I've been beating myself up for not finishing my SV paper. but then I had to write up my annual report and the amount of things I've done this year is kind of insane so

This truly awesome image was taken by Commander Reid Wiseman after completing the translunar injection burn for Artemis II. Just take a moment to enjoy this view of our beautiful Earth.

The Artemis II launch as seen by NOAA!

btw I got my first grad school acceptance letter two mins before launch 🤓 it's a good day!

I went back to capture what the astronauts said in full when the clock was stopped at T-10 minutes and they were asked if they were go for launch: This is Victor. We are going for our families. This is Christina. We are going for our teammates. This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.

#NASA #ArtemisII - Good Separation of "Integrity" from the ICPS Stage of the SLS.

y'all it has been a year, a YEAR for folks in lots of federal agencies but especially for science in general. and watching these four courageous people climb on this rocket, the culmination of the work of thousands of other people, was a little spotlight that reminded me why I pursue what I do.

Hi there, I'm Barbara and I work on the Artemis II Lunar Science team. I'll be here for a couple hours while watching the preparations for launch and happy to take your questions! www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

they're suiting up!!!! I got visit the room in the operations and check out building back in 2012

Everyone please enjoy Copernicus, Eratosthenes, Imbrium, and Nectaris, the crater benchmarks for lunar chronology!

I'll be here on Bluesky at 4 pm EDT today taking your questions and watching the Artemis II launch preparations. 🧪🔭🚀🌔 Meanwhile, take some time to read through these replies with so much love for our Moon 💕

WE'RE GOING!!!! 🌚🌚🌚🌚

cracked a joke about etsy witches to a potential advisor today... she was not amused and probably rethinking the life choices that led her to me 😭

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Landscape Features xkcd.com/3221/

I create custom graphics for scientists and educators. Reach out if you'd like to bring your ideas or research to life!

this might be dumb but my pgdn key has been malfunctioning. so I pulled the keycap and switch and cleaned it and now it works perfectly really needed this small W this week 🥲

what a dub to Afroman, can't believe it

bro some of these paralympic skiiers using straight arms!!! no torso!!!! crazy work

every single one of my music streaming services is down (pandora, spotify, qobuz, even mixcloud) but youtube and twitch are fine.... anybody else?

listened to a talk about the upcoming Lunar VISE, and it sounds supercool! particularly how they'll be able to use SiO2 spectra to determine rock comp, which will help more definitively point to either partial melting or underplating for the Domes also SV shoutout at stop 2 on the rover traverse!!

enough with the Nickelback hate! they got mad hits and you were rockin to each one!! have I listened to an entire album? no but that's the beauty of the singles. they told me everything I needed to know

missing Florida's thunderstorms today

My book has a cover! IN LATIN AMERICA YOU COULD BE FREE: AN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY tells the story of the place and promise of Latin America in the political imagination of African Americans and of their movements to the region in the antebellum period. Out on Basic Books, November 11, 2026! 🥳

big announcement with Artemis III shiftung to LEO. I'm hoping we are still pushing for the Moon with Artemis IV, which really just gives us more time to make sure everyone goes and comes back safely going to the moon is hard!!!

shout out to the NGAPS team!!

so is coffee and donuts still a thing?? what about coffee and croissants?

The Fellowship of the Telescopes: "For centuries, humanity has looked to the stars and wondered what lies beyond the veil of night. Once, our eyes were our only instruments, but today, our reach extends across the cosmos." www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Fk...

i jinxed it

march 6th baby we're back on!!! 🚀

It is beyond insulting for @aaas.org to plan to host Brian Greene, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, for a plenary talk at #AAAS2026, then cancel it the day before, only for the replacement to insist Greene was a “good scientist” and that he wished we could all hear from him.

The giant 70-meter antenna at NASA's Deep Space Communication Complex at Goldstone, California. Single-exposure photograph, September 2025 Ink and watercolor, April 2018 www.nasa.gov/communicating-with-missions/dsn/

if you noticed the shower curtain rod behind me in my ECSS spotlight photo, it's cause my best photos are in a bathroom (including my pp 😅). what can I say science.gsfc.nasa.gov/600/ECSS/spo...

Just a reminder that I'm hiring! Looking for an engineer/research for some fun projects (some building! some designing!) Come build spectrographs at UW.

Elon hate just hits different when it's coming from a NASA engineer I'm sitting in a meeting like "YEAH!!! whack him again!!"

If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.

as the first gen of my family to be born in the US, and growing up in between Wynwood and Overtown, Miami, I am overjoyed to see all the sides of myself represented with both Kendrick and Benito's stories ESTA SEMANA COMEMOS PLATANOS Y SE BEBE!!

I mean... cmon credit to @ulalaunch.bsky.social on X

the good news is that I got an email from a prof that says my proposed research plan is compelling the bad news is that there's no funding to be found (yet)

North Star - Polaris - I found my new favorite brush to use on just about everything ;u;

scientists are so dramatic, wdym I'm tearing up at a wet dress rehearsal 🙄

if you're wondering how DC is doing, I just spent an hour digging out the ice from around a school bus with my rock hammer

check out a very Valentine Universe update! 👩‍❤️‍👩white dwarf codependency 💞download astrophysics valentine cards 💃the magnetic tango of neutron stars colliding 🙅‍♀️a galaxy that chose to stay single and more! nasa.gov/universe

Friends in the USA - @planet.com is hiring for a (remote) education and research program manager, which seems like a sweet gig. 🧪🛰️ www.planet.com/company/care...

Alright Professor mode unlocked! I work at a fashion school but teach in another department so at least I got the vibes rigggghhhhtttt!!! First day was nice I wish this could be my FT job! #fashionsky #teacherfashion

4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government

Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning. I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.

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