Brendan Byrne
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Brendan Byrne
@spacebrendan.bsky.social
Host: @awtyspace.bsky.social from Central Florida Public Media
NPR Contributor, covering human spaceflight
Adjunct Instructor of audio journalism at UCF.
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This week I joined @spacebrendan.bsky.social on his podcast Are We There Yet? to talk about the end of NASA’s Juno mission. We’ve learned so much from this Jupiter mission with more to come. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Federal funding and the future of space science missions
Podcast Episode · Are We There Yet? · 10/21/2025 · 28m
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October 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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How is space debris portrayed in news media? A content analysis finds more emphasis on risk of falling debris than on threats to satellite services, despite the latter’s greater potential impact on everyday civilian life. #scicomm - jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...
Photo credit: ESA/ID&Sense/ONiRiXEL
Trash headlines: media portrayal of risks, response measures, and partisan differences in news coverage of space junk
As a recently emergent issue, public familiarity with orbital debris is likely low, and therefore especially susceptible to the influence of news media representations. To better understand media repr...
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July 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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GEORGE LUCAS IN 1999: a trade embargo is going to spark the galactic reckoning and collapse

ME IN 2025: ah, okay
January 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a confirmation hearing for Jared Isaacman, nominee to be NASA administrator, April 9 at 10 am EDT.
April 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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I've created a starter pack of the wonderful members of the space press corps—journalists who cover space industry and science with thoroughness and curiosity, and could perform an a cappella version of NASA's hold music on the spot.

Please comment if you'd like to be added! go.bsky.app/NBT8vgQ
Space Press Corps
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November 20, 2024 at 9:04 PM