Love space? We do too! Stop by our casual hangout space to discuss, post job listings, make ISRU puns, whatever! See you there🚀🛰️ https://www.clubhouse.com/invite/AR7uKKj336qNA8d9Gd8r79NbvD7YIgGL:d1VQxxVusj7Co5bqkCs0d5qBLxYP72O1VKCYbkO2FNE 🎵🚀The Cosmic Club 🛰️🎶

Okay, who on bluesky wants an exoplanet? Reply with something about yourself and I'll reply with a planet I've hand-picked for you from the NASA Exoplanet Archive.

Our weekly hang out room is live! Come hang out and talk about space https://www.clubhouse.com/room/PD3OW5am?utm_medium=ch_room_mr&utm_campaign=evYeX1JM6g59qzqN_EwA1g-818908

Are you on Discord? We’ve got a wonderful community for folks like you who love space and we just posted a poll to decide when our next public talk will be. Take a moment to join and we’ll see you there! https://discord.gg/dZ6NUvtZ

Reconnecting with our twitter mutuals

Space artists! Don't miss this space art competition from the Astrosociological Research Institute. Deadline June 30. 🧪

FYI there are four kinds of solar systems, and we live in the most unusual type. By @leebillings.bsky.social 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-live-in-the-rarest-type-of-planetary-system/

On Sept 24 OSIRIS-REx will release its sample return capsule, which should make a parachute landing in Utah with a scoop of near-Earth asteroid Bennu 🧪https://scientificamerican.com/article/pebbles-from-an-asteroid-are-about-to-be-delivered-to-earth-and-its-totally-awesome/… by @clarakm.bsky.social

We need rocket scientists *and* rocket artists for a hopeful future among the stars. Check out this wonderful project from JPL and please consider participating! https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/write-a-poem-about-space/

Where are my scribes, my writers? Try your hand at this - it may fly on this flagship mission I’m working on 🛰️ ✨

Psst… Ever think about how cool it would be to work at NASA? Space is for everyone and NASA is looking for interns! Applications are open to enrolled STEM *and* non-STEM undergrads, graduate students, and recent graduates! Apply by this Saturday, May 27: intern.nasa.gov RT to spread the word!

Sally Ride’s 1977 letter to NASA fits in a single skeet: "To whom it may concern, I am a PhD candidate in astrophysics at Stanford University, and am interested in the space shuttle program. Please send me the forms necessary to apply as a 'mission specialist' candidate." Thank you, Sally Ride”

For now I'll mostly be posting news from outer space. Today: astronauts Sergey Prokop'ev and Dmitriy Petelin carried out spacewalk VKD-58 from the ISS Poisk airlock, deploying the Nauka module's new radiator and filling it up with coolant.

More details on today's VKD-58 spacewalk: The RTOd radiator panel for Nauka was launched in 2010 along with the Rassvet module. Long delays to the launch of the Nauka module followed, and RTOd was finally attached to Nauka during spacewalk VKD-56a on Apr 19. Today's spacewalk was to activate it.

Going to be doing an update to this list over the weekend. Comment here if you’d like to be included or tag folks doing cool things in space! Let’s build Astro-sky!

Check out this 50-minute Documentary following the lives and research of an 8-person crew at the Mars Desert Research Station. I produced it and am super proud. Please check it out! https://youtu.be/fhPNNYKnoIQ

What’s it like growing up knowing what the night sky was like on the day you were born? What does it take to manufacture items in orbit? Who is making wine in space? Stanford professor Debbie Senesky shares the answers to these questions and more in today’s interview! https://youtu.be/mMHIJDU89nI

Astro-sky Community Thread: Interested in space? Here is an (incomplete) list of the folks adding a bit of space to Bluesky. Know someone not on this list? Tag them! RT this thread to spread the word. (Image Credit: NASA) @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social @astroanil.bsky.social @astrocady.bsky.social

It’s National Astronaut Day (in the US) so today’s interview is with Dr Dave Williams! Dave talks about what it’s like looking out at the beauty of Earth from on the ISS and what it’s like being a science communicator down here on earth. https://youtu.be/4yz3rAY6oHw

Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be an astronaut? A great way to experience a bit of it while staying on earth is to do an analog astronaut program! Bailey Burns, the subject of today’s interview, shares what it’s like to live like you’re living off world! https://youtu.be/97J_ZSJXW10

Big ol' welcome to @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social! I came for the stories of Apollo Mission Control. I stayed because she's a badass feminist.

New day, new interview with someone doing cool things with science and space! In this video community leader Nolan Rollins talks about how an early encounter with astronomy shaped his work helping students enter careers in STEM. https://youtu.be/UqmmD2XXTK0

Hello Bluesky! We love open projects! Here’s an interview we recently did with a community member who is building open-source ion engines! Want to build engines for spacecraft in your home or classroom? Check it out! https://youtu.be/UgsymXiGQcI

Working on convincing more space industry folks to join Bluesky. Like this if you want more scientists, physicists, and rocket engineers on here 🚀