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Niamh Shaw
@irishspacegal.bsky.social
👩🏻‍🚀Earth & Space explorer
📇 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
November 15, 2025 at 2:45 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
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 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...
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 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
October 7, 2025 at 4:05 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
September 27, 2025 at 10:43 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
September 13, 2025 at 1:48 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
March 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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
March 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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
February 11, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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
T minus 20 mins to launch of Blue Origins NEW New Glenn reusable rocket !

Watch live www.youtube.com/live/7YBAsi5...

#spaceinsociety
January 13, 2025 at 6:48 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
December 31, 2024 at 2:47 AM