Frederick Miguel (fox359)
@fox359.bsky.social
NASA Artemis Lunar Gateway Mission Design and Flight Dynamics. Pilot. Physicist. Nerd.
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
October 18, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security."
At JSC today!
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
It's possible some of them may fly on Gateway one day. 😊 I hope I get to work with some of them one day! 🚀
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
It's possible some of them may fly on Gateway one day. 😊 I hope I get to work with some of them one day! 🚀
NASA Selects All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates - NASA
NASA’s 10 new astronaut candidates were introduced Monday following a competitive selection process of more than 8,000 applicants from across the United
www.nasa.gov
September 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
At JSC today!
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
It's possible some of them may fly on Gateway one day. 😊 I hope I get to work with some of them one day! 🚀
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
It's possible some of them may fly on Gateway one day. 😊 I hope I get to work with some of them one day! 🚀
Working at NASA, it's pretty cool talking about the Apollo 13 movie 30th anniversary coming up. But what's even cooler is I get to sit in the same meetings (branch meeting, sure, but whatever!) of people who actually worked the real Apollo 13 mission 50 years ago! 🤩
September 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Working at NASA, it's pretty cool talking about the Apollo 13 movie 30th anniversary coming up. But what's even cooler is I get to sit in the same meetings (branch meeting, sure, but whatever!) of people who actually worked the real Apollo 13 mission 50 years ago! 🤩
Expedition 33... Dune Awakening... Civ VII... The Alters... Zelda BOTW and Tears of the Kingdom on Switch 2.... Death Stranding 2.... I... I just can't keep up with all the awesome games this year. Why is there never enough time?! 🥺
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Expedition 33... Dune Awakening... Civ VII... The Alters... Zelda BOTW and Tears of the Kingdom on Switch 2.... Death Stranding 2.... I... I just can't keep up with all the awesome games this year. Why is there never enough time?! 🥺
It has been: "0" days since not referencing Kerbal Space Program while I'm working at NASA.
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It has been: "0" days since not referencing Kerbal Space Program while I'm working at NASA.
The NASA cuts are so deep. They affect so much science and even the program I'm on (Gateway). I encourage people to take action where they can. This is an S.O.S. (Save Our Science!).
www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...
www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...
Advocacy Action Center
The Planetary Society is organizing a new space constituency that is educated, empowered, and loud.
www.planetary.org
June 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The NASA cuts are so deep. They affect so much science and even the program I'm on (Gateway). I encourage people to take action where they can. This is an S.O.S. (Save Our Science!).
www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...
www.planetary.org/advocacy-act...
Reposted by Frederick Miguel (fox359)
Even as trade, tariffs, borders divide, and other tensions rise between nations, our shared humanity unites us — we are one people, one heart, one earth, one global family standing together in hope and solidarity.
Through this video from the Yukon (Canada), I share joy and hope with the world.
Through this video from the Yukon (Canada), I share joy and hope with the world.
April 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Even as trade, tariffs, borders divide, and other tensions rise between nations, our shared humanity unites us — we are one people, one heart, one earth, one global family standing together in hope and solidarity.
Through this video from the Yukon (Canada), I share joy and hope with the world.
Through this video from the Yukon (Canada), I share joy and hope with the world.
Jean-Luc (my newest kitty) just turned on "Carry On My Wayward Son" on my computer and upped the volume to MAX while wandering on my keyboard. While I can say that raising him is a challenge and he is causing all sorts of chaos in my life, I suppose I can't fault him for his musical tastes!
April 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Jean-Luc (my newest kitty) just turned on "Carry On My Wayward Son" on my computer and upped the volume to MAX while wandering on my keyboard. While I can say that raising him is a challenge and he is causing all sorts of chaos in my life, I suppose I can't fault him for his musical tastes!
I just took 2nd place at a NASA JSC Star Wars Trivia game and I feel like this is basically peak geekdom. 😆
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I just took 2nd place at a NASA JSC Star Wars Trivia game and I feel like this is basically peak geekdom. 😆
Reposted by Frederick Miguel (fox359)
Open this image up.
Find the small crater almost at the exact centre of the image.
Spot the small nubbin inside said crater.
Congratulations! You've found Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander, lying (dead) on its side on the Moon, photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Find the small crater almost at the exact centre of the image.
Spot the small nubbin inside said crater.
Congratulations! You've found Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander, lying (dead) on its side on the Moon, photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
March 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Open this image up.
Find the small crater almost at the exact centre of the image.
Spot the small nubbin inside said crater.
Congratulations! You've found Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander, lying (dead) on its side on the Moon, photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Find the small crater almost at the exact centre of the image.
Spot the small nubbin inside said crater.
Congratulations! You've found Intuitive Machines' IM-2 Athena lander, lying (dead) on its side on the Moon, photographed by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Hey Bluesky. I think I may have just been selected to be the NASA Lunar Gateway Mission Design MER System Ops lead. :) (Basically mission design and flight dynamics engineering support for mission control). Yay!
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Hey Bluesky. I think I may have just been selected to be the NASA Lunar Gateway Mission Design MER System Ops lead. :) (Basically mission design and flight dynamics engineering support for mission control). Yay!
If you're interested in being a part of preserving space history, this is *the* guy to do it!
Well, big news. I am planning to move the Space Library to a new home. And I need some help - in 35 years I've never asked for funding, donations or subscriptions for my Space Report, to keep it independent, but now I need to raise some additional funds.
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
www.gofundme.com/f/fund-jonat...
