Andrew Watson
@geometryprime.bsky.social
Propulsion Systems Engineer for the Orion Spacecraft, with way too many additional hobbies: Game Dev, Fossil Prep, Art, etc
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Andrew Watson
@geometryprime.bsky.social
· Oct 18
Hello! Figured an intro post would be good - it's been ages since I was on Twitter.
I work on a spacecraft, I prepare fossils, I do a fair bit of art, I make video games from time to time, and I'll probably post a decent amount of some good space and paleontology stuff plus some projects of my own!
I work on a spacecraft, I prepare fossils, I do a fair bit of art, I make video games from time to time, and I'll probably post a decent amount of some good space and paleontology stuff plus some projects of my own!
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Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy shared some photos this morning of Orion capsule 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 rolling to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking atop the Artemis II SLS rocket.
This will be the first spacecraft since Apollo 17 to carry humans to the Moon.
This will be the first spacecraft since Apollo 17 to carry humans to the Moon.
October 17, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy shared some photos this morning of Orion capsule 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 rolling to the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking atop the Artemis II SLS rocket.
This will be the first spacecraft since Apollo 17 to carry humans to the Moon.
This will be the first spacecraft since Apollo 17 to carry humans to the Moon.
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#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14: Spacecraft
Featuring, Orion. More specifically the Artemis II Orion Spacecraft, which the crew has named, Integrity.
#sciart #spaceart #Artemis #space
Featuring, Orion. More specifically the Artemis II Orion Spacecraft, which the crew has named, Integrity.
#sciart #spaceart #Artemis #space
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
#SpacetoberChallenge Day 14: Spacecraft
Featuring, Orion. More specifically the Artemis II Orion Spacecraft, which the crew has named, Integrity.
#sciart #spaceart #Artemis #space
Featuring, Orion. More specifically the Artemis II Orion Spacecraft, which the crew has named, Integrity.
#sciart #spaceart #Artemis #space
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Various Outer Wilds Illustrations made for a friends Birthday 💚
Absolutely great game. Really advice checking it out!
#outerwilds #outerwildsart
Absolutely great game. Really advice checking it out!
#outerwilds #outerwildsart
September 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Various Outer Wilds Illustrations made for a friends Birthday 💚
Absolutely great game. Really advice checking it out!
#outerwilds #outerwildsart
Absolutely great game. Really advice checking it out!
#outerwilds #outerwildsart
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Today is the 120th anniversary of the description of #Tyrannosaurus rex and #Albertosaurus sarcophagus in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, the two species that would define the clade, Tyrannosauridae. A pair of dinosaur teeth, albeit very worn, belonging to these two famous species. 🧪
October 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today is the 120th anniversary of the description of #Tyrannosaurus rex and #Albertosaurus sarcophagus in 1905 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, the two species that would define the clade, Tyrannosauridae. A pair of dinosaur teeth, albeit very worn, belonging to these two famous species. 🧪
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59 years ago today...
For the first time, the USS Enterprise appeared on the screen. It was the beginning of a long, long journey: Star Trek. 🖖
For the first time, the USS Enterprise appeared on the screen. It was the beginning of a long, long journey: Star Trek. 🖖
September 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
59 years ago today...
For the first time, the USS Enterprise appeared on the screen. It was the beginning of a long, long journey: Star Trek. 🖖
For the first time, the USS Enterprise appeared on the screen. It was the beginning of a long, long journey: Star Trek. 🖖
Decided to try some digital art! Some experiments with light and shadow layers eventually turned into the ISGV Valeria, a generation ship with a subset of some terran ecosystems transplanted aboard.
September 7, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Decided to try some digital art! Some experiments with light and shadow layers eventually turned into the ISGV Valeria, a generation ship with a subset of some terran ecosystems transplanted aboard.
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I swear, every museum has one of these nowadays.
Backstage at DMNS is always a treat
Backstage at DMNS is always a treat
July 30, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I swear, every museum has one of these nowadays.
Backstage at DMNS is always a treat
Backstage at DMNS is always a treat
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Embraer E175LR (N258NN) vs 3rd quarter Moon, seen Saturday morning over the Space Coast of Florida.
Bathed in morning sunlight, American Eagle flight 4251 was traveling from Charleston (CHS) to Miami (MIA) at 30k ft & 461 kts.
(📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com)
#avgeek #aviation
Bathed in morning sunlight, American Eagle flight 4251 was traveling from Charleston (CHS) to Miami (MIA) at 30k ft & 461 kts.
(📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com)
#avgeek #aviation
August 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Embraer E175LR (N258NN) vs 3rd quarter Moon, seen Saturday morning over the Space Coast of Florida.
Bathed in morning sunlight, American Eagle flight 4251 was traveling from Charleston (CHS) to Miami (MIA) at 30k ft & 461 kts.
(📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com)
#avgeek #aviation
Bathed in morning sunlight, American Eagle flight 4251 was traveling from Charleston (CHS) to Miami (MIA) at 30k ft & 461 kts.
(📷: me, flight data by @flightradar24.com)
#avgeek #aviation
Post your lock screen!
Sure, I'll hop on this trend. This might be my favorite pic from the whole Apollo program - Apollo 9 EVA
Sure, I'll hop on this trend. This might be my favorite pic from the whole Apollo program - Apollo 9 EVA
July 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Post your lock screen!
