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Dr. Sarah Milkovich
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Planetary Wanderer: public speaker, spacecraft engineer, scientist, artist, maker, mom. https://www.sarahmilkovich.com/

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For a sense of scale, here's me with a 3D printout of the Perseverance turret (minus drill):
The 3D printout of the Perseverance turret engulfs my entire forearm, with the PIXL instrument box taking up most of one side. There are blue spheres containing gas for the GDRT which puffs gas over the abraded rock surface for better measurements. On the other side in white is the SHERLOC instrument box. The drill is not part of this printout but would extend out of the end.
April 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Latest felt+bead piece: Jupiter and Europa #SciArt
A framed square of felted wool in swirls of burnt orange, rust brown, cream, and greyish-white and a beaded circle of cream with red-brown streaks representing lineae and a dark edge representing shadows.
March 6, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Post your scientist tattoo!
A forearm tattoo of Johannes Kepler's diagram of the orbit of Mars if the Earth were at the center of the solar system based on Tycho Brahe's observations
November 17, 2024 at 10:40 PM
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Yesterday morning at Huntington Gardens
A white Chinese garden-style bridge over a pond with ducks. The surrounding foliage has hints of orange and red in the green.
November 16, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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hope is a shield and a thing to defend end in itself and a means to an end
November 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
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if you can't find it it's something you make make it from willpower make it from spite learn how to weaponize love in a fight
November 7, 2024 at 5:25 PM
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something you choose hard to stop looking for easy to lose hope isn't something to have or to take
November 7, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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On the nature of hope, my favorite Tumblr post: tiny.cc/fl5uzz 🧵
Hope is a weapon Hope is a skill Hope is a plant you can care for or kill Hope is a discipline
November 7, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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I always love the number of languages on the "I Voted" stickers in California
October 25, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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Reposting because I should have added a #SciArt 🐡 to my felt-and-bead Saturn!
Felted art of Saturn in creams and golds and peach-colors, with the rings in sparkling seed beads
October 19, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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Bluesky’s open, quote one art to promote yourself!
Felted art of Saturn in creams and golds and peach-colors, with the rings in sparkling seed beads
October 19, 2024 at 12:11 AM
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Imma gonna count this as seeing the aurora, thank you Mt Wilson webcams! (Stepped outside and yeah, not going to be able to see it against the Los Angeles night sky)
View of aurora and Los Angeles night glow from Mt Wilson webcam View of aurora from Mt Wilson webcam
October 11, 2024 at 2:35 AM
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3 new pendants completed! I picked these stones because they reminded me of scenes from Mars as taken by HIRISE (clockwise from upper left: sand dunes on a crater floor, Juventae plains sedimentary deposits, and my beloved martian polar deposits) #sciart
Three pendants made of colorful agate cabuchons surrounded by many colors of glass seed beads
September 5, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Kim @spacegirlkim.bsky.social and I are officially en route to #Dragoncon! Find us talking about Mars and rovers this weekend in #SpaceTrack
August 28, 2024 at 3:37 PM
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Obligatory Zelda: Majora's Mask "Dawn of the Final Day" reference
August 25, 2024 at 1:45 AM
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It's the weekend and I have a laser: making some more solar system bookmarks for the store: www.etsy.com/listing/1725...
A wooden bookmark with a design of the planets of our solar system being cradled by rays from the sun
August 17, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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Finished making this Mars Rover beaded cuff bracelet for a dear friend who has worked on every robot included in the design :) #SciArt
A wide bracelet cuff covered in seed beads with a design of three rovers and a helicopter traveling across Mars
July 28, 2024 at 11:04 PM
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Froggy morning in Huntington Gardens
May 31, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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It's amazing what actually fertilizing your roses can do #gardening
May 14, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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Got to spend part of my afternoon watching my favorite musicians, the LA PHIL TROMBONE SECTION
May 12, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Prepping for my first-ever craft show next weekend! Getting designs that I've been noodling on for months into their final form.
Two pairs of earrings, both miniature Mission-style windows constructed from wood and vellum, in a sunny window.
May 12, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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Neighbors gave me some home-grown starfruit so I put it to good use
A martini with a starfruit slice garnish
May 5, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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Hello from Mazatlan ##SolarEclipse
Ring of bright solar corona during a total eclipse
April 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Mazatlan, clouds are moving in but fingers crossed #SolarEclipse
A view of a blue sky with white streaks of clouds through palm trees and two grass- roofed beach structures
April 8, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Last sunset before the eclipse in Mazatlan. We will see what the clouds have in store for us tomorrow.
April 8, 2024 at 5:22 AM