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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

This week we celebrated the #NASAPACEMission “500 Days (And Counting) In Orbit” milestone, hosted by the #HARP2 team at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. I’ve been on the mission 3 yrs but the it’s been going on 10+ yrs and it was a well-earned day to enjoy w colleagues 🍻

A picture of one of the presentations by the HARP2 team, which is one of the payloads on PACE. It’s a polarimeter developed at UMBC and the presentation was a lighthearted story about the struggles of the concept, development, testing, and delivery of the instrument to Goddard prior to integrating it to the PACE observatory. Very timely!

Fun little scale model of PACE on a standard sized Earth globe. The PACE model is not to proportional scale though.. it would dwarf us and violate at least 12 laws of physics. And likely not enough precious metals in the world to build it. BUT it would keep our hardware ppl busy :)

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Christian Elliott @christianelliott.me · 30/06/2025

NASA just won an Emmy for our live broadcast of the total solar eclipse last year. We produced a documentary film about the James Webb Space Telescope that's out in theaters and on Netflix. We have podcasts, we write feature stories. People wear the agency logo on t-shirts. We're still getting cut.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Words fail to describe how heartbroken I am after reading this post.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I took the day off yesterday to advocate for planetary science with new and old friends at @planetarysociety.bsky.social. One of my fave things about earth and planetary science is also something that makes the US special, so any proposed cut to science is very concerning to me as an American.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

For those who may not know… this camera took this pic btw

One of the most famous pictures ever taken… Earthrise.

From the nasa website:

This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon.

Taken aboard Apollo 8 by Bill Anders, this iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon, with astronauts Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell aboard.

Image Credit: NASA

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

finally got around to collecting the annual special edition cherry blossom metro card loot drop 🌸

picture of the annual WMATA SmarTrip National Cherry Blossom Festival design metro card. It’s a pretty water colored theme with bright colors and big flowers, and purples, blues, and yellows in the background leading to the Jefferson memorial and the Washington monument.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I went to the National Air and Space Museum today, which was nicely timed after a particularly hard work week, and it felt like a reminder of what we’re fighting for. And BOY what a great reminder. I got to see THE Apollo 8 Hasselblad camera… yep, I fangirled out in the corner a bit.

This Camera Captured the World

Using this Hasselblad camera, astronauts photographed Earth on the first crewed round-the-Moon space journey—the Apollo 8 mission in December 1968.
An astonishing image taken by William Anders was soon immortalized as Earthrise, becoming a profound symbol for humanity of Earth's place in the cosmos. The photo was adopted as an icon of the environmental movement.
Hasselblad 500EL 70 mm Camera, 1968
Transferred from Kansas Cosmosphere
Remember to Take Photos!
This detailed checklist reminded astronaut William Anders to take photographs-for scientific purposes and to convey the story of space travel to everyone back home.
William Anders' Checklist Apollo 8, 1968

This detailed checklist reminded astronaut William Anders to take photographs-for scientific purposes and to convey the story of space travel to everyone back home.
William Anders' Checklist Apollo 8, 1968

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

odds weren’t great for clear skies in DC tonight BUT I went out anyway. during the tiniest window of opportunity I snapped one clear-ish phone pic of the blood moon eclipse in front of National Air and Space Museum 🥹🌖

not great pic of a very cloudy sky with one clearing between clouds where you can see a total lunar eclipse, which has a red-color appearance. I took it in front of the National Air and Space Museum on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I really only listen to a few people when it comes to day to day economics and one of them is Kai Ryssdal and boy this is VERY concerning

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

To put it lightly, I’ve been on edge this week. Tonight I took a long walk around campus and caught this view of the moonrise over Healy Hall. Tomorrow will bring us a full moon’s total eclipse with a coppery hue — a blood moon. And the date is the eve of the Ides of March. Poetry.

A photo of Georgetown University’s Healy Hall looking east towards a moonrise at dusk with an almost full moon.

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Andrew Jones @andrewjonesspace.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

The NASA LRO team has spotted the IM-2 Athena lander, near the center of Mons Mouton. Centre of the image, with the box showing an enlarged view. www.lroc.asu.edu/images/1409

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James Tuttle Keane @jtuttlekeane.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

**This would end space science as we know it.** I’d probably be out of a job. Successful ongoing missions would be turned off. Future missions would be axed. Some research centers (NASA & non-NASA) would likely dissolve.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Taking a break in between work and class (all virtual today) to go play in the snow now that it’s finally sticking on the sidewalks here in DC!

