barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 1hR volunteers in two different cat adoption centers each week and it's a marvel we don't have 1395 cats in our house by now 020
Reposted by barbylonSpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 14hNASA astronaut Christina Koch, mostly recently a member of Artemis II, is transitioning to "management astronaut" status and will serve as acting deputy Chief Engineer starting Nov 1. (Amit Kshatriya is the agency's Chief Engineer + Assoc Administrator.) www.nasa.gov/news-release...nasa.govNASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer - NASANASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch will serve as the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer beginning on Sunday, Nov. 1, following the retirement of 14013
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10hI'm pretty sure you're talking about Albany CA but I was still startled as a not-very-famous product of Albany NY 020
Reposted by barbylonRogue Squadron VB @roguesquadron-vb.bsky.social · 13hVOTE ME HEARTIES YO HO!! Yo Ho Yo Ho A Pirate’s Life for Me. 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️ #PiratesOver95 #VisibilityBrigade #RogueSquadronVB 0165
Reposted by barbylonGreenb3ar @greenb3ar.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Okay the best political ad of the year is here from LA-DSA 118117154280
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 13/10/2026When I finish puzzles like this, it's satisfying but I also feel a little sad to say goodbye to each section, like book friends 050
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026static.klipy.comJeff Foxworthy's Sarcastic ClapALT: Jeff Foxworthy's Sarcastic Clap 010
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Interiewer: Can you explain this gap in your CV? Geologist: Yes, that's a period when erosion outpaced sedimentation. I call it my personal unconformity. Now, if you look over here, you can see these lovely cross-bedded ripples *smiles* 1257
Reposted by barbylonMeg Schwamb @megschwamb.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Into the era of SciX. I switched over a few months ago knowing the transition was coming. The only way to make all astronomers use SciX is really to shutdown down NASA ADS. I think the SciX interface builds on what's great about ADS. 1101
Reposted by barbylonDr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are still here :) 51334376
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I appreciate the ask! But I don't because I don't currently have the mojo to spend securely packing and shipping. I can recommend @amyraehill.bsky.social for more space ceramics though! 020
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...scientificamerican.comNASA Goddard built the Roman Space Telescope. Workers there worry it couldn’t happen again2025 was a brutal year of budget cuts and workforce attrition at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the home base for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Experts worry Goddard—and NASA’s space sci... 062
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...scientificamerican.comNASA Goddard built the Roman Space Telescope. Workers there worry it couldn’t happen again2025 was a brutal year of budget cuts and workforce attrition at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, the home base for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Experts worry Goddard—and NASA’s space sci... 000
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And another Moon jar, this one with a quote from Amanda Gorman: Just as we chose to go to the Moon We know it is never too soon To choose hope. 081
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026After this, Goddard closed and dismantled the anechoic chamber :( 63416
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026And here's a hexagon bowl with the swirling yellows and blues of Saturn's poles. 290
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026These two cute jars have a bright underglaze and a Moon on their top lid, and some fun quotes. 170
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Here are a couple experiments in underglazes. I'm clearly still learning but I love the experimentation! #pottery I put blue underglaze on the inside of these two bowls and bisque fired them, then did some detailed Moon work partly from stencil partly by hand. 2384
Reposted by barbylonHEXandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My thread about all the Artemis II lunar science data and reports dropped yesterday, along with some favorite quotes from the crew during their lunar flyby and eclipse!science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 032
Reposted by barbylonHEXandra @maniacalstar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Artemis II lunar science team will be responding to questions about yesterday's reports and data drop on Threads today.threads.comNASA (@nasa) on ThreadsCurious about the Artemis II crew’s observations on their mission around the Moon? Read the lunar science report, then reply with your questions. Our science team will answer them today! http://go.... 011
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026not unless you want to haul the mass of deceleration engines and their fuel all the way from earth launch and back. 000
Reposted by barbylonEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Holy shit you guys there are so many things to see in this video. My favorite detail is one I recognize from studying Curiosity’s landing sequence. The vehicle rolls alternately left and right to control its lift as it enters the atmosphere in order to target its landing range 721351
Reposted by barbylonLoren Grush @lorengrush.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Have you been missing the moon joy from Artemis II? Here's a nice little reminder thanks to a NASA release of the science and data from the flight science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 13814
