Niamh Shaw
@irishspacegal.bsky.social
👩🏻🚀Earth & Space explorer
📇 Writer, Science Communicator
🧭 Fellow @the_explorers_club
🚀ESA Champion
🪐 Educator, Keynote Speaker
📇 Writer, Science Communicator
🧭 Fellow @the_explorers_club
🚀ESA Champion
🪐 Educator, Keynote Speaker
From baking meringues to meeting an ESA astronaut —
What a weekend!
Baking in Space came to Dublin & Dundalk, ending with a packed house and families in awe as @ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan took the stage.
This is why we do what we do. 💫
#TownScientist #STEMForAll #ScienceWeek2025 #DreamBig
What a weekend!
Baking in Space came to Dublin & Dundalk, ending with a packed house and families in awe as @ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan took the stage.
This is why we do what we do. 💫
#TownScientist #STEMForAll #ScienceWeek2025 #DreamBig
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From baking meringues to meeting an ESA astronaut —
What a weekend!
Baking in Space came to Dublin & Dundalk, ending with a packed house and families in awe as @ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan took the stage.
This is why we do what we do. 💫
#TownScientist #STEMForAll #ScienceWeek2025 #DreamBig
What a weekend!
Baking in Space came to Dublin & Dundalk, ending with a packed house and families in awe as @ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan took the stage.
This is why we do what we do. 💫
#TownScientist #STEMForAll #ScienceWeek2025 #DreamBig
🌐 Tomorrow. 4.30pm-we’re LIVE from Antarctica.
Jac Madsen joins us from Antarctica to share what it’s like living at the edge of the world… where the climate crisis is unfolding in real time.
Part of #ScienceWeek Town Scientist
🔗 Webinar link bit.ly/3LVrI1n
#Antarctica #TownScientist #COP30
Jac Madsen joins us from Antarctica to share what it’s like living at the edge of the world… where the climate crisis is unfolding in real time.
Part of #ScienceWeek Town Scientist
🔗 Webinar link bit.ly/3LVrI1n
#Antarctica #TownScientist #COP30
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🌐 Tomorrow. 4.30pm-we’re LIVE from Antarctica.
Jac Madsen joins us from Antarctica to share what it’s like living at the edge of the world… where the climate crisis is unfolding in real time.
Part of #ScienceWeek Town Scientist
🔗 Webinar link bit.ly/3LVrI1n
#Antarctica #TownScientist #COP30
Jac Madsen joins us from Antarctica to share what it’s like living at the edge of the world… where the climate crisis is unfolding in real time.
Part of #ScienceWeek Town Scientist
🔗 Webinar link bit.ly/3LVrI1n
#Antarctica #TownScientist #COP30
From Arctic ice back to Dundalk 🌍
This Sunday (19 Oct, 12 p.m.) join me for a walk & talk honouring Dundalk’s own polar explorer, Leopold McClintock, and hear stories from my Arctic mission.
🎟️ Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dundalk-mc...
This Sunday (19 Oct, 12 p.m.) join me for a walk & talk honouring Dundalk’s own polar explorer, Leopold McClintock, and hear stories from my Arctic mission.
🎟️ Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dundalk-mc...
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
From Arctic ice back to Dundalk 🌍
This Sunday (19 Oct, 12 p.m.) join me for a walk & talk honouring Dundalk’s own polar explorer, Leopold McClintock, and hear stories from my Arctic mission.
🎟️ Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dundalk-mc...
This Sunday (19 Oct, 12 p.m.) join me for a walk & talk honouring Dundalk’s own polar explorer, Leopold McClintock, and hear stories from my Arctic mission.
🎟️ Free via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/dundalk-mc...
🚀 Just 2 sleeps till our Family Space Day in Dundalk!
So proud to bring this together with @researchireland.ie, Louth CoCo, Dundalk Credit Union, ABC & County Library.
If you’re in town Saturday, drop by — we’re full, but we’ll make ‘space’ for you! 🌌✨
So proud to bring this together with @researchireland.ie, Louth CoCo, Dundalk Credit Union, ABC & County Library.
If you’re in town Saturday, drop by — we’re full, but we’ll make ‘space’ for you! 🌌✨
October 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚀 Just 2 sleeps till our Family Space Day in Dundalk!
So proud to bring this together with @researchireland.ie, Louth CoCo, Dundalk Credit Union, ABC & County Library.
If you’re in town Saturday, drop by — we’re full, but we’ll make ‘space’ for you! 🌌✨
So proud to bring this together with @researchireland.ie, Louth CoCo, Dundalk Credit Union, ABC & County Library.
