@kurt-retherford.bsky.social
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A quarter of the journey to Jupiter is now behind us, with #ESAJuice continuing its whirling path around the inner solar system, picking up speed for the final swing out to Jupiter in 2029-31. Flybys of Venus (Aug’25) and Earth (Sep’26 and Jan’29) still to come.
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A quarter of the journey to Jupiter is now behind us, with #ESAJuice continuing its whirling path around the inner solar system, picking up speed for the final swing out to Jupiter in 2029-31. Flybys of Venus (Aug’25) and Earth (Sep’26 and Jan’29) still to come.
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NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped.
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
NSF initiates more layoffs amid major agency shake-up
The agency will also reassign all remote employees to in-person work at its Alexandria, Virginia, headquarters.
www.eenews.net
May 11, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NSF is undergoing a massive shake-up: over 80 senior staff cut, remote work banned, the equity-in-STEM division eliminated, and hundreds of research grants scrapped.
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
This isn’t budget efficiency—it’s a direct attack on U.S. science, education, and equity.
www.eenews.net/articles/nsf...
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How did we lose the ability to return to the Moon after Apollo? Casey Dreier talks with sociologist Janet Vertesi, who studies NASA mission teams, to explore how institutional knowledge gets lost—and what that means for the future of space exploration. Listen here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...
May 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
How did we lose the ability to return to the Moon after Apollo? Casey Dreier talks with sociologist Janet Vertesi, who studies NASA mission teams, to explore how institutional knowledge gets lost—and what that means for the future of space exploration. Listen here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra...
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Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession, according to a new study from researchers at American University. #EconSky
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Trump’s Cuts to Science Funding Could Hurt U.S. Economy, Study Shows (Gift Article)
Reducing federal support for research and development could cause long-run economic damage and reduce government revenue.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Cutting federal funding for scientific research could cause long-run economic damage equivalent to a major recession, according to a new study from researchers at American University. #EconSky
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Story:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/30/b...
Study: impa.american.edu/costs-of-cut...
Happy to have been asked a lot of questions about Hubble by this reporter. Nice write up overall, including the parts about NASA’s science funding facing devastating cuts. www.space.com/space-explor...
Can Hubble still hang? How the space telescope compares to its successors after 35 years of cosmic adventures
"It's amazing that after 35 years, Hubble still holds a unique capability as a top workhorse for science discoveries and publications."
www.space.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Happy to have been asked a lot of questions about Hubble by this reporter. Nice write up overall, including the parts about NASA’s science funding facing devastating cuts. www.space.com/space-explor...
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Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child
March 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Grimes Slaps ‘I Bought This Before Elon Went Crazy’ Sticker On Child
So cool! Europa Clipper is flying past Mars right now. Stealing some gravitational potential energy to give itself a velocity boost on the way to Jupiter. eyes.nasa.gov/staging/apps...
Eyes on the Solar System - NASA/JPL
Explore the 3D world of the Solar System. Learn about past and future missions.
eyes.nasa.gov
March 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So cool! Europa Clipper is flying past Mars right now. Stealing some gravitational potential energy to give itself a velocity boost on the way to Jupiter. eyes.nasa.gov/staging/apps...
I'm excited that our paper about the UV spectrograph on Europa Clipper @europaclipper.bsky.social was published online last week! A decade in the making. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Europa Ultraviolet Spectrograph (Europa-UVS) - Space Science Reviews
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is designed to provide a diversity of measurements to further our understanding of the potential habitability of this intriguing ocean world. The Europa mission’s Ultravi...
link.springer.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:39 PM
I'm excited that our paper about the UV spectrograph on Europa Clipper @europaclipper.bsky.social was published online last week! A decade in the making. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Hello new Bluesky followers! Back in August, #ESAJuice completed its LEGA (lunar-earth flyby), sending it towards Venus, where it'll pick up speed for its long journey out to Jupiter (arriving in 2031). It was a superb opportunity to test out the sophisticated instrument suite at the Moon and Earth
Timelapse of Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby
YouTube video by European Space Agency, ESA
youtu.be
September 6, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Hello new Bluesky followers! Back in August, #ESAJuice completed its LEGA (lunar-earth flyby), sending it towards Venus, where it'll pick up speed for its long journey out to Jupiter (arriving in 2031). It was a superb opportunity to test out the sophisticated instrument suite at the Moon and Earth