Leo Enright
@ollopa11.bsky.social
"The Guy from Irish TV" at NASA for 50 years (and counting)! Ex Foreign Hack at BBC News & RTE News; now see/hear me live on space on BBC, RTE, Newstalk FM @aljazeera.com etc
This is the first time ever that an orbital sequence has been captured showing Ireland with the Aurora Borealis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. It will be a very long time indeed before anyone gets a similar shot. (if I am wrong about this I will shave my head 😉)
Watch: Aurora lights shimmering over Earth were filmed on camera by Russia's Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov from the International Space Station
Watch: Stunning aurora filmed from space by cosmonaut
Aurora lights shimmering over Earth were filmed on camera by Russia's Space Agency Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergei Kud-Sverchkov from the International Space Station on Tuesday.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:04 PM
This is the first time ever that an orbital sequence has been captured showing Ireland with the Aurora Borealis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. It will be a very long time indeed before anyone gets a similar shot. (if I am wrong about this I will shave my head 😉)
Reposted by Leo Enright
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
January 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
A Titan of European space science. And a lovely man. An early champion of multi-disciplinary science, during a key period when Irish space scientists were seeking to capitalise on our (founding) membership of @esa.int
@dias.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social
@dias.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 10:29 PM
A Titan of European space science. And a lovely man. An early champion of multi-disciplinary science, during a key period when Irish space scientists were seeking to capitalise on our (founding) membership of @esa.int
@dias.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social
@dias.ie @maynoothuniversity.ie @ucdpress.bsky.social
Now that we have exact mission elapsed times for closest approach of Artemis II, can anyone suggest an online tool *for dummies* that would allow me plug-in the exact arrival time in UTC and then generate a lunar far side map showing illumination.
January 19, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Now that we have exact mission elapsed times for closest approach of Artemis II, can anyone suggest an online tool *for dummies* that would allow me plug-in the exact arrival time in UTC and then generate a lunar far side map showing illumination.
My beermat analysis of perilune arrival dates for Artemis II tells me that "late in the monthly launch window" is an outcome greatly to be desired by lunar geologists 😉. Mare Orientale should be well-illuminated on all passes.
January 16, 2026 at 9:54 PM
My beermat analysis of perilune arrival dates for Artemis II tells me that "late in the monthly launch window" is an outcome greatly to be desired by lunar geologists 😉. Mare Orientale should be well-illuminated on all passes.
I know Michael O'Leary (and I like him, on a personal level), but I rarely if ever agree with him. Here, I make an exception!
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ry...
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www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ry...
@businessinsider.com @newstalkfm.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I know Michael O'Leary (and I like him, on a personal level), but I rarely if ever agree with him. Here, I make an exception!
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ry...
@businessinsider.com @newstalkfm.bsky.social
www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-ry...
@businessinsider.com @newstalkfm.bsky.social
Gosh, US lunar programmes have been more impactful than I realised! (Another interpretation might be that free trade - not tariffs - gave us knowledge of Apollo and Artemis in the first place?)
www.iihsa.ie/events/grant...
www.iihsa.ie/events/grant...
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Gosh, US lunar programmes have been more impactful than I realised! (Another interpretation might be that free trade - not tariffs - gave us knowledge of Apollo and Artemis in the first place?)
www.iihsa.ie/events/grant...
www.iihsa.ie/events/grant...
Ireland's very own Brian Harvey has a Christmas number one! 😉
January 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Ireland's very own Brian Harvey has a Christmas number one! 😉
Reposted by Leo Enright
From all of us here to all of you out there, Happy New Year.
Science First !
Science First !
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
From all of us here to all of you out there, Happy New Year.
Science First !
Science First !
Reposted by Leo Enright
Former ULA chief Bruno joins Blue Origin
Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the company’s new national security business unit.
Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the company’s new national security business unit.
Former ULA chief Bruno joins Blue Origin
Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the company’s new national security business unit.
spacenews.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Former ULA chief Bruno joins Blue Origin
Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the company’s new national security business unit.
Tory Bruno, who recently stepped down as chief executive of United Launch Alliance, is joining Blue Origin as head of the company’s new national security business unit.
Look, in the sky - it's a bird, it's a plane, no, look, it's... it's actually Santa's sleigh, sleighing its way around the world
How does Santa's sleigh fly?
Look, in the sky - it's a bird, it's a plane, no, look, it's... it's actually Santa's sleigh, sleighing its way around the world. But how did it get there?
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December 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A news segment may be cancelled behind the ICE Curtain, but in the best traditions of Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe it is still available in the "Free World" 🍁 www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
www.thereset.news
December 24, 2025 at 2:11 AM
A news segment may be cancelled behind the ICE Curtain, but in the best traditions of Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe it is still available in the "Free World" 🍁 www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
The original readers of this essay would have known that Lee had won a Pulitzer just before this was published. Her unnamed benefactor was Michael Brown, who wrote "The John Birch Society" - a mocking-song that has proved to be a warning to history from the 60's @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/3MjnLnG
wapo.st/3MjnLnG
Harper Lee’s most treasured Christmas gift
In an article collected in the new book “The Land of Sweet Forever,” Lee recounts the present that allowed her to write “To Kill a Mockingbird.”
wapo.st
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The original readers of this essay would have known that Lee had won a Pulitzer just before this was published. Her unnamed benefactor was Michael Brown, who wrote "The John Birch Society" - a mocking-song that has proved to be a warning to history from the 60's @washingtonpost.com
wapo.st/3MjnLnG
wapo.st/3MjnLnG
Al Bacio, Andrea! (“a chef’s kiss”). I missed this release at the time. Thank you!