If you’re in town Saturday, drop by — we’re full, but we’ll make ‘space’ for you! 🌌✨
Back from #IAC2025 in Sydney — capturing the human stories shaping our future in space. My North Star is to bridge those rooms with the world beyond. Next stop: home to Dundalk for Family Space Day, Oct 11 — bringing space down to Earth. 🚀🌍 #SpaceWeek
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Back from #IAC2025 in Sydney — capturing the human stories shaping our future in space. My North Star is to bridge those rooms with the world beyond. Next stop: home to Dundalk for Family Space Day, Oct 11 — bringing space down to Earth. 🚀🌍 #SpaceWeek
Good morning from Sydney excellent public transport! After a short 33hr hop from Dublin, I’m excited to share the best space stories this week from IAC, the largest annual gathering of all the major space players, incl our very own @esa.int. Looking forward to the week ahead. #australia #iac2025
September 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Good morning from Sydney excellent public transport! After a short 33hr hop from Dublin, I’m excited to share the best space stories this week from IAC, the largest annual gathering of all the major space players, incl our very own @esa.int. Looking forward to the week ahead. #australia #iac2025
🚀 Dundalk & Louth families!
Join us this Sat Oct 11 for FREE Family Day of Space — part of Space Week! 🌌
🪐 Planetarium shows
👩🚀 Space Talks
🎨 Crafts, telescopes & more
📍Dundalk Library & Credit Union
🕚 11–5pm | 🎟️ Free (registration essential)
Hosted by #TownScientist supported by Research Ireland
Join us this Sat Oct 11 for FREE Family Day of Space — part of Space Week! 🌌
🪐 Planetarium shows
👩🚀 Space Talks
🎨 Crafts, telescopes & more
📍Dundalk Library & Credit Union
🕚 11–5pm | 🎟️ Free (registration essential)
Hosted by #TownScientist supported by Research Ireland
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
🚀 Dundalk & Louth families!
Join us this Sat Oct 11 for FREE Family Day of Space — part of Space Week! 🌌
🪐 Planetarium shows
👩🚀 Space Talks
🎨 Crafts, telescopes & more
📍Dundalk Library & Credit Union
🕚 11–5pm | 🎟️ Free (registration essential)
Hosted by #TownScientist supported by Research Ireland
Join us this Sat Oct 11 for FREE Family Day of Space — part of Space Week! 🌌
🪐 Planetarium shows
👩🚀 Space Talks
🎨 Crafts, telescopes & more
📍Dundalk Library & Credit Union
🕚 11–5pm | 🎟️ Free (registration essential)
Hosted by #TownScientist supported by Research Ireland
Just back from a week in Helsinki where I hosted the morning briefings at #EPSCDPS2025 Congress. The city surprised me - quiet beauty, gentle light, and time to walk, think, and reconnect with science, art and family.✨
#SpaceMedicine #WomenInSTEM #DreamBig #Helsinki #IrishScience #AnEngineerLikeMe
#SpaceMedicine #WomenInSTEM #DreamBig #Helsinki #IrishScience #AnEngineerLikeMe
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just back from a week in Helsinki where I hosted the morning briefings at #EPSCDPS2025 Congress. The city surprised me - quiet beauty, gentle light, and time to walk, think, and reconnect with science, art and family.✨
#SpaceMedicine #WomenInSTEM #DreamBig #Helsinki #IrishScience #AnEngineerLikeMe
#SpaceMedicine #WomenInSTEM #DreamBig #Helsinki #IrishScience #AnEngineerLikeMe
A free careers magazine in today’s Independent from Engineers Ireland, all about what it means to be an engineer.
Engineering was my foundation and it’s the mindset that fuels my North Star mission: to travel to space and share that perspective with the world.
#Engineering #STEM #NorthStarMission
Engineering was my foundation and it’s the mindset that fuels my North Star mission: to travel to space and share that perspective with the world.
#Engineering #STEM #NorthStarMission
September 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A free careers magazine in today’s Independent from Engineers Ireland, all about what it means to be an engineer.
Engineering was my foundation and it’s the mindset that fuels my North Star mission: to travel to space and share that perspective with the world.
#Engineering #STEM #NorthStarMission
Engineering was my foundation and it’s the mindset that fuels my North Star mission: to travel to space and share that perspective with the world.
#Engineering #STEM #NorthStarMission
Happy St Patrick’s Day to Blue Sky peeps across the world!!! Sending shamrock love from Ireland! ☘️❤️ #stpatricksday2025
March 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Happy St Patrick’s Day to Blue Sky peeps across the world!!! Sending shamrock love from Ireland! ☘️❤️ #stpatricksday2025
Space news!
Tune in to @rte One Prime Time from 9.30pm tonight March 13th.
We’ll be discussing why a mission for 2 astronauts went from 8 days to 9 months.
#spacenews #crew9 #starliner #crew10 #nasa #spacexlaunch #rtept
Tune in to @rte One Prime Time from 9.30pm tonight March 13th.
