Ellen Ochoa
@ellenochoa.bsky.social
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Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 2, 2000, the first people moved aboard the International Space Station and made it their home. Expedition 1 began a quarter-century-long continuous human occupancy on board the ISS...
Humans have lived on ISS for 25 years: here's how they left their mark
The International Space Station has served for 25 years as a continuous home for a total of 162 people from 12 countries. All of the residents made their mark in one way by contributing to its assembl...
www.collectspace.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Twenty-five years ago on Nov. 2, 2000, the first people moved aboard the International Space Station and made it their home. Expedition 1 began a quarter-century-long continuous human occupancy on board the ISS...
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After 12 transformative years and $188 million in grants awarded, we are excited to launch the next phase of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative — with a new $230 million commitment over the next decade to continue to advance the field.
Learn more ⤵️
#MoorePhysics #Philanthropy
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#MoorePhysics #Philanthropy
Announcing the next phase of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative
Quantum materials are systems in which quantum mechanical effects — such as entanglement and topology — manifest at macroscopic scales, giving rise to exotic el…
www.moore.org
September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
After 12 transformative years and $188 million in grants awarded, we are excited to launch the next phase of the Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems Initiative — with a new $230 million commitment over the next decade to continue to advance the field.
Learn more ⤵️
#MoorePhysics #Philanthropy
Learn more ⤵️
#MoorePhysics #Philanthropy
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Garrett Reisman Sees Fear And Uncertainty At NASA
"I’m a former astronaut: NASA workers are afraid, and safety is at risk" by Garrett Reisman www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
"I’m a former astronaut: NASA workers are afraid, and safety is at risk" by Garrett Reisman www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
September 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Garrett Reisman Sees Fear And Uncertainty At NASA
"I’m a former astronaut: NASA workers are afraid, and safety is at risk" by Garrett Reisman www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
"I’m a former astronaut: NASA workers are afraid, and safety is at risk" by Garrett Reisman www.thespacereview.com/article/5060/1
Never imagined I’d be a Barbie doll! Thankful to Mattel/Barbie for their Inspiring Women series, and to my NASA colleagues whose teamwork continues to inspire people.
Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space, is now the fifth astronaut with her own Barbie doll. Mattel has introduced Ochoa as the latest addition to the Inspiring Women series that "pays tribute to incredible heroines of their time."
Barbie honors astronaut Ellen Ochoa, first Hispanic woman in space, with new doll
As the first Hispanic woman to fly into space, Ellen Ochoa has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame. Now, she has joined an even more elite ...
www.collectspace.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Never imagined I’d be a Barbie doll! Thankful to Mattel/Barbie for their Inspiring Women series, and to my NASA colleagues whose teamwork continues to inspire people.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
There’s “a lot of rhetoric that portrays the drive for equal opportunity as a form of reverse discrimination,” writes David Holt, Oklahoma City’s mayor. “Sometimes this rhetoric is cloaked in patriotism, but it is really just repackaged bigotry, misogyny and racism.”
There’s “a lot of rhetoric that portrays the drive for equal opportunity as a form of reverse discrimination,” writes David Holt, Oklahoma City’s mayor. “Sometimes this rhetoric is cloaked in patriotism, but it is really just repackaged bigotry, misogyny and racism.”
Opinion | I’m a Red-State Mayor Who Knows the Value of Diversity
In Oklahoma City we’re not put off by rhetoric about reverse discrimination that attacks equal opportunity and celebrations of our residents’ unique identities.
nyti.ms
August 22, 2025 at 12:20 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
There’s “a lot of rhetoric that portrays the drive for equal opportunity as a form of reverse discrimination,” writes David Holt, Oklahoma City’s mayor. “Sometimes this rhetoric is cloaked in patriotism, but it is really just repackaged bigotry, misogyny and racism.”
There’s “a lot of rhetoric that portrays the drive for equal opportunity as a form of reverse discrimination,” writes David Holt, Oklahoma City’s mayor. “Sometimes this rhetoric is cloaked in patriotism, but it is really just repackaged bigotry, misogyny and racism.”
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COMMENTARY | Idaho now faces a choice. Not between left and right, but between reality and rhetoric, writes guest columnist Darrell Kerby. #idleg #idpol
Behind the curtain: The discrediting of conscience in Idaho politics • Idaho Capital Sun
Idaho now faces a choice. Not between left and right, but between reality and rhetoric, writes guest columnist Darrell Kerby.
idahocapitalsun.com
August 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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🔍 What’s smaller than a notebook, costs less than a backpack, and lets you explore the hidden world around you? 🧐
🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜
Learn more ⤵️
#Moore25
🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜
Learn more ⤵️
#Moore25
Foldscope Paper Microscopes | Portable Microscopes
Foldscope makes science more accessible. Our foldable paper microscopes are low-cost devices that bring the wonders of the microscopic world to all.
foldscope.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🔍 What’s smaller than a notebook, costs less than a backpack, and lets you explore the hidden world around you? 🧐
🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜
Learn more ⤵️
#Moore25
🔬Foldscope, an origami-style microscope with ≥340X magnification, created by a @stanford.edu team, reveals everything from pond critters to pollen grains. 🌼 🐜
Learn more ⤵️
#Moore25
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COMMENTARY | We can’t just sit on our hands and simply take advantage of our nation’s many blessings, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.
America desperately needs a renewal of the spirit of July 4, 1776 • Idaho Capital Sun
We can’t just sit on our hands and simply take advantage of our nation’s many blessings, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.
idahocapitalsun.com
July 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
COMMENTARY | We can’t just sit on our hands and simply take advantage of our nation’s many blessings, writes guest columnist Jim Jones.