Donate to Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition, organized by Jonathan McDowell
For 35 years I've been sharing information about space exploration w… Jonathan McDowell needs your support for Fund Jonathan's Space Report Library Transition
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January 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If you're interested in being a part of preserving space history, this is *the* guy to do it!
A little blast from the past. One of my favorite video-game based movies, and it's on YouTube for free. :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tQ...
The Wizard
YouTube video by YouTube Movies
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January 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A little blast from the past. One of my favorite video-game based movies, and it's on YouTube for free. :D
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9tQ...
Oof. Break-ups are hard. Especially if you're a rocket!
spacenews.com/starship-upp...
spacenews.com/starship-upp...
Starship upper stage lost on seventh test flight
SpaceX’s seventh Starship/Super Heavy test flight ended prematurely Jan. 16 when the Starship upper stage was apparently lost while ascending into space.
spacenews.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Oof. Break-ups are hard. Especially if you're a rocket!
spacenews.com/starship-upp...
spacenews.com/starship-upp...
"Can't say I remember no At Attin!"
Only 5 episodes into #starwars #skeletoncrew, but I love it so far. If you want to feel like a kid again watching Star Wars, I highly recommend.
Only 5 episodes into #starwars #skeletoncrew, but I love it so far. If you want to feel like a kid again watching Star Wars, I highly recommend.
January 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Can't say I remember no At Attin!"
Only 5 episodes into #starwars #skeletoncrew, but I love it so far. If you want to feel like a kid again watching Star Wars, I highly recommend.
Only 5 episodes into #starwars #skeletoncrew, but I love it so far. If you want to feel like a kid again watching Star Wars, I highly recommend.
New hair. Who 'dis? 😆
December 17, 2024 at 3:40 PM
New hair. Who 'dis? 😆
I barely have a handle on GenZ slang. Now I'm trying to learn Gen Alpha slang so I can keep... slayin'?... with my gamer... peeps? I'm just going to throw random slang out there and hope it sticks and try not to sound like I'm getting to half a century old!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgo...
Skyrim Intro Brainrot 2
YouTube video by CJMattis
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November 25, 2024 at 3:09 AM
I barely have a handle on GenZ slang. Now I'm trying to learn Gen Alpha slang so I can keep... slayin'?... with my gamer... peeps? I'm just going to throw random slang out there and hope it sticks and try not to sound like I'm getting to half a century old!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgo...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgo...
Hometown Livermore and LLNL fusion hype! It's been decades since I interned at LLNL, but I still have fond memories during my first year there.
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g...
www.npr.org
November 16, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Hometown Livermore and LLNL fusion hype! It's been decades since I interned at LLNL, but I still have fond memories during my first year there.
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g...
www.npr.org/2024/11/15/g...
Tough day at work. But it involved laying some groundwork for Lunar NRHO operations, so it was pretty satisfying but tedious. I miss just doing pure physics, and those days are few and far between. Alas! At least I get to make up new orbit terms. If you see "P+" times, you know it was me. ;)
November 16, 2024 at 12:26 AM
Tough day at work. But it involved laying some groundwork for Lunar NRHO operations, so it was pretty satisfying but tedious. I miss just doing pure physics, and those days are few and far between. Alas! At least I get to make up new orbit terms. If you see "P+" times, you know it was me. ;)
Just a little picture of my cat trying to brighten my day to brighten *your* day. Carry on, my space nerds!
November 15, 2024 at 3:21 AM
Just a little picture of my cat trying to brighten my day to brighten *your* day. Carry on, my space nerds!
Whoa. Woke up to see a bunch of new cool space people following me! Hi everybody! It's my honor to be your NASA Gateway Mission Design guy. 😄🖖 I haven't been able to share much on it, but hopefully as we get closer to launch there will be more opportunity to show some cool space stuff. 🚀👨🚀👩🚀🌕
November 9, 2024 at 1:11 PM
Whoa. Woke up to see a bunch of new cool space people following me! Hi everybody! It's my honor to be your NASA Gateway Mission Design guy. 😄🖖 I haven't been able to share much on it, but hopefully as we get closer to launch there will be more opportunity to show some cool space stuff. 🚀👨🚀👩🚀🌕
Hello, bsky. I don't have a lot of followers or friends and family here, but I might start using this place a little more as my social media goto since other places are getting... challenging... to deal with. So I hope the few of you who see this likes random NASA/space stuff!
November 7, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Hello, bsky. I don't have a lot of followers or friends and family here, but I might start using this place a little more as my social media goto since other places are getting... challenging... to deal with. So I hope the few of you who see this likes random NASA/space stuff!
Reposted by Frederick Miguel (fox359)
Númenor Margaritaville xkcd.com/2994
October 5, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Númenor Margaritaville xkcd.com/2994
Sad space news. CLPS Peregrine Mission One, part of the series of CLPS missions under the Artemis Program and our first lander to return to the moon in 50 years, has suffered critical propellant loss.
news.sky.com/story/peregr...
news.sky.com/story/peregr...
Peregrine Mission One latest: 'Critical loss' of propellant throws US moon lander mission into jeopa...
After a successful lift-off early this morning, the first US mission to land on the moon since 1972 is in jeopardy after multiple problems were reported.
news.sky.com
January 8, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Sad space news. CLPS Peregrine Mission One, part of the series of CLPS missions under the Artemis Program and our first lander to return to the moon in 50 years, has suffered critical propellant loss.
news.sky.com/story/peregr...
news.sky.com/story/peregr...