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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I've been a little busy working on my latest and greatest mission yet! I'll be taking some time from my usual work to focus on this awesome little guy 🚀

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

It's official, as of this week I am now a Senior Research Associate! It's not easy progressing up the academic ladder, especially when not lecturing, but I'm thankful for the support of those around me at SPL who have helped me secure this role and for the recognition 💪 👩‍🔬🚀

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Another frantic day chasing inputs and finalising a project proposal, but it's submitted! Excuse me while I go lie down in a dark room for a few hours...

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Missing another major conference (Nuclear and Emerging Technologies for Space) this week due to other commitments. However, with the rest of the team travelling, I have finally got my email inbox down to 0 unread emails for the first time in almost a year 🥳 #LittleWins #AcademiaSky

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

I think a lot about what Carl Sagan said in one of his final interviews.

"WE'VE ARRANGED A society based on science and technology, in which nobody understands anything about science technology. And this combustible mixture of ignorance and power, sooner or later, is going to blow up in our faces. Who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don't know anything about it?"
"Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking. A way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us that something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan, political or religious, who comes ambling along."

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Just a daily reminder, that just because "that's how we've always done it" doesn't mean it can't/shouldn't be improved 🙃

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Some updates from our recent test campaign at NASA Glenn. We've been looking at combining our radioisotope heat sources with Stirling engines to produce reliable electricity for future spaceflight missions 🚀. www.space-park.co.uk/2025/04/radi...

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Global First Test Success for a University of Leicester–NASA Space Power System

Spacecraft power system that combines the technological know-how of engineers and scientists at the University of Leicester and NASA Glenn passed first test

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I recently did an interview as part of Newsweek's Expanding Space series. We talked about the role of the Moon and commercial space industry in the sustained human exploration of the Solar System. Check it out here: youtu.be/xbqA6hvvguo?...

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Mining the Moon for a Ticket to Mars? Hannah Sargeant Explains

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Doing the traditional academic thing of complaining about burnout, and then announcing a new voluntary role I'm taking on... 👀 I'm now the Lunar Science and Exploration representative for the UK Space Agency's Space Exploration Advisory Committee (SEAC)! www.gov.uk/government/p...

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The Space Exploration Advisory Committee (SEAC)

The Space Exploration Advisory Committee is composed of UK-based experts across scientific and technical disciplines related to space exploration.

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Today I closed out my first major project as PI worth ~£1M! Our team worked with civil and commercial partners around the 🌍 to develop radioisotope power system technologies and their applications💪. Very proud of the team, and feeling more confident in my PI/PM skills 😁. I am, however, exhausted!

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Responded to a media request yesterday over video call and assumed it was an informal Q&A for a written piece. Me: logging in all casual with a hoodie and terrible internet connection. Them: *Recording* Welcome to the video series... Astronauts and NASA administrators are on this series 🤦‍♀️

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Sad to be missing #LPSC again this year! Looking forward to following all the exciting updates through Bluesky. Please take pity on me as I sit through 3 days of training as I begin the slow inevitable progression from researcher to project manager

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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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Stephen C. Smith @wordsmithfl.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#Space #NASA It appears the #IM2 landed at the south pole of the moon but some commands are having to be sent manually. Intuitive Machines released a few photos on descent from an altitude of about 10 meters, but nothing yet from the surface. We should have a media event around 4 PM EST.

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Scott Tilley @coastal8049.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It appears @Int_Machines IM-2 landed on time and largely to the trajectory they planned. @eelkevisser.bsky.social @amsat-dl.org

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If you're working on extraterrestrial resource exploration/prospecting, extraction, processing, and utilization, as well as economic, environmental, legal, and policy issues then publish in this new diamond open access journal! link.springer.com/journal/44461

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Space and Planetary Resources

An integrated platform to publish novel data and findings, as well as innovative concepts, models, and technological advances related to various aspects of ...

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

I've been a little quiet on socials recently, HOWEVER, I could not let this momentous occasion pass by without commenting. I'm so excited to see another successful Moon landing, this means more opportunities for science and exploration with commercial industry support 🌙

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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD @jacasiegel.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Happy International Day of Women in Science. The National Science Foundation’s list of flagged words includes both “Women” and “Female.”

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

For the NASA folks that can't, we will.

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

500+ US and International scientists are signing an open letter to NASA leadership and US representatives, asking them to take action and preserve the integrity and public access of the country’s scientific activities and its output. To read and sign, see here: sites.google.com/view/space-s...

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Space Science is for Everyone: An Open Letter Written February 6, 2025

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

It's been a great day catching up with the UK lunar community for the UK SSERVI meeting. Even during tough funding times, everyone has been delivering on a wide range of science and exploration projects. It's also great to see the Royal Astronomical Society in its rightful home at Burlington House

A picture of the front gates to the Burlington House courtyard

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

FYI, if your speaker is a fool (me) and doesn't share their screen in a hybrid meeting, please let them know at the START of the presentation 😅

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 04/09/2024

"It is impossible to be a top-line manager and administrator and mentor and researcher and writer and outreach officer and IT expert and online instructor and pedagogical innovator and recruiter and teacher and marker and external examiner and press pundit and grant bidder and editor."

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It’s Not Your Fault That Academic Life is Getting Harder by Glen O’Hara

Universities are in trouble, and it’s not just money we’re talking about. They are living through something of a crisis of confidence, even of trust and faith. More and more, I find myself, and my col...

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Dinner reservations done right 🤘

A sign saying NASA + Leicester Rockstars next to a table in a restaraunt.