3/n 🧵
Here's a zoom in to remember: Phobos over Olympus
Full-size (130MP) image & details: flic.kr/p/2rggHKy
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck CC BY 🧪🔭
Here's a zoom in to remember: Phobos over Olympus
Full-size (130MP) image & details: flic.kr/p/2rggHKy
Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck CC BY 🧪🔭
November 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Al Bacio, Andrea! (“a chef’s kiss”). I missed this release at the time. Thank you!
Found this archive by accident today, and I have to admit I was quite emotional. Hours later, we saw Miranda and I was standing beside Gene Shoemaker as the images came in. He was estatic: the crowning evidence for his theories of destruction and reaccretion.
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www.rte.ie/archives/col...
Voyager 2 Reaches Uranus
Voyager 2 Reaches Uranus
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November 23, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Found this archive by accident today, and I have to admit I was quite emotional. Hours later, we saw Miranda and I was standing beside Gene Shoemaker as the images came in. He was estatic: the crowning evidence for his theories of destruction and reaccretion.
www.rte.ie/archives/col...
www.rte.ie/archives/col...
Posted from a bar in the Cape Canaveral area, strictly without comment.
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Posted from a bar in the Cape Canaveral area, strictly without comment.
Per @nasawatch.bsky.social in the other place, this was dumped in a corridor at GSFC with the sort of note you see on a used car! There's even a phone number.
It is a full scale model of Relay-1 , an early US telecom satellite that broadcast news of the Kennedy assassination into Europe!
It is a full scale model of Relay-1 , an early US telecom satellite that broadcast news of the Kennedy assassination into Europe!
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Per @nasawatch.bsky.social in the other place, this was dumped in a corridor at GSFC with the sort of note you see on a used car! There's even a phone number.
It is a full scale model of Relay-1 , an early US telecom satellite that broadcast news of the Kennedy assassination into Europe!
It is a full scale model of Relay-1 , an early US telecom satellite that broadcast news of the Kennedy assassination into Europe!
Reposted by Leo Enright
President Trump just posted on Truth Social that he is nominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator (again).
November 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
President Trump just posted on Truth Social that he is nominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator (again).
A Republican commentator weighs in on the NY mayor election
@bbclivenews24.bsky.social
......... from DINGLE! That's the Other Voices logo behind her. (Nov 28-30. Ticket details in ALT)
@bbclivenews24.bsky.social
......... from DINGLE! That's the Other Voices logo behind her. (Nov 28-30. Ticket details in ALT)
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A Republican commentator weighs in on the NY mayor election
@bbclivenews24.bsky.social
......... from DINGLE! That's the Other Voices logo behind her. (Nov 28-30. Ticket details in ALT)
@bbclivenews24.bsky.social
......... from DINGLE! That's the Other Voices logo behind her. (Nov 28-30. Ticket details in ALT)
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This remarkable image from Athy, Ireland, shows the Falcon 9 upper stage itself as it vents fuel. These ventings are common, but seeing the rocket stage isn't. Pic by award-winning snapper @niallcarsonpa.bsky.social (not attributed @news.rte.ie 😠) tinyurl.com/RTEspaceX
@planet4589.bsky.social
@planet4589.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
This remarkable image from Athy, Ireland, shows the Falcon 9 upper stage itself as it vents fuel. These ventings are common, but seeing the rocket stage isn't. Pic by award-winning snapper @niallcarsonpa.bsky.social (not attributed @news.rte.ie 😠) tinyurl.com/RTEspaceX
@planet4589.bsky.social
@planet4589.bsky.social
Is breá liom an leagan digiteach gan smál de "The Last Waltz" anocht. Is beagnach ealaíontóirí Ceanadacha iad na chéad 45 nóiméad 😉
Absolutely loving the flawless digital version of "The Last Waltz" on @tg4.bsky.social tonight. The first 45 mins is almost totally Canadian artists 😉
Absolutely loving the flawless digital version of "The Last Waltz" on @tg4.bsky.social tonight. The first 45 mins is almost totally Canadian artists 😉
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Is breá liom an leagan digiteach gan smál de "The Last Waltz" anocht. Is beagnach ealaíontóirí Ceanadacha iad na chéad 45 nóiméad 😉
Absolutely loving the flawless digital version of "The Last Waltz" on @tg4.bsky.social tonight. The first 45 mins is almost totally Canadian artists 😉
Absolutely loving the flawless digital version of "The Last Waltz" on @tg4.bsky.social tonight. The first 45 mins is almost totally Canadian artists 😉
This remarkable spy satellite image of Dublin was taken a week before Ireland began to change (very, very slowly) forever. The "Bishop and the Nightie" controversy in February 1966 was a landmark moment.
@spacefromspace.com
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
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@spacefromspace.com
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
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Dublin, Ireland - Feb 19, 1966
A high resolution declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Dublin, Ireland from February 19, 1966.
spacefromspace.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
This remarkable spy satellite image of Dublin was taken a week before Ireland began to change (very, very slowly) forever. The "Bishop and the Nightie" controversy in February 1966 was a landmark moment.
@spacefromspace.com
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
www.rte.ie/archives/exh...
@spacefromspace.com
spacefromspace.com/declassified...
www.rte.ie/archives/exh...