James Horton
@jfhorton.bsky.social
Astronautical Engineer / Advanced Propulsion Technology @ Rocketdyne supporting NASA and space exploration; world traveller; pizza lover; proud Rhode Islander
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Dusty #Phoenix #Arizona giving off post apocalyptic vibes this morning ✈️ #travel #photography #city
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Dusty #Phoenix #Arizona giving off post apocalyptic vibes this morning ✈️ #travel #photography #city
#Providence #RhodeIsland 🇺🇲 has its very own #Stargate that takes you to the best pub in the city to enjoy a pint in cozy warmth on a wintery night #WildColonial #travel #streetart #localtip #wanderlust #Cityscape
Art: "Textured Gear" by Rob Lorenson
Art: "Textured Gear" by Rob Lorenson
December 23, 2024 at 10:38 PM
#Providence #RhodeIsland 🇺🇲 has its very own #Stargate that takes you to the best pub in the city to enjoy a pint in cozy warmth on a wintery night #WildColonial #travel #streetart #localtip #wanderlust #Cityscape
Art: "Textured Gear" by Rob Lorenson
Art: "Textured Gear" by Rob Lorenson
I did find some colorful succulents along the canyon walls! 🪴
December 9, 2024 at 12:35 AM
I did find some colorful succulents along the canyon walls! 🪴
Felt like I was a #Hobbit escaping the shire on this lonely #oak covered path thru the Devil's Canyon in Chatsworth, #LosAngeles , #California 🇺🇲 #hike #nature #wanderlust
December 7, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Felt like I was a #Hobbit escaping the shire on this lonely #oak covered path thru the Devil's Canyon in Chatsworth, #LosAngeles , #California 🇺🇲 #hike #nature #wanderlust
@flyingjenny.bsky.social since you're getting the #SpaceTweeps back together on BSky - we're representing from Rocketdyne in #LosAngeles. Not as cool of a spot as the #ISS though!
December 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM
@flyingjenny.bsky.social since you're getting the #SpaceTweeps back together on BSky - we're representing from Rocketdyne in #LosAngeles. Not as cool of a spot as the #ISS though!
Thinking about teaching propulsion engineering down the road at Starfleet Academy! Who's joining up? 🖖 #StarTrek #LLAP #SciFi #filminglocation
📍SuihoEn Japanese Garden, Lake Balboa, #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲
📍SuihoEn Japanese Garden, Lake Balboa, #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Thinking about teaching propulsion engineering down the road at Starfleet Academy! Who's joining up? 🖖 #StarTrek #LLAP #SciFi #filminglocation
📍SuihoEn Japanese Garden, Lake Balboa, #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲
📍SuihoEn Japanese Garden, Lake Balboa, #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲
Buzzing with #nightlife and colorful streets lined with stalls selling cut-price electronics, manga & #anime collectibles, #Tokyo 's Akihabara Electric Town 🇯🇵 is definitely a place to #wander! #Japan #travel #wanderlust #photography
December 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Buzzing with #nightlife and colorful streets lined with stalls selling cut-price electronics, manga & #anime collectibles, #Tokyo 's Akihabara Electric Town 🇯🇵 is definitely a place to #wander! #Japan #travel #wanderlust #photography
#Sunset behind an old mule cart 🫏 at the 1880's Calico silver mining #GhostTown outside #Barstow #California 🇺🇲 #Travel #RoadTrip #Wanderlust #Photography
November 30, 2024 at 4:09 PM
#Sunset behind an old mule cart 🫏 at the 1880's Calico silver mining #GhostTown outside #Barstow #California 🇺🇲 #Travel #RoadTrip #Wanderlust #Photography
#Hiking and bouldering through Millard Canyon for 6 miles in the #AngelesNationalForest outside #LosAngeles 🇺🇲 takes you to the abandoned Dawn Gold #Mine ⛏️ with two levels you can explore (with caution) #nature #history #exploration #travel #photography
November 29, 2024 at 8:48 PM
#Hiking and bouldering through Millard Canyon for 6 miles in the #AngelesNationalForest outside #LosAngeles 🇺🇲 takes you to the abandoned Dawn Gold #Mine ⛏️ with two levels you can explore (with caution) #nature #history #exploration #travel #photography
Truly a land of Fire and Ice... Detailed #NASA #Landsat imagery showing how close the new volcanic fissure 🌋 is to #Iceland ’s 🇮🇸 famous #BlueLagoon geothermal spa (2nd photo is my 📷). #travel #volcano #nature #space #satellite
Credit: go.nasa.gov/3Z24Zno
Credit: go.nasa.gov/3Z24Zno
November 27, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Truly a land of Fire and Ice... Detailed #NASA #Landsat imagery showing how close the new volcanic fissure 🌋 is to #Iceland ’s 🇮🇸 famous #BlueLagoon geothermal spa (2nd photo is my 📷). #travel #volcano #nature #space #satellite
Credit: go.nasa.gov/3Z24Zno
Credit: go.nasa.gov/3Z24Zno
#Wine 🍷 & #rockets 🚀! There is a lesser known AVA wine region within #California 's #centralcoast near where we launched Delta IV from Vandenberg #SpaceForce Base called #Buellton that runs along Route 246 - recommend Babcock, Melville, and Brick Barn #vineyards 🍇 #food #spaceflight #travel #space
November 27, 2024 at 12:07 AM
#Wine 🍷 & #rockets 🚀! There is a lesser known AVA wine region within #California 's #centralcoast near where we launched Delta IV from Vandenberg #SpaceForce Base called #Buellton that runs along Route 246 - recommend Babcock, Melville, and Brick Barn #vineyards 🍇 #food #spaceflight #travel #space
Right outside my home state, #NewBedford , #Massachusetts 🇺🇲 is an urban gem of coastal #NewEngland - deep history with whaling and the abolitionist movement, amazing seafood and bakeries, mingled with Portuguese culture. Get the chouriço on your pizza 🤤🍕! #travel #wanderlust #photography #food
