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Episode 1806 We share our experiences and thoughts at the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launch. Enjoy! talkingspaceonline.com/roman…
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I have spent 23 years documenting the global LED transition of city lighting from space.
Across my 4 missions to the ISS, I have photographed every major city on Earth, building a data set of the gradual replacement of sodium vapor lighting with LEDs.
The warmer, yellow-orange of gas discharge lamps has been phased out worldwide to multi-colored LEDs, citing energy savings and environmental reasons.
Widespread adoption has markedly changed the way our cities look from orbit, and as many have pointed out, how they feel to those on the ground!
Here is a collection of the most striking before-and-after photos I have observed:
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One week since the launch of Nancy Grace Roman and we're eagerly awaiting those first photographs. 📸 🌌
Before we catch that first glimpse (anticipated for early 2027), Roman has a three-month and one-million-mile trip to Sun-Earth Lagrange point. Soon enough, the data from the telescope's wide view and infrared vision will help scientists survey our universe's deep history and phenomena like dark matter, dark energy and exoplanets.
Here's some additional content via one of our @talkingspace listeners. I find the stories of how we started and progressed to be very interesting. Thank you @infoshaman.bsky.social for sharing youtu.be/_uN_e13It2c?si=fmxB…
Our latest pod has just dropped! We discuss ISS crew transitions, wildfire threats to NASA's Deep Space Network, growing criticisms of the Artemis program architecture, and a 1960s navigation satellite still transmitting signals today. Check it out: talkingspaceonline.com/space…
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Talking Space Episode 1805 reviews ISS crew transitions, wildfire threats to NASA's Deep Space Network, growing criticisms of the Artemis program architecture, and a 1960s navigation satellite still transmitting signals today. talkingspaceonline.com/space… See also @talkingspace
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AvGeeks, assemble!
MAX POWER lands in Florida on Nov. 7–8, with an F‑104 flyover by the Starfighters and NASA’s ER‑2 on static display. Get the details: nasa.gov/maxpower
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Unlocking a new cosmic lens and exploring the unknown. 🌌 Learn more about NASA's new observatory, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, on the latest podcast episode of We Choose To Go To Kennedy.
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Day 201 orbit 3115 — Let’s celebrate 200 days in space with an inspiring video! 🎉
My amazing support team at the European Astronaut Centre (EAC) launched the εpsilon Push-Up Challenge after liftoff: adding one push-up 💪 for every day of the εpsilon mission. Since then, it has spread to other ESA sites across Europe, and it means a lot to me to see so many people taking part!
And before my trainers and flight surgeons start worrying: this was filmed before the EVA marathon began... 😉
Thank you all and congratulations on completing more than 150,000 push-ups! Woohoo! Your collective energy is a real boost, and I'm lucky to have such an incredible team behind me 🫶
🎥 @esa / @NASA
#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson •
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We’ve got our starglasses on! 🤩
Roman’s Coronagraph Instrument has activated. This system of masks, prisms, detectors, and self-flexing mirrors will block out the glare from distant stars and directly image the planets and disks in orbit around them.
go.nasa.gov/4gDy8hu
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Small but mighty, pixels are a powerful piece of peering into deep space.🔭👀
Want to claim a tiny part of NASA's next big discovery? Sign up to Adopt a Pixel in the 1st images from @NASARoman!
Claim your pixel & be part of this historic moment!
science.nasa.gov/mission/rom…
ALT A pixel adoption certificate that states "This certifies that Nancy Roman has officially adopted one pixel from Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's first images."
Across from NASA KSC is the VAB. If you're near the water at the turning basin you hear the sounds of the water, Osprey overhead. If you're next to the Saturn Causeway you see the Crew-10 Astronauts in Teslas going to pad 39A launching at 7:48 PM EDT
ALT Tesla Crew vehicle in foreground, VAB on background
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✨2024 was a BIG year for Astrobotic so we're going to revisit our favorite milestones all month long...Starting with January 8, 2024 at 2:18am: Peregrine Mission One launched aboard @ulalaunch's #VulcanRocket. 🚀🌕#PM1 #Launch #YearInReview
Video Credit: ULA
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Episode 1611 of @TalkingSpace has just debuted! We look at @jimmayjr's detailed description of why #Starliner remains docked at the ISS, what's going on with NASA's SpaceSuit contract, and will #Starship be launching from LC-39A anytime soon. podbean.com/ep/pb-6yvj4-1669…
New Episode!! Contains interviews with 4 key members of the #GOESU #GOES19 Team: @NASA's John Gagosian, @NOAA's Krizia Negron, Chris Reith of @L3HarrisTech, and Ken Graham, @NWS -- Episode 1610: How GOES-U? podbean.com/ep/pb-b77wq-165e…
The new episode of Talking Space has it all: geomagnetic storms causing brilliant auroras in equatorial latitudes, Starliner valve causing both delays and controversy -- and more! Have a listen, won't you? talkingspaceonline.com/314
ALT Aurora near Kat's house on May 11, 2024.
Worst-case health scenarios in space? We're discussing this and more on #TalkingSpace. Plus, we delve deep into the GEARS experiment. Don't miss this fascinating episode! talkingspaceonline.com/s16e3…
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The Flight Test Readiness Review for @NASA’s @BoeingSpace Crew Flight Test mission to the @Space_Station has concluded.
Teams are "go" for launch at 10:34pm ET May 6 from SLC-41.
Tune in at 4:30pm ET for a media teleconference: go.nasa.gov/3UiLaWu
ALT NASA Commercial Crew Program officials and Boeing employees are photographed in front of the iconic countdown clock at the Press Site of the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida with NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test flag on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Credit: NASA/Madison Tuttle)
