Alex Turnbull
@a-turnbull.bsky.social
Spherical cow wrangler at UC Riverside and writer at @spacescout.bsky.social - working on dark matter detection, high power rockets, and whatever else catches my interest.
🏳️🌈
🏳️🌈
Pinned
Alex Turnbull
@a-turnbull.bsky.social
· Dec 23
Cloning my pinned from the other place: My name is Alex and I do rocket and space stuff! I post about it sometimes.
Joshua Tree National Park
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Joshua Tree National Park
Check out my article on last week's New Glenn mission in @spacescout.bsky.social!
www.spacescout.info/2025/11/new-...
www.spacescout.info/2025/11/new-...
New Glenn Aces Second Flight
Blue Origin saw a resounding success on the second flight of their mammoth New Glenn launch vehicle Thursday, successfully placing NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft on a trajectory toward deep space.…
www.spacescout.info
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Check out my article on last week's New Glenn mission in @spacescout.bsky.social!
www.spacescout.info/2025/11/new-...
www.spacescout.info/2025/11/new-...
Really incredible performance from Blue Origin and Rocket Lab today. This is such a cool mission and it had the coolest ride to space around right now.
🛰️🛰️ The twins are talking!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
We have successfully established contact with both ESCAPADE spacecraft, 💙 Blue and 💛 Gold, following launch on Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket today.
We're on our way to Mars to enable NASA and UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab to study the Martian magnetosphere!
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Really incredible performance from Blue Origin and Rocket Lab today. This is such a cool mission and it had the coolest ride to space around right now.
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership.
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
NO DEAL without protecting our healthcare. Tell your Senators to FIGHT NOT FOLD!!!
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
NO DEAL without protecting our healthcare. Tell your Senators to FIGHT NOT FOLD!!!
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
win.newmode.net/votersoftomo...
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
Today, VOTE YES on Prop 50. Texas’ radical gerrymandering leaves us no real choice. This is about fairness and protecting democracy itself.
Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM.
Every vote matters today!
Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM.
Every vote matters today!
November 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today, VOTE YES on Prop 50. Texas’ radical gerrymandering leaves us no real choice. This is about fairness and protecting democracy itself.
Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM.
Every vote matters today!
Take your ballot to a drop box or vote center before 8 PM.
Every vote matters today!
As I've mentioned before, I'm part of Highlander Space Program at UC Riverside. Right now is our BCOE Match Challenge, and we're raising funds for our new rocket, Clementine. If you donate before 8 November, your donation will be matched! $30+ donations get cool merch.
www.givecampus.com/s/eqnswc
www.givecampus.com/s/eqnswc
Highlander Space Program 25
Your gift is an easy way to have a significant impact on the future of BCOE students!
www.givecampus.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As I've mentioned before, I'm part of Highlander Space Program at UC Riverside. Right now is our BCOE Match Challenge, and we're raising funds for our new rocket, Clementine. If you donate before 8 November, your donation will be matched! $30+ donations get cool merch.
www.givecampus.com/s/eqnswc
www.givecampus.com/s/eqnswc
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
Independence Day, Cimarron Style.
I love this country too much to not be horrified by what’s happening to it. This Fourth of July, remember what we stand for.
I love this country too much to not be horrified by what’s happening to it. This Fourth of July, remember what we stand for.
July 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Independence Day, Cimarron Style.
I love this country too much to not be horrified by what’s happening to it. This Fourth of July, remember what we stand for.
I love this country too much to not be horrified by what’s happening to it. This Fourth of July, remember what we stand for.
Starlit Skies Above
June 28, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Starlit Skies Above
Was a thrill to be part of Highlander Space Program’s launch of Poseidon, UC Riverside’s first liquid fuel rocket, over the weekend at the FAR-OUT Competition. We took home first place in both the A Altitude and Liquid Engine Efficiency categories!
June 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Was a thrill to be part of Highlander Space Program’s launch of Poseidon, UC Riverside’s first liquid fuel rocket, over the weekend at the FAR-OUT Competition. We took home first place in both the A Altitude and Liquid Engine Efficiency categories!
SpX-32 Cargo Dragon reentry from the ISS! Thrilled to have Dragon recovering back on the west coast! No astronauts on this one, but soon there will be!
May 25, 2025 at 5:46 AM
SpX-32 Cargo Dragon reentry from the ISS! Thrilled to have Dragon recovering back on the west coast! No astronauts on this one, but soon there will be!
Got to meet the incredible NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and see some amazing hardware at Yuri’s Night LA!
April 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Got to meet the incredible NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps and see some amazing hardware at Yuri’s Night LA!
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
Senate Democrats, I implore you: hold the line, and demand a clean, bipartisan short-term bill that we all can support to keep the government open. Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for discussing with me tonight.
March 14, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Senate Democrats, I implore you: hold the line, and demand a clean, bipartisan short-term bill that we all can support to keep the government open. Thank you @maddow.msnbc.com for discussing with me tonight.
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it.
When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.
Not without a fight.
open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.
Not without a fight.
open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
My Vote on the GOP Spending Bill
I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it. When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him. Not without a fight.
open.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I'm a hard NO on the Republican spending bill. On cloture. On all of it.
When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.
Not without a fight.
open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
When a wannabe dictator is trying to seize power, it must not be given to him.
Not without a fight.
open.substack.com/pub/schiffno...
Gotta say, I feel pretty damn stupid for believing @schumer.senate.gov when he said that the Dems would block this awful CR that he's now apparently going to vote to invoke cloture on.
An absolutely cowardly betrayal of his caucus and his constituents.
An absolutely cowardly betrayal of his caucus and his constituents.
March 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Gotta say, I feel pretty damn stupid for believing @schumer.senate.gov when he said that the Dems would block this awful CR that he's now apparently going to vote to invoke cloture on.
An absolutely cowardly betrayal of his caucus and his constituents.
An absolutely cowardly betrayal of his caucus and his constituents.
Reposted by Alex Turnbull
House Democrats held the line against the GOP’s partisan spending bill, which hands the keys to Trump, Musk, and illegal DOGE operators—gutting vital services like veterans’ care, Social Security, and so much more. Now, Senate Democrats must not fold!
March 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
House Democrats held the line against the GOP’s partisan spending bill, which hands the keys to Trump, Musk, and illegal DOGE operators—gutting vital services like veterans’ care, Social Security, and so much more. Now, Senate Democrats must not fold!
Rocket test day core
March 13, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Rocket test day core
Some shots from Flabob Airport. The plane in the first two images is the Flabob Express, which once carried Winston Churchill. The last is the D-Day Doll, which carried gliders to Normandy during the opening waves of the invasion. Both planes still fly regularly.
February 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Some shots from Flabob Airport. The plane in the first two images is the Flabob Express, which once carried Winston Churchill. The last is the D-Day Doll, which carried gliders to Normandy during the opening waves of the invasion. Both planes still fly regularly.
Hanging out with @astrokatie.com here at UCR!
February 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hanging out with @astrokatie.com here at UCR!
Starlink launch from Riverside
February 11, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Starlink launch from Riverside
Come listen in to what my Congressman is saying about Elon Musk's and Donald Trump's illegal acts over the last few weeks.
February 7, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Come listen in to what my Congressman is saying about Elon Musk's and Donald Trump's illegal acts over the last few weeks.