Sandra Harris
@astrojackal.bsky.social
International Space Agency astronaut. Flew on Phoenix 9, Pegasus 1 and up to the Hubble Telescope on STS-217 and STS-250! ((OOC: In-character RP account, sadly))
It’s not often that I get to hear that SIMSUP is giving us the finger and saluting us at the same time, but I’ll take it. That was an EVIL set of conditions they threw at us for aerobraking with the OTV, but we got it in one go and hit the target orbit dead on the money.
Hell yeah, y’all. <3
Hell yeah, y’all. <3
November 23, 2024 at 5:40 PM
It’s not often that I get to hear that SIMSUP is giving us the finger and saluting us at the same time, but I’ll take it. That was an EVIL set of conditions they threw at us for aerobraking with the OTV, but we got it in one go and hit the target orbit dead on the money.
Hell yeah, y’all. <3
Hell yeah, y’all. <3
Realized just now I didn’t share this anywhere: here’s my reaction to getting the news about how my crew and I were going to space. The first small step on our journey will be launching on the top of a Vulcan VC6 up to the space station, and then taking an Orbital Transfer Vehicle out to the Moon!
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 PM
Realized just now I didn’t share this anywhere: here’s my reaction to getting the news about how my crew and I were going to space. The first small step on our journey will be launching on the top of a Vulcan VC6 up to the space station, and then taking an Orbital Transfer Vehicle out to the Moon!
Phoenix 35 was SUPPOSED to launch on September 15th, but we got pushed back due to fuel depot delays and then the National Reconnaissance Office needed to launch… something… on a Vulcan from Cape Canaveral. Which is fair, I suppose. Except one of the GEM-63XLs had a little whoopsie…
November 20, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Phoenix 35 was SUPPOSED to launch on September 15th, but we got pushed back due to fuel depot delays and then the National Reconnaissance Office needed to launch… something… on a Vulcan from Cape Canaveral. Which is fair, I suppose. Except one of the GEM-63XLs had a little whoopsie…
The short version of the past 13 months of my life can be summarized as “AAAAARGH” and “Training”, in equal measure, which sums up a lot of shit right now, all told.
As you can probably tell, though, I am not, alas, on the Moon. Our mission got bumped a bit for a bunch of scheduling reasons.
As you can probably tell, though, I am not, alas, on the Moon. Our mission got bumped a bit for a bunch of scheduling reasons.
November 20, 2024 at 7:24 PM
The short version of the past 13 months of my life can be summarized as “AAAAARGH” and “Training”, in equal measure, which sums up a lot of shit right now, all told.
As you can probably tell, though, I am not, alas, on the Moon. Our mission got bumped a bit for a bunch of scheduling reasons.
As you can probably tell, though, I am not, alas, on the Moon. Our mission got bumped a bit for a bunch of scheduling reasons.
Well, shoot, you take a long hiatus from this place and it gets busy in a hurry for… reasons we shan’t dwell on.
Anyway, I’m alive, despite my giving the universe the finger on a regular basis! Just been unfathomably busy lately. A jackal’s gotta make money and all that, you know?
Anyway, I’m alive, despite my giving the universe the finger on a regular basis! Just been unfathomably busy lately. A jackal’s gotta make money and all that, you know?
November 20, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Well, shoot, you take a long hiatus from this place and it gets busy in a hurry for… reasons we shan’t dwell on.
Anyway, I’m alive, despite my giving the universe the finger on a regular basis! Just been unfathomably busy lately. A jackal’s gotta make money and all that, you know?
Anyway, I’m alive, despite my giving the universe the finger on a regular basis! Just been unfathomably busy lately. A jackal’s gotta make money and all that, you know?
Best email I’ve gotten in a very, very long time…
“Mission designation has been verified as Phoenix 53. Launch date scheduled for NET 9/15/24. Training schedule updates will be emailed to the crew on Monday.”
Let’s. Friggin’. Go.
“Mission designation has been verified as Phoenix 53. Launch date scheduled for NET 9/15/24. Training schedule updates will be emailed to the crew on Monday.”
