@astro-g-dogg.bsky.social (former NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman)'s article is spot on in every way.
#RepresentationsMatters #DiversityMatters #DEI

Jim Lovell's inspiring words from 2018 at a National Air & Space Museum event celebrating the 50th anniversary of Apollo 8.
"Then, looking up I saw it, the Earth, a blue and white ball, just above the lunar horizon, 240,000 miles away."
#Apollo8 #JimLovell #AmericanHero

substack.com/@irisfisher/...

When a row of seats are empty next to you, and with just the right angle, a perfect shot like this happens, the wing in fill sight and Air Canada's logo. 🍁✈️
@aircanada.bsky.social

#OTD in 1930, (95 yrs ago!), a new planet was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, at Lowell Observatory, in Flagstaff AZ.
The planet is now called #Pluto!
10 yrs ago this year, 'New Horizons' spacecraft flew by Pluto, and we now know what the planet looks like!
#SolarSystem #Planets #STEMEducation
🛰🚀

These women are amazing, heroes, and inspirational, and should be shown to every little girl because, #representationmatters !
#SuniWilliams still currently in the vacuum of space!

#Spacewalk #EVA #SpaceStation #WomeninSTEM

#OTD in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded a little just after takeoff.
May their memory always remind us how dangerous and difficult this industry is and may we always remember them as heroes.

On 23 Nov 2021, @unesconow.bsky.social declared 25th January as:
International Day of Women in Multilateralism.
The purpose of this day is to recognize the essential role played by #women in the promotion of #humanrights, #peace & #sustainable #development within the #multilateral system.

#OTD in 1992, Roberta went to space!
Roberta Bondar is Canada's 1st female #astronaut and the 1st #neurologist in space.
Her work studying the effects of low-gravity situations on the human body allowed NASA to prepare astronauts for long stays in the #spacestation.

(Photo/text from Wikipedia.)

Need a bit of inspiration & motivation to start the new year 2025? I wrote a blog with 🔽 photo as inspiration.
Alan Stern gave a talk and ended with a slide of a photo of my father.
Made me realize the two had/have:
Passion, Perseverance & Resilience in common.
www.iris-space.space/post/lessons...

Inspire the future generation in STEM and STEAM by knowing that it's possible for them too!
"You can't be what you can't see." - Sally Ride

My article below, please share with those who need inspiration! 🚀🚀

#RepresentationMatters #WomeninSTEM #SpaceforAll

www.iris-space.space/post/inspiri...

A would-be birthday -135th birthday- to Edwin Hubble.
A nicely written article attached explaining how he came to be, what he's done, and today's telescope legacy.
#EdwinHubble #Hubble
@sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social
blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/happy-135th-...

#Starship splashdown in the Indian Ocean! Great!
Also in the Indian Ocean: "under numerous threats, including overfishing, #climatechange, deep sea mining, seismic blasting, #plasticpollution, coral reef degradation..."
I'm all for #Spaceexploration, but can we be good to #Earth at the same time?

What do all these people have in common?
They all congratulated The Lowell Observatory on their new Astronomy Discovery Center in #Flagstaff, #Arizona!!
🪐✨️🌌
See full video on their social media pages, and visit
lowell.edu for more info!
#astronomy #stemeducation #observatory

From the Pacific ocean to a drive through the desert, from trees changing colors to forests of cactus to the San Francisco peaks! All in a few days' drive.
🏜🏔🌊🌠
That's what it's really all about!
#climatecrisis #earth #globalwarming