - Boeing, Lockheed, SpaceX, and Blue Origin. And FWIW… so am I.
https://x.com/KristinFisher/status/2027400689597448251
زارة الخارجية @KSAMOFA - Translated from Arabic
#Statement | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia expresses its rejection and condemnation in the strongest terms of the blatant and cowardly Iranian attacks that targeted the Riyadh region and the Eastern region and were repelled, attacks that cannot be justified under any pretext or in any way, and which came despite the knowledge of the Iranian authorities that the Kingdom has affirmed that it will not allow its airspace or territory to be used to target Iran.
https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2027745775287939196
زارة الخارجية @KSAMOFA - Translated from Arabic
#Statement | The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia condemns and denounces in the strongest terms the treacherous Iranian aggression and the blatant violation of the sovereignty of each of the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Qatar, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, affirming its full solidarity and standing by the side of the sister states, and placing all its capabilities at their disposal to support them in all measures they take, and warning of the grave consequences of the continued violation of the sovereignty of states and the principles of international law.
5:16 AM · Feb 28, 2026
https://x.com/KSAMOFA/status/2027689326679597221
KUT Austin @KUT - Austin Police identified the suspect in the West Sixth Street shooting as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne.
https://www.kut.org/crime-justice/2026-03-01/austin-tx-sixth-street-shooting-suspect-police-injuries-deaths
https://x.com/KUT/status/2028298431224000575
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