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Idahoans United for Women and Families is hoping to qualify the abortion ballot initiative for the ballot in the November 2026 general election.
That gives organizers about a year to collect the nearly 71,000 signatures needed.
That gives organizers about a year to collect the nearly 71,000 signatures needed.
‘End the ban:’ Idaho organizers start gathering signatures for abortion rights ballot initiative • Idaho Capital Sun
Signature gathering has started for Idaho's abortion rights ballot initiative, which could end the state's strict abortion ban laws.
idahocapitalsun.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Idahoans United for Women and Families is hoping to qualify the abortion ballot initiative for the ballot in the November 2026 general election.
That gives organizers about a year to collect the nearly 71,000 signatures needed.
That gives organizers about a year to collect the nearly 71,000 signatures needed.
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Another day testing the limits of resilience.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
‘This is bull——”: National Science Foundation employees protest HUD's takeover
Dozens of National Science Foundation employees crowded the agency’s headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia, Wednesday to protest the news that the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, w...
www.nbcwashington.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Another day testing the limits of resilience.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
The Alexandria NSF building was designed for the NSF merit review process (gold standard), complete with a floor devoted to panels.
Now we aren’t allowed to have in person panels.
The loss of US science leadership will haunt this country for decades.
Exciting new initiative @moorefound.bsky.social !
🔬 For the first time in our 25-year history, we’re launching a chemistry-focused initiative: a 7-year, $93.4 million investment to advance basic research in green chemistry and drive real-world impact.
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4k6cq5u
#GreenChemistry #ScienceForImpact #Sustainability
Learn more 👉 bit.ly/4k6cq5u
#GreenChemistry #ScienceForImpact #Sustainability
Moore Foundation launches new initiative to accelerate green chemistry
From basic research to real-world impactInspired by Gordon Moore’s training in chemistry, the Moore Foundation has launched a new Green Chemistry initiative. Th…
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Exciting new initiative @moorefound.bsky.social !
Large No Kings rally in Boise
June 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Large No Kings rally in Boise
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Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees Dissolution
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Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees Dissolution
In April, the Administration abruptly dissolved 12 federal advisory committees tasked with guiding various NSF directories and programs
nasawatch.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Letter from American Scientists Regarding NSF Advisory Committees Dissolution
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Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
To see why destroying the US science enterprise is so detrimental to the world, we have to realize that the US spends more on research and development than any other country in the world (by far), and if we remove China and Japan, the US spends almost as much as ALL other countries combined.
May 4, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Because no one spends as much on science as the US does, destroying NIH, NSF, NOAA, NASA, EPA, USDA, USGS, etc. is leading to a brain drain, but it's not to other countries but rather from science. This senseless destruction of US science will hurt the US and the world for a very long time.
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Around a dozen state fellowships have followed in CCST’s footsteps, with support from @moorefound.bsky.social. Now, the foundation is working to build and sustain a national network of fellowships: issues.org/state-scienc... 5/
Supplying State Legislatures With Scientific Expertise
A national network of state-based science and technology policy fellows can help the flow of information between scientists and policymakers.
issues.org
May 1, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Around a dozen state fellowships have followed in CCST’s footsteps, with support from @moorefound.bsky.social. Now, the foundation is working to build and sustain a national network of fellowships: issues.org/state-scienc... 5/
Good rally at the Boise city Hall today!
May 1, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Good rally at the Boise city Hall today!
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Over 12,500 Idahoans showed up on 4/14/25 to hear Bernie and AOC speak—proof that the movement is alive and growing. To those in power: we’re not backing down.
#Idaho50501 #BernieSanders #AOC #PeoplePower #IdahoStrong #JusticeForAll #WeWontBackDown #StandUpIdaho #MovementBuilding #NotMeUs
#Idaho50501 #BernieSanders #AOC #PeoplePower #IdahoStrong #JusticeForAll #WeWontBackDown #StandUpIdaho #MovementBuilding #NotMeUs
April 16, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Over 12,500 Idahoans showed up on 4/14/25 to hear Bernie and AOC speak—proof that the movement is alive and growing. To those in power: we’re not backing down.
#Idaho50501 #BernieSanders #AOC #PeoplePower #IdahoStrong #JusticeForAll #WeWontBackDown #StandUpIdaho #MovementBuilding #NotMeUs
#Idaho50501 #BernieSanders #AOC #PeoplePower #IdahoStrong #JusticeForAll #WeWontBackDown #StandUpIdaho #MovementBuilding #NotMeUs
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AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?”
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
April 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
AOC: I was watching earlier today on TV, someone was saying, “Why are AOC and Bernie going to Idaho?”
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
I’ll give you one simple answer: It’s because you matter
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President's Budget Request proposes "extinction-level event" for NASA science. If you ever admired a picture of Mars or Pluto or the universe, this is game over for those people. Unless you flood your reps with protest calls NOW.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA
“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…
arstechnica.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
President's Budget Request proposes "extinction-level event" for NASA science. If you ever admired a picture of Mars or Pluto or the universe, this is game over for those people. Unless you flood your reps with protest calls NOW.
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...
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Way to show up for democracy , Idaho! Boise stands proud! @50501movement #50501
April 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Way to show up for democracy , Idaho! Boise stands proud! @50501movement #50501
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Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
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Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. I first published these lessons more than eight years ago, in late 2016. They open the twenty chapters of "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century."
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
An excellent essay from last month
March 29, 2025 at 1:21 AM
An excellent essay from last month
Cool!
I got one this week!
The astronauts are now not the only group at NASA with a jacket of their own...
March 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Cool!