Let’s. Friggin’. Go.
October 12, 2023 at 6:11 AM
Best email I’ve gotten in a very, very long time…
“Mission designation has been verified as Phoenix 53. Launch date scheduled for NET 9/15/24. Training schedule updates will be emailed to the crew on Monday.”
Let’s. Friggin’. Go.
“Mission designation has been verified as Phoenix 53. Launch date scheduled for NET 9/15/24. Training schedule updates will be emailed to the crew on Monday.”
Let’s. Friggin’. Go.
Spent the weekend camping in a pair of lunar rover ground trainers and a MacGyvered-up pair of pressurized “trailers” used for storing things and providing some additional living space.
This actually works FAR better than it has any right to and it’s kinda breathtaking in its simplicity.
This actually works FAR better than it has any right to and it’s kinda breathtaking in its simplicity.
August 20, 2023 at 10:28 AM
Spent the weekend camping in a pair of lunar rover ground trainers and a MacGyvered-up pair of pressurized “trailers” used for storing things and providing some additional living space.
This actually works FAR better than it has any right to and it’s kinda breathtaking in its simplicity.
This actually works FAR better than it has any right to and it’s kinda breathtaking in its simplicity.
Still one of my favorite ever pictures. Getting to fix billion dollar space telescopes, fly up to space stations, and working with some of the coolest people I’ve ever met.
I have an AWESOME job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world!
((Art by @tacorat.com, who is BEYOND awesome!))
I have an AWESOME job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world!
((Art by @tacorat.com, who is BEYOND awesome!))
August 18, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Still one of my favorite ever pictures. Getting to fix billion dollar space telescopes, fly up to space stations, and working with some of the coolest people I’ve ever met.
I have an AWESOME job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world!
((Art by @tacorat.com, who is BEYOND awesome!))
I have an AWESOME job and I wouldn’t trade it for the world!
((Art by @tacorat.com, who is BEYOND awesome!))
Well, that kinda stung a little.
Second to last training run on OTV aerobraking ended with us coming in WAY too steep and burning up over Hawaii after a reaction wheel failed and a computer went nuts.
There’s probably a tape somewhere of me and Vsevolod cursing like sailors somewhere…
Second to last training run on OTV aerobraking ended with us coming in WAY too steep and burning up over Hawaii after a reaction wheel failed and a computer went nuts.
There’s probably a tape somewhere of me and Vsevolod cursing like sailors somewhere…
August 3, 2023 at 11:05 PM
Well, that kinda stung a little.
Second to last training run on OTV aerobraking ended with us coming in WAY too steep and burning up over Hawaii after a reaction wheel failed and a computer went nuts.
There’s probably a tape somewhere of me and Vsevolod cursing like sailors somewhere…
Second to last training run on OTV aerobraking ended with us coming in WAY too steep and burning up over Hawaii after a reaction wheel failed and a computer went nuts.
There’s probably a tape somewhere of me and Vsevolod cursing like sailors somewhere…
BWAHAHAHAHAHA—ahem.
Well, if anyone’s gonna navigate the wild blue yonder, I think I’m qualified. Ya’ girl Sandra’s over here now, folks, so I’m afraid you can’t escape from jackals with a passion for space THAT easily.
Well, if anyone’s gonna navigate the wild blue yonder, I think I’m qualified. Ya’ girl Sandra’s over here now, folks, so I’m afraid you can’t escape from jackals with a passion for space THAT easily.
July 27, 2023 at 4:58 AM
BWAHAHAHAHAHA—ahem.
Well, if anyone’s gonna navigate the wild blue yonder, I think I’m qualified. Ya’ girl Sandra’s over here now, folks, so I’m afraid you can’t escape from jackals with a passion for space THAT easily.
Well, if anyone’s gonna navigate the wild blue yonder, I think I’m qualified. Ya’ girl Sandra’s over here now, folks, so I’m afraid you can’t escape from jackals with a passion for space THAT easily.