Stephanie Carlson
@stephcarlson.bsky.social
Educator at Moonshot Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Previously middle school science educator in NYC and Math for America Master Teacher
Previously middle school science educator in NYC and Math for America Master Teacher
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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#Escapade - Second time is the charm, Congrats to Blue Origin, they have become the second commercial launch company to return a 1st stage booster.
November 13, 2025 at 9:07 PM
#Escapade - Second time is the charm, Congrats to Blue Origin, they have become the second commercial launch company to return a 1st stage booster.
Finally caught a glimpse of the aurora 😍
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Finally caught a glimpse of the aurora 😍
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It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
It’s basically Deep Space Nine.
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This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.
BREAKING: The Trump administration is doubling its Argentina bailout to $40 billion.
October 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is now more than double the NASA budget, which the White House wants to slash.
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Perhaps one of the most interesting elements of a lunar landing mission to think through: when and how do you launch?
How to get to the Moon #shorts #history
Launch window calculations are obviously more complicated than this, so take this as a primer! Other considerations were comms, spacecraft performance, and how the light would shift over the course…
youtube.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Perhaps one of the most interesting elements of a lunar landing mission to think through: when and how do you launch?
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September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Well don't I feel stupid
September 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well don't I feel stupid
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She basically invented astrophysics.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.
I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:
September 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
She basically invented astrophysics.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
She proved the laws of chemistry, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics, not just gravity, applied universally.
She determined the composition of the sun and primacy of hydrogen in the universe.
She advised the PhDs of Frank Drake and Frank Kameny.
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This morning in #Pittsburgh the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was visible from the West End Overlook and it was incredible to see. The rocket and exhaust were illuminated by the rising sun just as it was centered over the city. My favorite rocket launch image to date.
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
This morning in #Pittsburgh the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch was visible from the West End Overlook and it was incredible to see. The rocket and exhaust were illuminated by the rising sun just as it was centered over the city. My favorite rocket launch image to date.
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Big news, I'm making things out of clay! Some pendants for my upcoming collaboration with @sciencesocks.bsky.social ✨
Join our newsletter to be notified when we launch!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#sciart #bsnm
Join our newsletter to be notified when we launch!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#sciart #bsnm
September 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Big news, I'm making things out of clay! Some pendants for my upcoming collaboration with @sciencesocks.bsky.social ✨
Join our newsletter to be notified when we launch!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#sciart #bsnm
Join our newsletter to be notified when we launch!
sciencesocks.co/pages/amy-ra...
#sciart #bsnm
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For those interested you can listen to the prelaunch activities as they occurred in real time 56 years ago on the night of 15 July 1969 leading up to the launch of Apollo 11 at 9:32 AM Eastern Time on 16 July, 1969 via "Apollo in Real Time" - apolloinrealtime.org/11/ #Apollo11
Apollo 11 in Real Time
A real-time interactive journey through the first landing on the Moon. Relive every moment as it occurred in 1969.
apolloinrealtime.org
July 16, 2025 at 1:38 AM
For those interested you can listen to the prelaunch activities as they occurred in real time 56 years ago on the night of 15 July 1969 leading up to the launch of Apollo 11 at 9:32 AM Eastern Time on 16 July, 1969 via "Apollo in Real Time" - apolloinrealtime.org/11/ #Apollo11
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If you only read one column of mine, let it be this one. Children built Pittsburgh too. In our steel mills, coal mines, factories & streets where they worked 12-hour days at dangerous jobs, sometimes losing limb and life. I found some of their voices. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/dahn-memory-...
The Children Who Built Pittsburgh
The stories of individuals who worked hard, dangerous jobs to build Pittsburgh — many of these individuals were children.
www.pittsburghmagazine.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:24 PM
If you only read one column of mine, let it be this one. Children built Pittsburgh too. In our steel mills, coal mines, factories & streets where they worked 12-hour days at dangerous jobs, sometimes losing limb and life. I found some of their voices. www.pittsburghmagazine.com/dahn-memory-...
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New Horizons is so far away that the nearest stars have shifted markedly from where we see them on Earth. With the NH observed positions for two stars, from NH imagery alone we can figure out where the spacecraft is. This technique would be used on interstellar voyages. arxiv.org/abs/2506.21666
A Demonstration of Interstellar Navigation Using New Horizons
As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft exits the Solar System bound for interstellar space, it has traveled so far that the nearest stars have shifted markedly from their positions seen from Earth. We demo...
arxiv.org
June 30, 2025 at 3:23 AM
New Horizons is so far away that the nearest stars have shifted markedly from where we see them on Earth. With the NH observed positions for two stars, from NH imagery alone we can figure out where the spacecraft is. This technique would be used on interstellar voyages. arxiv.org/abs/2506.21666
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Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Introducing...your sneak peek at the cosmos captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory!
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
Can you guess these regions of sky?
This is just a small peek...join us at 11am US EDT for your full First Look at how Rubin will #CaptureTheCosmos! 🔭🧪
#RubinFirstLook
ls.st/rubin-first-look-livestream
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The Swan, No. 24, Group IX, by Hilma af Klint, 1914, 📸 by me
June 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Swan, No. 24, Group IX, by Hilma af Klint, 1914, 📸 by me
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The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
May 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The NASA planetary science fleet chart if the president’s budget is enacted.
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Museum and Planetarium Friends,
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Scientific Visualization Studio
The NASA Scientific Visualization Studio works closely with scientists in the creation of visualizations, animations, and images in order to promote a greater understanding of Earth and Space Science ...
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov
April 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Museum and Planetarium Friends,
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
Many of you use NASA SVS material. Right now it is critical that we are able to document SVS's impact.
Please let us know how you are using our content (use my email address at the bottom of this page: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov).
Thank you!
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#BlueGhost
A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR 🧪🔭 #BGM1
A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR 🧪🔭 #BGM1
March 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#BlueGhost
A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR 🧪🔭 #BGM1
A Lunar Sunset Video capturing the horizon glow. The NASA science team is excited to analyze these images further and share more on the findings soon!
Credit: @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social
📷 flic.kr/p/2qSJJfR 🧪🔭 #BGM1
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Soon the Blue Ghost lander will experience Sunset. It may obtain a sequence something like this, a sight previously recorded by the Surveyor landers almost 60 years ago. After the Sun sets a bright 'rim glow' persists for over an hour as some light still shines on the more elevated horizon scenery.
March 16, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Soon the Blue Ghost lander will experience Sunset. It may obtain a sequence something like this, a sight previously recorded by the Surveyor landers almost 60 years ago. After the Sun sets a bright 'rim glow' persists for over an hour as some light still shines on the more elevated horizon scenery.
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OMG. Last night's lunar eclipse -- as seen from the Moon!
The Blue Ghost lander got this shot. The Sun is overexposed, but in the reflection you can see it's almost fully eclipsed by the Earth. 🧪🔭
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
The Blue Ghost lander got this shot. The Sun is overexposed, but in the reflection you can see it's almost fully eclipsed by the Earth. 🧪🔭
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
March 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
OMG. Last night's lunar eclipse -- as seen from the Moon!
The Blue Ghost lander got this shot. The Sun is overexposed, but in the reflection you can see it's almost fully eclipsed by the Earth. 🧪🔭
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
The Blue Ghost lander got this shot. The Sun is overexposed, but in the reflection you can see it's almost fully eclipsed by the Earth. 🧪🔭
fireflyspace.com/news/blue-gh...