Picture of me in a coat, beanie, scarf outside in a wintry, snowy scene here in Washington DC

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Earlier the checkout line at the Eastern Market TJ’s wrapped all the way to the cheese section so a few of us got to chatting. The vibes are atrocious here in DC with all the uncertainty, but we agree the sense of community is strong. This cute tote caught my eye and felt appropriate to pick up 🧀🥂

New canvas tote bag from Trader Joe’s with a cheese theme graphic design. It’s got various little cheeses with “cheesy” little puns playing on their names. Very cute!
E.g.:
“Hole-lier
than thou.”
“Mi nombre es Manchego.”
“Je'm appelle
Comte.”
“Life's so
Gouda.”
“I am
fondue you.”

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I’m a weather nerd and I work/study earth science. I have pretty good theoretical knowledge of mid Atlantic winter weather. However. I’m also a human who spent almost 30 years in her native desert habitat and is still new to experiencing precipitation. so. *googles what sleet looks like*

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Check out these US federal data archiving efforts already underway. It warms my heart to see many librarians and archivists on the front lines of organizing. You are all amazing people!

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Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Phobos over Mars Full size: flic.kr/p/2qJrbGD Credit: Processing: Andrea Luck CC BY Raw images: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin @esa.int ESA Mars Express HRSC Orbit 3868 2007-01-10 Filter S13 H3868_0000_S13.IMG Colourised image using data processed from: psa.esa.int My album about Phobos: flic.kr/s/aHBqjAvrQL

An image taken from orbit shows the potato-shaped satellite Phobos orbiting Mars. The perspective places Phobos very close to the Martian limb, above elongated whitish clouds near the terminator. Phobos appears predominantly grey, while the surface of Mars displays tones ranging from rusty red to darker hues near its terminator. Some craters are visible on the surface of Mars, they should be much larger than Phobos. The camera scanning the satellite causes the view of the Martian surface to appear stretched as it moves by.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Lucky shot on my way home from the National Portrait Gallery: the Washington Monument with the crescent moon (my fave phase!) right next to Venus. I’m choosing to see this as a good omen from the universe (🤞).

A phone picture of the Washington Monument at night with the waxing crescent moon right next to a very bright Venus.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Post the amazing science things you have done with federal funding.

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Morgan Tingley @mwtingley.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

The insanity of being a fire ecologist in the epicenter of a major fire event, bags packed and ready to evacuate, watching active fire from my window, while taking media requests and explaining to the public, for the 100,000th time how climate change is largely responsible for this

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Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

A first of likely multiple efforts to support our colleagues at JPL and Caltech who’ve lost their homes in the past day. 🔭

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

from earlier today at the National Mall during my lunch break ☃️

a snowman in front of a snow covered National Mall facing east leading up to the Capitol building. prob about 5-6 ish inches of snow around this time (10:30am)

A selfie in front of said snowman in front of a snow covered National Mall facing east leading up to the Capitol building. prob about 5-6 ish inches of snow around this time (10:30am)

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

after a couple weeks back home in Phoenix and Sedona with fantastic weather (Hs in 60-70s, L 40-30s), DC has greeted me with a little thundersnow and rain mix!! pics to be posted when it sticks in DC, hopefully Monday ☃️👀

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Getting ready for my first conference talk ever! And of course it’s at #AGU24. Catch me at the following session: “Sharing Their Science: Enabling Scientists in Public Engagement and Communication Efforts”

Just a simple picture of me posing in a hallway at the convention center in Washington DC that is hosting the American Geophysical Union 2025 conference. There are random scientists hard at work in the background.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

One thing about #AGU24 is that you know the exhibitor hall is gonna be poppin! I’ll be back talking shop at the NASA booth on Wednesday 😊🌎🛰️

A simple selfie of me at the American Geophysical Union conference here in Washington DC at the exhibitor hall a few minutes before it opened to the public. I’m holding up my badge with my name and institution (NASA) and an “Ask me about PACE” pin as a subject matter expert for the NASA PACE mission. Documenting the calm before the storm!