November 25, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Right outside my home state, #NewBedford , #Massachusetts 🇺🇲 is an urban gem of coastal #NewEngland - deep history with whaling and the abolitionist movement, amazing seafood and bakeries, mingled with Portuguese culture. Get the chouriço on your pizza 🤤🍕! #travel #wanderlust #photography #food
If you want to feel like #IndianaJones or a Tusken Raider on #Tatooine , navigating the labyrinth of Calcite slot canyons in #California 's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 🇺🇲 is something you have to experience. #hike #travel #wanderlust #nature #desert
November 24, 2024 at 9:38 PM
If you want to feel like #IndianaJones or a Tusken Raider on #Tatooine , navigating the labyrinth of Calcite slot canyons in #California 's Anza-Borrego Desert State Park 🇺🇲 is something you have to experience. #hike #travel #wanderlust #nature #desert
It felt right to watch the setting sun at the Temple of Apollo on the largest Cyclades island of #Naxos, #Greece 🇬🇷 #travel #photography #wanderlust #ruins
November 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM
It felt right to watch the setting sun at the Temple of Apollo on the largest Cyclades island of #Naxos, #Greece 🇬🇷 #travel #photography #wanderlust #ruins
Just got the final Kickstarter chapters of #TheExpanse Dragon Tooth by @andydiggle.bsky.social and it was a great story bridging the 28 year gap between books 6 & 7. The additional @boom-studios.com swag is awesome... Including the signed poster by the Rocinante cast #ScreamingFirehawks
November 24, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Just got the final Kickstarter chapters of #TheExpanse Dragon Tooth by @andydiggle.bsky.social and it was a great story bridging the 28 year gap between books 6 & 7. The additional @boom-studios.com swag is awesome... Including the signed poster by the Rocinante cast #ScreamingFirehawks
Thanks! Glad the next generation finished where we started. Hopefully they transport them better than we did (getting flagged by the California Highway Patrol 🤣)
November 23, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Thanks! Glad the next generation finished where we started. Hopefully they transport them better than we did (getting flagged by the California Highway Patrol 🤣)
Here's where it started in 2006... Del Carbon, the first USC RPL build
November 23, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Here's where it started in 2006... Del Carbon, the first USC RPL build
Driving along #nature 's giants was awe inspiring. This avenue runs through Humboldt #Redwoods State Park in Northern #California 🌲🇺🇲 #travel #wanderlust #photography #tree
November 23, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Driving along #nature 's giants was awe inspiring. This avenue runs through Humboldt #Redwoods State Park in Northern #California 🌲🇺🇲 #travel #wanderlust #photography #tree
On a #hike to Throop Peak in the Angeles National Forest north of #LosAngeles 🇺🇲, I came across the otherworldly looking parasitic Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea) which has no chlorophyll and uses a symbiotic relationship with #fungi to get nutrients 🧪 #Nature #Plant #Biology #Science #Travel
November 22, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Exploring the castle 🏯 that protected #Osaka #Japan 🇯🇵 since the 16th century. #travel #wanderlust #architecture #photography
November 22, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Exploring the castle 🏯 that protected #Osaka #Japan 🇯🇵 since the 16th century. #travel #wanderlust #architecture #photography
Combining my love of #hiking and #spaceflight , wandering the hills outside #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲 takes you to the birthplace of large liquid #rocket engines that put Apollo astronauts on the moon and built the #ISS. (The Rocketdyne / #NASA Santa Susan Field Laboratory). #Travel #Photography
November 21, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Combining my love of #hiking and #spaceflight , wandering the hills outside #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲 takes you to the birthplace of large liquid #rocket engines that put Apollo astronauts on the moon and built the #ISS. (The Rocketdyne / #NASA Santa Susan Field Laboratory). #Travel #Photography
My #photography snap of Skógafoss which is the start of some amazing #hiking in the southern highlands of #Iceland 🇮🇸 on the backside of Thórsmörk #nature #travel #wanderlust
November 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
My #photography snap of Skógafoss which is the start of some amazing #hiking in the southern highlands of #Iceland 🇮🇸 on the backside of Thórsmörk #nature #travel #wanderlust
Past #hike where i entered the Lost World 🦖.. kept checking for packs of Compsognathus over my shoulder! Fern Canyon trail in Redwood #NationalPark, #California 🇺🇲 #travel #photography #JurassicPark
November 20, 2024 at 6:31 PM
Past #hike where i entered the Lost World 🦖.. kept checking for packs of Compsognathus over my shoulder! Fern Canyon trail in Redwood #NationalPark, #California 🇺🇲 #travel #photography #JurassicPark
Past winter #hike through the high desert of Joshua Tree #NationalPark , #California 🇺🇲. It lightly snowed right after this picture was taken #travel #wanderlust
November 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Past winter #hike through the high desert of Joshua Tree #NationalPark , #California 🇺🇲. It lightly snowed right after this picture was taken #travel #wanderlust