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NASA Night is tonight at DPS and I would really, really like it if the community could move beyond the prevailing "hoping that in a few years things will improve again somehow" towards some collective action about what it is we want to preserve in planetary science as things are gutted. Anyway:

So something amazing just happened. I've always looked at images.nasa.gov since I was a kid and loved seeing all the different kinds of work put up there. For the first time today I looked at it and saw my work put up there. images.nasa.gov/details/Blue...

All nice and clean again 🤩

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Ok yeah so that's just never going to be a road going car lol It's the 2020 Roadster again but this time it has cold gas thrusters strapped to

Ok I'm not going to lie. That might be one of the most insane things I've ever seen a car do? It's entirely useless but like... still cool

Ares II Rises Liftoff of the fictional Ares II rocket, based on a real photo of NASA's Artemis Space Launch System

I have to log onto Twitter/X every now and then to grab a few photos and such for my work, and my *god* is it incredible how poorly that website runs. All of the stuff forced in to make sure you can only use it and nothing else makes it run just awfully and often locks out firefox lmao

I’ve been dealing with a stupid throat issue all week but I’d like to thank @techconnectify.bsky.social for making me get an electric kettle. Tea being this easily accessible is a wonderful feature in my life right now.

#FromTheBasement: A beautiful view of preparations for the Ariane 4 V69 flight from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. This pic was taken just before V69's liftoff on 1 November 1994, carrying the Astra 1D satellite🧪 www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed... @esaconnectivity.esa.int @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr

The consensus opinion of PROMISE at LEAG was (quote) "stupid fucking idea." If NASA is pursuing this, then somebody should be able to explain to space industry experts with vested interests in lunar exploration exactly how and why this is not a stupid fucking idea.

It has been over two months since Administrator Isaacman tweeted this. We were told at LEAG a few weeks ago that "PROMISE" is still under development. What is its objective? Mission profile? Estimated cost? Development timeline? Where is the money coming from? Who is assigned to work on it?

How do you know you were at an endurance race? Oh… you’ll know the next day

Road Atlanta remains undefeated for racecar photos.

It’s honestly not even that amazing of an achievement. It took Starship 14 flights to accomplish the bare minimum expected of a launch vehicle, and even then it’s not exactly been a smooth flight.

Something interesting I don't think gets conveyed very well is how violent large rocket launches really are. Even after a nominal launch, walking around a launch pad afterwards is a hell of a place to be.

Here's all 13 released engineering film shots from the Artemis II launch played back at full speed and synced!

NASA released a bunch of 16 and 35mm film engineering footage of the Artemis II launch today. Naturally I knew what I had to do with it.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8hz...

You’d better believe we’re back! Never Tell Me The Odds began its trip back to Launch Complex 36 last night as the New Glenn teams start preparing for a return to flight. 📸 Blue Origin/Derek Newsome

Doing wordle at 0130 next to the VAB because that’s definitely a normal part of life

Fun photoshoot last night of us loading GS2 onto Pegasus for the first time. This stage is heading to the Stennis Space Center is Mississippi to be tested on the B2 test stand. That stand was historically used for Saturn V, The Space Shuttle, Delta IV, and the SLS rockets.

When I said that I didn’t want a standard 9-5 office job, I’m not sure a 9pm-5am photography job is exactly what I had in mind…

This show changed my life. "Life is to be worn gloriously, because till our last moment, the future is what we make it" This line changed my life. Star Trek is a reminder of how endless the possibilities of our lives truly is. I wouldn't be the man I am today without it.

pay living wages for all workers. tax the shit out of billionaires. happy labor day.

I just want to explore... why must this man make everything worse for everyone

Did anyone happen to see a launch timeline for the Spectrum rocket from before launch? SECO felt very early based on similarly sized rockets.

Very random personal thought here but can I just say the current Roller Coaster War is absolutely incredible? Like don't get me wrong the era of building faster, bigger, and taller coasters was cool and we got some great rides, but my god has the recent wave of creative new rides been amazing

It was a beautiful morning for the launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope as it lifted off aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Reporting for Supercluster

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins its journey to space, lifting off from Historic Launch Complex 39B.

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope soars through the morning clouds on its way to space.

Liftoff of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! NASA’s next great observatory is on it’s way to showing us the stars

There are a lot of things that easily disprove any kind of "Space Travel Is A Conspiracy" argument. However a very underrated one is that engineers are TERRIBLE at keeping secrets.

Hello Florida!

There’s a lot of things that I’d like to bring home with me from Europe Honestly though the top of the list is Voltron from EuropaPark because letting Mack Rides just keep building whatever they want is seemingly a valid strategy.

*briefly checks US news* *returns to not thinking about it and enjoying a coffee outside a shop in Amsterdam*

Listening to Rasputin while sitting next to a racetrack in the dunes of the North Sea is an absolutely immaculate vibe

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Officially have now been to 10 countries with my day trip today in Liechtenstein!

Sometimes the world is best seen with the lens by your side

Yeah so Switzerland is ridiculously pretty…

Here we go!