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I will also not be live-skeeting but I will be skittering around the convention center this week, come say hi if you see me! And/or need some DC recs from a local 😎 #AGU24

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

a little starstruck this morning! did not expect the Chair of the National Space Council, Vice President Harris, to keep me on her holiday greeting card mailing list 🥹♥️ we fumbled you so bad Queen 😭

A picture of the inside of the greeting card from the VP that was mailed to me. Above the inner text is the official seal of the office of the Vice President of the United States. The card says “May the holidays fill your home with happiness and your heart with joy. From our family to yours, we wish you a wonderful holiday season and New Year”

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Waxing crescent moon and Venus looking west-southwest tonight over Healy Hall at Georgetown this evening 🌙

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

ok I owe the state of North Carolina an apology, I wasn’t really familiar with their game

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Napoleon, December 3, 1812

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Seven Machina Rasmussen @toomanyspectra.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

don’t worry go.bsky.app/VLYqPoD

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 03/12/2024

Bluesky is scratching that itch to be able to follow good and reliable information of fast moving international developments that twitter used to. No conspiracy theories or trolls. Quick, efficient, reliable information from reputable journalists. I missed this so much.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Science journos! This is such a cool handy labeler to see what fields folks are working in AND there’s a label for science journalism! 🧪

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

If you were on Saturn, you’d quickly learn how reflective the rings are… The rings reflect sunlight and illuminate the night side. Instead of moonshine, it’s Ringshine!

Saturn showing bright ringshine on the night side.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I have 3 pairs of space mission-themed socks I’ve worn regularly for years now and they’ve held up really well! Highly recommend as gifts (it’s holiday season!!). This is not a sponsored post, I’m just a space nerd who values quality statement socks 😌🧦

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

took a chilly fall afternoon walk around the National Mall yesterday to visit my favorite Brutalist Donut (the Hirschhorn Museum) and came across Yayoi Kusama’s Pumpkin just outside. what a pleasant surprise!

A picture of me next to a big, maybe 10 ft tall sculpture of a bright yellow pumpkin with some artistic black painted spots by iconic artist Yayoi Kusama. It’s called Pumpkin and it’s on display outside the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, DC.

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

unexpected but fun notification! 2024 is the year of cautious optimism… #dcwx #dmvwx

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

first snow alert of the season in the DMV, and since my windowsill violet hasn’t stopped blooming since the temps dropped, I know this queen is hyped for the snow too

African violet plant with two different vibrant flower clusters sitting in the windowsill: one in pink with fresh blooms, and the other in purple blooms that bloomed a week ago.

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Andrew Burns @mrburnsns.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Looks like that Volcano in Iceland erupted. Sounds like things are being managed, but there are some incredible images posted by @icelandcricket.bsky.social.

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vladchoc @vladchoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Are you tired of greasy pots and pans? Stubborn kitchen stains? Messy sponges and sprays? Me too. I wish the sun would devour the earth.

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

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Jason Major @jpmajor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

If you ever see this video, this is the person who made it. @kevinmgill.bsky.social (It's often mis- or un-attributed.)

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Steve Bowen @stevebowen.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Quick FYI in case you are not aware: NOAA is the foundational center of weather / climate data and research for not just the United States, but is vital on the global stage, too. The fact that this data is available for free (open source) cannot be minimized in its value and importance. 1/n

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

went to the National Gallery of Art today, found a Mars rover-shaped little friend

Toy at the gift shop section of the National Gallery of Art. Product description:
“Like the Mars Rover, this six limbed mechanical creature is eager for terrestrial exploration. The nickel plated body is the first member of Kikkerland's wind-up family that has double spinning off-center weights and a pull string. There are two ways to set this eager little machine into exploration mode; when you pull the
"Saturn" planet knob on top while holding the pull string, you can guide this little rover on its path, or you can let it go and watch it forge its own destiny.”

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 16/11/2024

let's compare costco hot dogs and their prices in every country where they operate

they're all about a buck and change, except iceland, which is getting screwed

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Corrine 🌎🛰️ @corrinerojas.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

aaand here we are at my favorite candle scent of the year, cedar balsam. the smell of December. December. time is cruelly marching on

Image pointing down at my hand holding two stacked candles packaged in short tins. Their labels say “Trader Joe’s Cedar Balsam Scented Candle”. In the background you can make out my grocery basket even though out of focus.

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