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.
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Joshua Tree National Park
December 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Joshua Tree National Park
too low thrust and spray out too much radiation to ever be feasible for taking off from earth
and also a concept from the 40s
and also a concept from the 40s
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
too low thrust and spray out too much radiation to ever be feasible for taking off from earth
and also a concept from the 40s
and also a concept from the 40s
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!
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
Tonight's Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg, with Venus
December 29, 2024 at 2:26 AM
Tonight's Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg, with Venus
Cloning my pinned from the other place: My name is Alex and I do rocket and space stuff! I post about it sometimes.
December 23, 2024 at 7:45 AM
Cloning my pinned from the other place: My name is Alex and I do rocket and space stuff! I post about it sometimes.
Well, I guess I'll post my mediocre launch photos here, too.
Tonight's Starlink launch viewed through my telescope out in Riverside.
Tonight's Starlink launch viewed through my telescope out in Riverside.
November 18, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Well, I guess I'll post my mediocre launch photos here, too.
Tonight's Starlink launch viewed through my telescope out in Riverside.
Tonight's Starlink launch viewed through my telescope out in Riverside.