Sure, I'll hop on this trend. This might be my favorite pic from the whole Apollo program - Apollo 9 EVA
Sure, I'll hop on this trend. This might be my favorite pic from the whole Apollo program - Apollo 9 EVA
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Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
July 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!
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Happy #FossilFriday! This is Maiasaura peeblesorum, the state fossil of Montana. Studies of this duck-billed dinosaur provided the first evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their babies. Come see Maiasaura bones, eggs, babies and more in Cretaceous Crossroads!
Mural by artist Julius Csotonyi
Mural by artist Julius Csotonyi
July 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! This is Maiasaura peeblesorum, the state fossil of Montana. Studies of this duck-billed dinosaur provided the first evidence that some dinosaurs cared for their babies. Come see Maiasaura bones, eggs, babies and more in Cretaceous Crossroads!
Mural by artist Julius Csotonyi
Mural by artist Julius Csotonyi
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The Rhenopyrgus family of Edrioasteroids are really strange.
This is Rhenopyrgus viviani from the Silurian Jupiter Fm. of Quebec. It was named after my friend and I donated a specimen for the 2020 paper. There are also some ostracods and tentaculites on the plate.
#FossilFriday
This is Rhenopyrgus viviani from the Silurian Jupiter Fm. of Quebec. It was named after my friend and I donated a specimen for the 2020 paper. There are also some ostracods and tentaculites on the plate.
#FossilFriday
July 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Rhenopyrgus family of Edrioasteroids are really strange.
This is Rhenopyrgus viviani from the Silurian Jupiter Fm. of Quebec. It was named after my friend and I donated a specimen for the 2020 paper. There are also some ostracods and tentaculites on the plate.
#FossilFriday
This is Rhenopyrgus viviani from the Silurian Jupiter Fm. of Quebec. It was named after my friend and I donated a specimen for the 2020 paper. There are also some ostracods and tentaculites on the plate.
#FossilFriday
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Behold! The punctured vertebrae #Dinosaur #Fossil of an #Allosaurus caused by the #Thagomizer of a #Stegosaurus. The spikes (seen to illustrate fit) were used for defense. The thagomized allosaurus survived as evidenced by healed bone. #Science #PaleoSky 🧪 🦕 See: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
June 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Behold! The punctured vertebrae #Dinosaur #Fossil of an #Allosaurus caused by the #Thagomizer of a #Stegosaurus. The spikes (seen to illustrate fit) were used for defense. The thagomized allosaurus survived as evidenced by healed bone. #Science #PaleoSky 🧪 🦕 See: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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sw inspired trek ships so far!
April 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
sw inspired trek ships so far!
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Baragwanathia longifolia, a confusing early clubmoss from around 425 million years ago.
Described as Late Silurian (the dating is still controversial), its features are surprising for such an early plant.
This specimen is from Limestone Road, nr Yea, Victoria, Australia
#FossilFriday
🌲⚒🌏🧪🔬🌱
Described as Late Silurian (the dating is still controversial), its features are surprising for such an early plant.
This specimen is from Limestone Road, nr Yea, Victoria, Australia
#FossilFriday
🌲⚒🌏🧪🔬🌱
April 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Baragwanathia longifolia, a confusing early clubmoss from around 425 million years ago.
Described as Late Silurian (the dating is still controversial), its features are surprising for such an early plant.
This specimen is from Limestone Road, nr Yea, Victoria, Australia
#FossilFriday
🌲⚒🌏🧪🔬🌱
Described as Late Silurian (the dating is still controversial), its features are surprising for such an early plant.
This specimen is from Limestone Road, nr Yea, Victoria, Australia
#FossilFriday
🌲⚒🌏🧪🔬🌱
Post your space art!
April 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Post your space art!
I'm quite happy with the design! Big fan of keeping the iconography from the overall Artemis program patch.
April 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I'm quite happy with the design! Big fan of keeping the iconography from the overall Artemis program patch.
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March 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Another dragon - good thing to do to unwind. The skull anatomy got away from me for sure but I still think it came out pretty well! Graphite on paper.
March 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Another dragon - good thing to do to unwind. The skull anatomy got away from me for sure but I still think it came out pretty well! Graphite on paper.
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The 5th and final left hand motor segment for Artemis II was stacked this week, completing the propulsion component of the left solid rocket booster for the SLS rocket.
📸NASA/Cory S Huston
📸NASA/Cory S Huston
February 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The 5th and final left hand motor segment for Artemis II was stacked this week, completing the propulsion component of the left solid rocket booster for the SLS rocket.
📸NASA/Cory S Huston
📸NASA/Cory S Huston
New sort of surrealist space art! I went back with some white paint to make sure the stars would really pop - keeping such tiny areas clear of graphite while shading all that dark space is always a bit of a challenge.
January 25, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New sort of surrealist space art! I went back with some white paint to make sure the stars would really pop - keeping such tiny areas clear of graphite while shading all that dark space is always a bit of a challenge.
Been a bit since I posted any of my artwork - here's another older drawing, big fan of the eyes and the fangs on this guy!
December 4, 2024 at 6:09 AM
Been a bit since I posted any of my artwork - here's another older drawing, big fan of the eyes and the fangs on this guy!