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Posting mainly about #Space but also Trains and Biosciences. 🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺

Left the dead bird app when it got replaced by a letter and got toxic. I have high hopes for BlueSky 💙
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The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead

Recent reports suggest that NASA is looking to accelerate its lunar landing timeline — partly to ensure that America returns to the moon before China does. The echoes of the 1960s Space Race are unmistakable. Once again, the focus seems to be…
The fallacy of being first — let’s be enduring instead
Recent reports suggest that NASA is looking to accelerate its lunar landing timeline — partly to ensure that America returns to the moon before China does. The echoes of the 1960s Space Race are unmistakable. Once again, the focus seems to be on being first — planting a flag, capturing headlines and proving technological superiority. But this approach carries the same risks as before.
spacenews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Cosmoleap: The YQ-1A rocket has passed an overall program review, paving the way for testing and production.
mp.weixin.qq.com/s/A9WVvBZPAb...
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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We have been doing a *ton* of work this weekend on the documentary and I cannot wait for you all to hear the incredible score Beverly has been working on for the past year!

We are incredible close to release here, with 10 scenes now released to render and most of the remaining ones fully tracked!
Coming this November

Artemis : The First Flight
November 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I love the metallic heat shield fabric!
New Glenn on the pad

Source: some bald guy on the other site.
October 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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🔭 Two Tails of Comet Lemmon

Image Credit: Massimo Penna

star.ucl.ac.uk/~apod/apod/a...
October 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
We need to add some golden stars to the blue tiles 🇪🇺
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite is now safe and cozy inside Ariane 6's fairing! 🧸

The blue tiles inside the fairing work as acoustic protection dampening the noise created during launch.

Liftoff is scheduled for 4 November at 22:02 CET (21:02 GMT, 18:02 Kourou time).

📸 ESA - M. Pédoussaut
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Chinese launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy move toward IPOs

Launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy are the latest China’s commercial space companies to move toward IPOs, amid a surge of investment.
Chinese launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy move toward IPOs
Launch firms Space Pioneer and Galactic Energy are the latest China’s commercial space companies to move toward IPOs, amid a surge of investment.
spacenews.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Nice shots during encap of Sentinel 1D for the next Ariane 6 flight VA265

#VA265 #CSG #ESA
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I love how passionate esa is regarding the responsible disposal of their satellites ♥️
ESA will send a plane filled with scientists and instruments to observe the reentries of Samba and Tango from below and learn as much as possible about how satellites burn and break up during atmospheric reentry.
October 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Here are some nice shots of ARD before and after flight...

www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...

Read more about ARD: cds.cern.ch/record/41120...
October 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The pilot was probably a Boeing whistleblower and Boeing sent a warning 🤔

The 737 is cursed.
Wild! A meteorite may have struck the windshield of a 737 flying over Colorado, according to early reports.

Whatever the object was, it cut a pilot's arm but did not seriously damage the plane. 🧪

avbrief.com/united-max-h...
October 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Fork found in kitchen. The whole starship HLS program is the result of corruption and deception of the public. Maybe the engineers can get it to work in the next ten years, but we all know that this is unlikely. And even if it works, it's NOT SAFE for humans!
NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years

NASA safety advisers say they doubt the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship will be ready to support the Artemis 3 mission as planned in 2027.
NASA safety panel warns Starship lunar lander could be delayed by years
NASA safety advisers say they doubt the lunar lander version of SpaceX’s Starship will be ready to support the Artemis 3 mission as planned in 2027.
spacenews.com
September 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I love it when publicly funded science is behind a paywall...
September 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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This is a new image of comet 3I/ATLAS, showing the development of a long tail of dust and gas as the object gets closer to the Sun.

As a reminder, the "I" in 3I/ATLAS stands for "interstellar".

Because this comet formed around a different star and is OLDER THAN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
September 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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New study on #BlueSky for #SciComm.

“Bluesky posts demonstrate substantially higher levels of interaction (likes, reposts, replies, and quotes) and greater textual originality than previously reported for X, suggesting both stronger interactive and more interpretive engagement.”

🦋🦫🌱🐋🧪 #philsci
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
August 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Europe’s first reusable main stage’s full-scale demonstrator is ready!

After its fit-check last December at Les Mureaux, France, Themis integration was completed: it is now packed and prepared for shipment.

Ready to head to its launch pad SSC’s Esrange spaceport in Sweden. 🛻🚀

www.esa.int/themis
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
They always imagined a beautiful future, but they didn't consider that capitalism demands cost efficiency over looks, which leaves no space for beauty. Everything has to be efficient. This is the reason why almost all new buildings are white blocks without any ornamentation :/
Visions of the future by the late David Schleinkofer (1951 - 2025)
May 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Visions of the future by the late David Schleinkofer (1951 - 2025)
May 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I hate it when scientists give me hope that we have actually found the first evidence of extraterrestrial life. But every time I read something like that, I know that it cannot be right. There is always a little @fcain.universetoday.com in the back of my head telling me to be sceptical.
An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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An astonishing headline reporting on new observations from a team led to Nikku Madhusudhan claims they’ve found ‘hints of life’ on a planet orbiting a dwarf star some 124 light years away. What’s going on? (1/n) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 🔭 🧪
Promising hints of life found on distant planet K2-18b
Scientists find new but tentative evidence that a faraway world orbiting another star may be home to life.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
If I could one planet in the solar system it would be Neptune. The view has to be amazing!
NEW: For the first time, astronomers were able to capture bright auroral activity on Neptune, thanks to #NASAWebb’s infrared capabilities: webbtelescope.pub/424vcTI 🔭 🧪
March 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Love the Vulcan red! More companies should do this!
For your visual enjoyment. The last set was in the Finished Goods Warehouse in Decatur. These are at the Cape.
March 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Launch day! The launch window for the inaugural Isar Aerospace Spectrum flight opens at 12:30 pm and runs until 15.30 pm CET.
March 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Isar has released some official shots of the first Spectrum rocket at Andøya Spaceport. Launch expected between 20 and 30 March. Not long now. Credit: Isar Aerospace
March 17, 2025 at 5:23 PM