Dad, planetary geologist, baseball fan. “NASA nerd”. Tweets are my own. Ex luna, scientia.
Alexandria, VA
Joined August 2010
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"I must be in the front row!" ~ Classic Miller Lite Beer commercial starring "Mr. Baseball" Bob Uecker (1984) #MLB #Legend #RIPBobUecker
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This is a view I've personally never captured before: Mars reappearing from behind the Moon. It's a handheld telephoto (600mm) shot and cropped like crazy, but still it is what it is. So cool!
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Los Angles fires from @Space_Station. Our hearts go out to everyone affected by this.
View is from north of San Francisco looking southward towards LA and San Diego.
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Before @NASAArtemis astronauts fly to the Moon, we need to understand the surface.
The Lunar Magnetotelluric Sounder flying aboard Firefly's Blue Ghost Lander will measure how electricity flows through the Moon’s surface, helping scientists understand its geological makeup.
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This article tells the story of my first full-time year at NASA.
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Being given a chance to work at NASA on meaningful work was a dream come true. I hope you all enjoy it.
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4.8% crescent 🌙 moon setting over the Arlington House 🏛️ on this first day of 2025! - 📍 Arlington National Cemetery @ArlingtonNatl @ilovearlingtonv @ArlingtonVA @spann @capitalweather @dcstormchaser @washingtondc @washingtonpost
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For the kids in your life, it's this month's NASA Space Place Art Challenge: Draw what you’re looking forward to seeing in the night sky in 2025! Art must be submitted before Jan. 31. Selected submissions will appear on the site in early February. spaceplace.nasa.gov/art-chal… 🎨
ALT A nearly full moon rising over a rocky mountain ridge.
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I've now heard 3 covers of John Lennon's 'Happy Xmas' that cut the 'War is Over' line to avoid offending ppl who like both Christmas & War.
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On December 30, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell Jr., and William A. Anders, the crew of the historic #Apollo8 lunar orbit mission, took part in a technical de-briefing.
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A day, 52 years ago, that I relive every day since. May we never forget the who and the why. Te amo siempre Papi.
#RobertoClemente
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If you've never been, highly recommend the @airandspace museum near Dulles airport. Not as big as their flagship museum in DC but no reservations required, always free and so much cool history to see (like the F-14 tomcat, Shuttle Discovery, Mercury capsules). My first time and it was awesome, kids loved it. I even found some hardware that is still being currently used for current NASA operations like the APFR (Articulating Portable Foot Restraint) that astronauts use to restrain our feet to keep our hands free for spacewalks.
ALT F-14 Tomcat at display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in VA.
ALT NASA Shuttle Discovery at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in VA.
ALT Mercury Capule Freedom 7 II at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in VA.
ALT NASA APFR at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in VA.
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Solar water witching from orbit; where there is water there is sun glint. These two photos were taken seconds apart to capture the fleeting nature of sun glint.
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Astronaut is a federal position, so coming back from space I had lots of paperwork to fill out, including an expense report. Turns out there are very few out of pocket expenses while living in space... you can't really leave the house and even if you could, there is a real lack of dining and entertainment options up there 😆
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Captured this pretty sunset this evening in Bealeton, VA. A nice little welcome back from Mother Nature. #vawx #dcwx #mdwx #weather @capitalweather @TenaciousTopper