We’ll be discussing why a mission for 2 astronauts went from 8 days to 9 months.
#spacenews #crew9 #starliner #crew10 #nasa #spacexlaunch #rtept
March 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Space news!
Tune in to @rte One Prime Time from 9.30pm tonight March 13th.
We’ll be discussing why a mission for 2 astronauts went from 8 days to 9 months.
#spacenews #crew9 #starliner #crew10 #nasa #spacexlaunch #rtept
Tune in to @rte One Prime Time from 9.30pm tonight March 13th.
We’ll be discussing why a mission for 2 astronauts went from 8 days to 9 months.
#spacenews #crew9 #starliner #crew10 #nasa #spacexlaunch #rtept
International Women’s Day
Here’s an excerpt of a speech from Antonio Guterres, Sec Gen of UN.
This is our time to strive for a society which is equitable and just for all.
#internationalwomensday #IWD #womeninSTEM #womeninspace #stemcommunicator #scienceinsociety
Here’s an excerpt of a speech from Antonio Guterres, Sec Gen of UN.
This is our time to strive for a society which is equitable and just for all.
#internationalwomensday #IWD #womeninSTEM #womeninspace #stemcommunicator #scienceinsociety
March 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
International Women’s Day
Here’s an excerpt of a speech from Antonio Guterres, Sec Gen of UN.
This is our time to strive for a society which is equitable and just for all.
#internationalwomensday #IWD #womeninSTEM #womeninspace #stemcommunicator #scienceinsociety
Here’s an excerpt of a speech from Antonio Guterres, Sec Gen of UN.
This is our time to strive for a society which is equitable and just for all.
#internationalwomensday #IWD #womeninSTEM #womeninspace #stemcommunicator #scienceinsociety
Feb 12th 2025
Two years today we made it official.
And my life exploded with joy, adventure and more space and science.
Thank you for bringing so much happiness, love & your gorgeous family into my life. Happy Anniversary, hubby 💕🌎🚀
Two years today we made it official.
And my life exploded with joy, adventure and more space and science.
Thank you for bringing so much happiness, love & your gorgeous family into my life. Happy Anniversary, hubby 💕🌎🚀
February 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Feb 12th 2025
Two years today we made it official.
And my life exploded with joy, adventure and more space and science.
Thank you for bringing so much happiness, love & your gorgeous family into my life. Happy Anniversary, hubby 💕🌎🚀
Two years today we made it official.
And my life exploded with joy, adventure and more space and science.
Thank you for bringing so much happiness, love & your gorgeous family into my life. Happy Anniversary, hubby 💕🌎🚀
Feb 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Sharing with you a project about a quilt honouring Irish women in science making its way to the Antarctic continent in Nov 2023. #womeninstem #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
Sharing with you a project about a quilt honouring Irish women in science making its way to the Antarctic continent in Nov 2023. #womeninstem #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
February 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Feb 11th is International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Sharing with you a project about a quilt honouring Irish women in science making its way to the Antarctic continent in Nov 2023. #womeninstem #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
Sharing with you a project about a quilt honouring Irish women in science making its way to the Antarctic continent in Nov 2023. #womeninstem #internationaldayofwomenandgirlsinscience
Good morning from @rte.ie 2FM where the always happy Laura Fox & I chatted all thing Mythbusting! Do we really only use 10% of our brains? Does Cheese give your nightmares? Find out if these are true and lots more this lovely sunny Wednesday morning in Dublin! #scienceinsociety
January 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good morning from @rte.ie 2FM where the always happy Laura Fox & I chatted all thing Mythbusting! Do we really only use 10% of our brains? Does Cheese give your nightmares? Find out if these are true and lots more this lovely sunny Wednesday morning in Dublin! #scienceinsociety
T minus 20 mins to launch of Blue Origins NEW New Glenn reusable rocket !
Watch live www.youtube.com/live/7YBAsi5...
#spaceinsociety
Watch live www.youtube.com/live/7YBAsi5...
#spaceinsociety
January 13, 2025 at 6:48 AM
T minus 20 mins to launch of Blue Origins NEW New Glenn reusable rocket !
Watch live www.youtube.com/live/7YBAsi5...
#spaceinsociety
Watch live www.youtube.com/live/7YBAsi5...
#spaceinsociety
Just 30 mins to launch of Blue Origins brand new New Glenn big rocket!! Watch live on Blue Origins YouTube channel !! Good luck!! #spaceinsociety.
January 13, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Just 30 mins to launch of Blue Origins brand new New Glenn big rocket!! Watch live on Blue Origins YouTube channel !! Good luck!! #spaceinsociety.
