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Sherie LaPrade 🚀
@astrosherie.space
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🚀 Engineer @ NASA KSC - LSP
🛰️ MS Space Systems Mgmt '25 @ FIT
💜 Twin: @AtmoCheryl.space
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Sadly, @atmocheryl.space & I had to say goodbye to our sweet, beautiful Katniss last night. She was 14 and battling recent lymphoma. She had the best purrs & adorable cheeps & saw us through 3 moves, our B.S. degrees & a million memories. She's completely irreplaceable & we will miss her forever! 🌈😇
A four grid layout of pictures of Katniss, a beautiful orange and white fluffy cat. In the top left she is laying on her heating mat, in the bottom left, she is sitting in the tube of a small cat tree with her white paws dangling out the front. In the top right she is sleeping, curled up on her heating mat with her white chin up. In the bottom right she is curled in a bun on her heating mat, staring up at the camera, her fluffy tail on full display!
December 17, 2024 at 11:42 AM
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obsessed with NCIS Origins... It's darker, broodier, and digging into all the right places, this 1 episode per week thing is killing @atmocheryl.space and I though
Mariel Molino as Cecilia “Lala” Dominguez and Austin Stowell as Leroy Jethro Gibbs in NCIS Origins Robert Voets/CBS ©2024 CBS Broadcasting, Inc.
December 11, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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Happy #Caturday from our sweet angel Katniss who is still here with us! 🧡 She's had a bit of a struggle lately but we've been working with her vet closely to determine the best ways to help her out & to help make other decisions when it's time. Just grateful for each day & every purr! #CatsOfBluesky
A pretty fluffy orange and white longhair cat lays on her beige heating mat in a sunbeam A pretty fluffy orange longhair senior cat lays long on her beige heating mat with her paws curled under her and her nose to the mat. Her eyes are closed in peaceful sleep. A pretty fluffy orange and white longhair senior kitty stands tall with her fluffy white chest on display and bright orange eyes wide in attention.
December 7, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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My senior baby, Katniss, having a little sun bath on her heating pad. She had a tough day yesterday so it's good to see her up and about acting more herself! 🧡 She even visited the screened porch for a few minutes this week afternoon! #CatsOfBluesky
December 2, 2024 at 9:53 PM
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Love this Snoopy space ornament!! 🤩 @atmocheryl.space and I only have a few space ornaments so far but we're eyeing ones to add to the collection! 🚀✨🪐🛰️
#Spacemas #BlueSpace
Glass space shuttle ornament on an artificial evergreen Christmas tree NASA globe ornament with logo on deep shiny blue background with glitter green continents on an artificial evergreen Christmas tree Apollo capsule ornament with Santa and reindeer inside on an artificial evergreen Christmas tree Ceramic Kennedy Space Center mug ornament with name text on the inside room and red rocket on the front side on an artificial evergreen Christmas tree
November 30, 2024 at 11:28 PM
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Quote post with your Lock Screen ✨
Android Lock screen with large mauve numbers over a black space background with stars fading to the spacecraft from the movie Interstellar in orbit around the black hole
November 28, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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The SPHEREx mission is scheduled to launch in the 1st half of 2025. Caltech & JPL will develop the payload, the spacecraft will be supplied by Ball Aerospace. Data gathered from the mission will be made publicly available at www.ipac.caltech.edu Learn more at www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/sph... (5/5)
SPHEREx Assembly, Integration and Test Manager Michael Ricciardi, Principal Investigator Prof. Jamie Bock, Project Manager James Fanson, Flight System Manager Michael Thelen, and BAE Program Manager Brian Pramann with the SPHEREx Observatory before the start of the Thermal Vacuum Test Campaign (Image Captured by: BAE Systems, Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech - June 7, 2024).
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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SPHEREx Principal Investigator Jamie Bock (NASA JPL / Caltech) explains: “…whenever astronomers look at the sky in a new way, we can expect discoveries.” The telescope uses spectroscopy to split & break down all that light to reveal properties like composition & distance of objects from Earth. (4/5)
NASA's SPHEREx mission will use these filters to conduct spectroscopy, a technique that lets scientists measure individual wavelengths of light from a source, which can reveal information such as the chemical composition of the object or how far away it is. Each about the size of a cracker, the filters appear iridescent to the naked eye. The filters have multiple segments that block all but one specific wavelength of infrared light. Every object SPHEREx images will be observed by each segment, enabling scientists to see the specific infrared wavelengths emitted by every star or galaxy the telescope views. In total, SPHEREx can observe more than 100 distinct wavelengths. Short for Specto-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer, SPHEREx will create a map of the cosmos like no other, imaging the entire sky and gathering information about millions of galaxies. With this map, scientists will study what happened in the first fraction of a second after the big bang, the history of galaxy evolution, and the origins of water in planetary systems in our galaxy. (November 9, 2023 - NASA/JPL-Caltech)
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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Every 6 months during its mission, SPHEREx will complete a survey of the entire sky, and using the near-infrared, create a 3D map capturing over 100 colors! Scientists can use this data to study the origins of our universe, the physics of inflation, and search for water and organic molecules. (3/5)
This picture shows the SPHEREx observatory in a horizontal position (with a human for scale), allowing us to see all three layers of photon shields as well as the telescope. This configuration was used to perform a cover deployment test, as well as a thorough inspection and cleaning of the photon shield edges. In this picture, the telescope soft cover is installed to protect the optics from dust and other foreign objects. The observatory will be transported in this orientation to the anechoic chamber used for EMI/EMC testing, before being moved to a vertical position for the test. These pictures were taken at BAE Systems, in Boulder CO in mid-April 2024. (Image Captured by: BAE Systems, Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech.)