Reposted by barbylonAlexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Today, on the anniversary of the 1st photo of the Moon's far side (in 1959 from the USSR's Luna 3 probe), NASA released the preliminary science report and data from the #ArtemisII mission in April. Re-live the #Moon joy: science.nasa.gov/feature/arte... 🧪🔭🌘science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 15422
Reposted by barbylonAlejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026In the end, it's all about the data, right? So dig in with the Lunar Science Data User Guide for Artemis. #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...assets.science.nasa.gov 041
Reposted by barbylonAlejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026Or maybe the science operations are more you thing? NASA has you covered there too, with a Lunar Science Operations Report #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...assets.science.nasa.gov 142
Reposted by barbylonAlejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026Plus, there's a Preliminary Lunar Science Report, if you want to dig deeper into the Artemis II results. #planetaryscience assets.science.nasa.gov/content/dam/...assets.science.nasa.gov 154
Reposted by barbylonAlejandro Soto @soto.space · 07/10/2026This site has lots of cool Artemis II stuff, beyond what you may have seen on Flicker. #planetaryscience science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 2114
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Artemis II Lunar Science multimedia page is live! Scroll down to the bottom for links to all of the reports and how to get the lunar science data! 🧪⚒️🔭🌒🚀 science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 0358
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I hope you'll be able to tune into our workshop, or if not, that you'll read our reports and dig into the data. We'd love to see how you can use it to better understand our Moon! 🧪🔭🌘⚒️ sservi.nasa.gov/lssw/artemis...sservi.nasa.govLSSWThe series of Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW) short, focused virtual sessions will continue to solicit input from the community on the potential for new scientific research that could be enabled... 020
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026So today is pretty meaningful to me as part of the Artemis II team, as we release our data to the public on the lunar farside observations our team and crew made earlier this year (including the spectacular Orientale rings). www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...flickr.comIt’s All in the Detailsart002e009279 (April 6, 2026) – During their lunar flyby observation period, the Artemis II crew captured this image at 3:41 p.m. EDT, showing the rings of the Orientale basin, one of the Moon’s young... 180
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I was very lucky to be able to earn my PhD in the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, where Hartmann and Kuiper made their seminal discovery of the Orientale rings by projecting Luna 3 images onto basically an integrating sphere in the basement. It's a DIY story that was really formative to me. 330
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026LRO, Chandrayaan, Kaguya, SMART-1, Clementine, GRAIL, Chang'E and many other spacecraft since then have given us the ability to really understand the Moon globally - an option not available to planetary observers from Aristarchus to Galileo to Schröter. www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/...mdpi.com 110
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/202650 years later, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recreated the Luna 3 view. science.nasa.gov/resource/fir...science.nasa.govFirst Photo of the Lunar Far Side - NASA ScienceIn October of 1959, the Luna 3 spacecraft launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Luna 3 was the third spacecraft to reach the Moon and 120
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The far side of the Moon surprised us in how different it is from the side we see (due to tidal locking). It doesn't have the dark mare, which we now know is because the farside crust is thicker. Similar number of giant basins and craters, but the magma couldn't get to the surface and spill out. 110
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The first picture was taken at 03:30 UT at a distance of 63,500 km from the Moon, and the last picture was taken 40 minutes later from a distance of 66,700 km. A total of 29 pictures were taken, covering 70% of the far side. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luna_3en.wikipedia.orgLuna 3 - Wikipedia 140
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026OTD in 1959, The Luna 3 spacecraft was the first to photograph and downlink images of the far side of the Moon. 34318
Reposted by barbylonPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 07/10/2026the speed at which human beings move from "this terrible thing exists" to "everyone just has to learn to live with it" is truly alarming and illuminating. Immediately moving to compliance. Watching this in real time is incredible. 221956490
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I learned pottery before the internet and I learned bass guitar before youtube and picking up these hobbies again now is blowing my mind!! 070
Reposted by barbylonProf Ben Britton @bmatb.expmicromech.com · 04/10/2026It appears to be that time of year when we need to remind ourselves that the Nobel prizes are basically awards for the Best* Men in their Fields www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comGender bias in Nobel prizes - Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsHumanities and Social Sciences Communications - Gender bias in Nobel prizes 34016
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026wow, that sounds amazing, can't wait to hear more about it! 000
Reposted by barbylonDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Oh look, US National Science Foundation-supported science won the Nobel Prize in physics. 101108201
barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If you were to get #dailypedant #savethefutureconditonal 030