Happy Nollaig na mBán, the official end of Christmas & a day to champion those who blazed a trail for us all. I wanna highlight Annie Maunder as my inspiration. Who is your inspiration? #NollaignamBan
January 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Happy Nollaig na mBán, the official end of Christmas & a day to champion those who blazed a trail for us all. I wanna highlight Annie Maunder as my inspiration. Who is your inspiration? #NollaignamBan
Happy New Year everyone! As I sit down & reflect on my 2024, I’m grateful for the opportunities this year gave me. A lot done but a whole lot more still to do. Thank u for your interest & pls join me on the adventures ahead in 2025! dreambig #space #sciencecommunication #townscientist #newyear
December 31, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Happy New Year everyone! As I sit down & reflect on my 2024, I’m grateful for the opportunities this year gave me. A lot done but a whole lot more still to do. Thank u for your interest & pls join me on the adventures ahead in 2025! dreambig #space #sciencecommunication #townscientist #newyear
Santa spotted from planet Mars earlier today- photo taken by the NASA Perseverance Rover
December 25, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Santa spotted from planet Mars earlier today- photo taken by the NASA Perseverance Rover
Earth citizens!
Wishing you all a superb holiday w loved ones.
Thank u for your interest and support in my science/space engagement work this year. Lots of progress made, lots still to do.
May you all stay safe & keep an eye on those in need of more care at this time.
Explore and stay curious!!
Wishing you all a superb holiday w loved ones.
Thank u for your interest and support in my science/space engagement work this year. Lots of progress made, lots still to do.
May you all stay safe & keep an eye on those in need of more care at this time.
Explore and stay curious!!
December 24, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Earth citizens!
Wishing you all a superb holiday w loved ones.
Thank u for your interest and support in my science/space engagement work this year. Lots of progress made, lots still to do.
May you all stay safe & keep an eye on those in need of more care at this time.
Explore and stay curious!!
Wishing you all a superb holiday w loved ones.
Thank u for your interest and support in my science/space engagement work this year. Lots of progress made, lots still to do.
May you all stay safe & keep an eye on those in need of more care at this time.
Explore and stay curious!!
Happy Winter Solstice! Today is the day when the number of hours of day in the northern hemisphere is the shortest of the year. From today onwards, our days will have light for longer until we get to Summer solstice in June.The hardest part of dark Winter ends today!Waving from Utah! #wintersolstice
December 21, 2024 at 8:05 PM
Happy Winter Solstice! Today is the day when the number of hours of day in the northern hemisphere is the shortest of the year. From today onwards, our days will have light for longer until we get to Summer solstice in June.The hardest part of dark Winter ends today!Waving from Utah! #wintersolstice
SPACENEWS: European Space Agency’s test satellites Proba-3 due to launch tmrw, Dec 5, on Indian space Agency’s rocket. This will be 1st mission to create artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150m apart to help us learn more about the #sun. #spaceishard #scienceinspace
December 4, 2024 at 12:14 PM
SPACENEWS: European Space Agency’s test satellites Proba-3 due to launch tmrw, Dec 5, on Indian space Agency’s rocket. This will be 1st mission to create artificial total solar eclipse by flying a pair of satellites 150m apart to help us learn more about the #sun. #spaceishard #scienceinspace
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
It’s my 4th Thanksgiving with David and as I embrace my US-ness, I appreciate this special day all the more.
Thanks everyone for your support & interest. Thank you family & friends esp those in the US today
Today I bake my first Pumpkin pie- tougher than rocket science!
It’s my 4th Thanksgiving with David and as I embrace my US-ness, I appreciate this special day all the more.
Thanks everyone for your support & interest. Thank you family & friends esp those in the US today
Today I bake my first Pumpkin pie- tougher than rocket science!
November 28, 2024 at 11:01 AM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
It’s my 4th Thanksgiving with David and as I embrace my US-ness, I appreciate this special day all the more.
Thanks everyone for your support & interest. Thank you family & friends esp those in the US today
Today I bake my first Pumpkin pie- tougher than rocket science!
It’s my 4th Thanksgiving with David and as I embrace my US-ness, I appreciate this special day all the more.
Thanks everyone for your support & interest. Thank you family & friends esp those in the US today
Today I bake my first Pumpkin pie- tougher than rocket science!
And Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Australia. The daylight was a real treat and the first time we watched it return to Earth. It survived a big burn on return too, & without heat tiles too! Congrats teams. #spaceinsociety Images @nasaspaceflight.com.web.brid.gy stream
November 19, 2024 at 11:33 PM
And Starship splashed down in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Australia. The daylight was a real treat and the first time we watched it return to Earth. It survived a big burn on return too, & without heat tiles too! Congrats teams. #spaceinsociety Images @nasaspaceflight.com.web.brid.gy stream