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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NASA’s Launch Services Program will be supporting several exciting missions in 2025 but a big one you may not know much about is SPHEREx! Short for ‘Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization and Ices Explorer’, SPHEREx will be the first all-sky spectral survey. (1/5)
Artwork showing a sectional view of the SPHEREx observatory in orbit above Earth with cosmic structures viewable in the background. (June 3, 2022 - Caltech / JPL / NASA)
November 27, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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This is Katniss, she is 14 years old but still scrappy and sometimes likes to put all her paws in a row 🧡
Fluffy orange and white longhair senior kitty with soulful orange eyes looking up at the camera with four perfect white feet sitting in a row
November 24, 2024 at 7:38 PM
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Happy Caturday from my 14-yr old senior baby! She's not been the same since getting sick last summer. We don't know how long we have left with her but every extra day has been a profound gift! 🥰 #CatsOfBluesky
A fluffy orange and white senior kitty sleeping on a beige heating mat with her chin resting on one perfect white paw A fluffy orange and white senior kitty laying on a beige heating mat with her two white-tipped front paws sticking out toward the camera A fluffy orange and white senior kitty resting on a beige heating mat looking at the camera with her intense orange eyes and her two front paws splayed out in front of her A fluffy orange and white senior kitty sleeping on a beige heating mat curled up like a croissant with her white fluffy chin pointing up to the camera
November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
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Sorry to hear that, @atmocheryl.bsky.social and I did the same on Tuesday! Must be that kind of week, lol.
November 23, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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Well that's gonna float like a lead balloon, I know many federal workers are very fond of their hybrid and remote work situations!
A snapshot of an article explaining that the new Department of Government Efficiency will seek to push for an end to remote work across federal agencies
November 20, 2024 at 8:41 PM
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I've attached some photos from spacecraft encapsulation activities at NASA Kennedy. The tiny person in the first picture is not me, but it's an accurate depiction of how I felt getting to see the Europa Clipper spacecraft up close for the first time! ✨ Photos from NASA Kennedy, credits in alt (4/4)
Technicians prepare to encapsulate NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy payload fairing in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. The payload fairing will protect the spacecraft during liftoff from Launch Complex 39A on its journey to explore Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. The spacecraft will complete nearly 50 flybys of Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, to determine if there are conditions suitable for life beyond Earth. Photo credit: SpaceX Technicians encapsulated NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside payload fairings on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The fairings will protect the spacecraft during launch as it begins its journey to explore Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. The mission will help scientists determine if the moon could support life. NASA and SpaceX are targeting launch at 12:31 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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Just over a month ago, NASA launched the Europa Clipper mission 🛰 It's a mission that I'd been following for years & while it's not "my" mission, it was my mentor's, so I was lucky enough to help along the fringes & see some pretty cool things! It was also my 1st time in the clean room! (1/4)
Me dress head to toe in a dark blue "bunny suit", hood, and surgical mask just after going to visit Europa Clipper in the clean room!
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 PM
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As part of the Mechanical team at NASA’s Launch Services Program, one of the really cool parts of my job is getting to work on some of the amazing missions that LSP supports! 🛰️ As a newer member of the team, I’ve only recently been assigned my 1st support role, for a mission called COSI (1/5)
Artistic rendering of the COSI satellite and its solar panels in outer space.
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
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The holiday urge to burn large amounts of my paycheck to achieve peak Christmas on our new apartment porch is very strong this year 💸🎄

I don't know whose porch this is (thanks Pinterest...) but 🤩
A small screened apartment porch fully decked out for Christmas with a 4-ft lit evergreen tree on the left, a corner wicker sofa with white and red Christmas cushions and evergreen and red bow lighted garland all around the top.
November 15, 2024 at 6:49 PM
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Hey all! In an effort to bring more NASA, rockets, and spaceflight goodness to our feeds, @atmocheryl.bsky.social and I created a new public Feed called "Go For Launch"! You can find it here: bsky.app/profile/did:... To add your post to the feed automatically, use these together:
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft stands vertical at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. PACE is NASA’s newest earth-observing satellite that will help increase our understanding of Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate by delivering hyperspectral observations of microscopic marine organisms called phytoplankton as well new data on clouds and aerosols. Liftoff of the PACE mission is set for no earlier than 1:33 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Photo credit: SpaceX
February 12, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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How is she real?! My sweet girl Katniss - hovering on the edge of 14 years - hoping for so many more 🧡
Katniss, a fluffy orange and white kitty cat, posing primly in the hallway with her two front legs and white puffy paws neatly arranged and her big fluffy white beard on proud display.
February 11, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Intro post! I'm a nontraditional student studying Aerospace Engineering at Florida Tech, focusing in Astronautics (BS in May '24), then MS in Space Systems! Working PT @ NASA KSC supporting the Launch Services Program & dreaming of a career in Launch Ops! 🚀 Twin sister: @atmocheryl.bsky.social
Picture of me standing in front of the large NASA Launch Services Program emblem on the wall at work. Picture of several of my senior design team members and myself holding a large red test rocket at the student design center. My twin sister (left) and myself (right) standing with Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, launch director at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in the Launch Control Center during Family Day! My Level 1 NAR High-Powered rocket "Dave" taking off in a smoky cloud on his inaugural launch last year for my successful certification flight.
February 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Some more screenshots of the tutorial and missions I've been designing with it! 🛰️📡 #FreeFlyer #astrodynamics #satellites
November 23, 2024 at 10:47 AM