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European Space History @eurospacehistory.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

#OTD 27 January 1967, the first international treaty on outer space exploration and use opened for signature by US, UK and USSR. It entered into force in October 1967 and provides the basic framework on international space law. www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourw... @un.org

Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin, UK Ambassador Sir Patrick Dean, US Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, US Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and US President Lyndon B. Johnson at the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on 27 January 1967 in Washington DC (pic UN)

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Dr Aisling Tierney @irishashyt.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Research should be free, but at what cost and for who’s profit… yikes. Publishers need reigning in.

Screengrab of social mesia post by Nocholas Fabrian, MD stating “reaearchers paid $8.968 billion for their findings to be freely accessible. A graphic shows increase of costs from 2019 to 2023. Free revenue inflation adjusted for PLOS, Frontiers, Wiley, Springer Nature, Elsevier, and MDPI

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Always on the lookout for Moon rocks when on work travel. This time at the NASA GRC Visitor Center 🌙.

A piece of Moon rocket preserved in transparent resin. A plaque states it is from a sample obtained during Apollo 15

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

If you're ever at Cocoa Beach and want to get your nerd on, head to the Moon Hut for a hearty dose of space memorabilia! They even have a great skill of turning all menu items into a space themed pun 🚀👩‍🚀

Photo of the entrance to the Moon Hut cafe. It has a sign over the door saying 'where the astronauts eat'

A photo of a wall of memorabilia from a range of space missions. Launch photos, signed letters, and astronaut photos.

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Here we go again, off on another work adventure! First stop, Florida for some meetings, and then Ohio for some lab work! I'm excited to catch up with old friends at UCF this weekend before the madness begins 🛫🌴❄️👩‍🔬

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Michael Sheetz @michaelsheetz.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Liftoff for Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket, for the first time:

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I gave a guest seminar today and it was the most positive response I've ever had. One of those days where you go 'academia can be great'. I haven't had enough of those days recently so it was definitely appreciated ❤️👩‍🎓

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Getting sick of being told something is 'too ambitious' at my career stage when I have peers who are senior lecturers and I can't break out from post-doc life 🤦‍♀️ #AcademiaSky

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Poppy Northcutt @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Should be sleeping now but can’t miss the New Glenn launch. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C8fevCrKYw

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Watch Live! Blue Origin to launch New Glenn rocket for first time

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UK Space Agency @ukspaceagency.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Check out these new images from the European/Japanese #BepiColombo mission on its final Mercury flyby. 👇 The spacecraft, with UK-built instruments, will increase our understanding of Mercury's composition, structure, and atmosphere. 🌕 Learn more 👉 gov.uk/government/c... 📷 ESA/BepiColombo/MTM

Part of spacecraft with Mercury close in background.

Part of spacecraft with Mercury in background.

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 09/01/2025

Hello @bsky.app, here's to looking into more #bluesky and beyond... 😉

Image of the Moon, on a background of the blackness of space, and foreground at right of Earth's atmosphere in shades of blue, taken by ESA astronaut André Kuipers from the ISS in 2012.

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

To all my friends and colleagues out there, please take care. I can't imagine how scary a time this must be. Your space community around the world will be thinking of you all x

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

📢 Paper Alert 📢 We've been collaborating with NASA-GRC on radioisotope power systems (RPS) using Americium fuel that we have access to in the UK. Here we show how our heat source could be used with Stirling convertor to generate power for Moon rovers www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Americium fuelled radioisotope stirling generator for lunar surface mobility systems

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) are an invaluable resource for the exploration of our Solar System. Providing both heat and electricity, spacecraft u…

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

As a millennial, I innately hate phone calls, especially when I want something confirmed in writing. It's frustrating that the only alternative way to get through to some customer services is via a particular social media app that we're all trying to escape here...

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Dr. Nick Attree @nickattree.eurosky.social · 07/01/2025

The new diamond 💎 open access #PlanetaryScience community journal has a name! Planetary Research And a website! Find out all about the project here planetary-research-journal.online/about.html

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

First day of the new year back in the office. Managed to triage about 20% of the emails and outstanding tasks. Could be a long week 😴

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Another Christmas gone, and another space lego set to build. This time, an orrery! ☀️🌍🌔

A completed build of the lego orrery set of the sun-earth-moon system

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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy 2025, beautiful people. As a philosopher once said, there’s some good in this world, Mr Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for. X

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Happy new year! 🥳🎉🎆 2025 is set to be jam packed with lots of exciting things... but first, a few more days of leave to gather my energy before the madness begins!

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Been on annual leave since the 11th of December, I'm only finally starting to relax. #AcademicBurnout is real! Hope my friends and colleagues are getting some well-needed R&R this holiday season! 🎄

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Franck Marchis @allplanets.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The NASA Lucy mission passing by Earth last night captured with a unistellar telescope by citizen astronomer Elius Bonilla. “Lucy was screaming” he wrote.

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

I'm so excited to see what Lucy finds during its mission, sudying some of the most primitive asteroids of the Solar System! Here's a throwback photo of the rocket trails following the launch when I was based in FL in 2021. Onwards to asteroid Donaldjohanson in 2025!

Rocket trails in the sky during sunrise over the ocean

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Had a great start to the day at the 5th Polish-British Science Forum, held at Space Park Leicester. We talked about the importance of international collaboration in making space exploration truly sustainable 🚀 www.linkedin.com/posts/spacep...

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Hannah Sargeant @drhannahsarge.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We've been receiving cards in the post, and we tend get addressed in a few different ways. It seems some people refuse to accept that you can get married AND keep your last name as woman. Others however, are fully embracing our official titles and names 😁

Picture of the names on an envelope. One says Mr and Mrs Andrews, the other says captain Andrews and Dr Sargeant

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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

As we watch the developments in Syria, I just want to remind folks to be careful what they share on social media. This guide from @onthemedia.bsky.social is good.

The Breaking News Consumer's Handbook, from On The Media, which discusses tips for consuming and sharing breaking news online.

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