@AstroPnoy

A big NASA nerd who incessantly retweets almost anything space-related...from Artemis and JWST to Sagittarius A* and exoplanets. Ad astra! (I don't read DMs.)

 Southern California
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Joined May 2022
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Blue Ghost and the #PyramidOnTheMoon have arrived at the lunar surface! This is the second mission (behind Intuitive Machines' IM-1 over a year ago) to put my name and message on the Moon. Much thanks to @fireflyspace and @goLifeShip for this amazing opportunity! #AdLunam
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U.S. Intel Confirms This Is China’s Secret Spaceplane The Chinese spaceplane design is unsurprisingly very similar to the U.S. Space Force's history-making X-37B. twz.com/news-features/u-s-in…

U.S. Intel Confirms This Is China's Secret Spaceplane

The Chinese spaceplane design is unsurprisingly very similar to the U.S. Space Force's history-making X-37B.

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Tony Dunn@tony8730043h
A new Dwarf Planet? Meet 2026 ED138, recently discovered by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs. This Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO) is estimated to be 600–1,500 km across. 🔭 #astro
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NASA’s Dragonfly mission successfully completed its most comprehensive flight simulation yet at @JHUAPL, testing its ability to autonomously navigate and land safely on Saturn's moon Titan. 🚁 Learn more: go.nasa.gov/4kkHIJy
A technician in a white cleanroom suit, hood, face mask, glasses, and gloves uses a tool to install one of Dragonfly’s two navigation cameras. The camera is a small gold-and-silver box mounted on spacecraft hardware, with cables wrapped in shiny protective plastic running overhead.

ALT A technician in a white cleanroom suit, hood, face mask, glasses, and gloves uses a tool to install one of Dragonfly’s two navigation cameras. The camera is a small gold-and-silver box mounted on spacecraft hardware, with cables wrapped in shiny protective plastic running overhead.

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SpaceNews
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Ukrainian startup, GomSpace test satellite for future communications network spacenews.com/ukrainian-star…
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Mount Wilson Observatory will be closed for roadwork from 6 PM Tuesday, October 27, through 8 AM Thursday, October 29. We look forward to seeing you this weekend! Cosmic Café: Sat 10–5, Sun 10–4 Docent Tours: 11:30 AM & 1 PM both days. See you on the mountain!
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#OTD in 1969, NASA test pilot Bill Dana flew the HL-10 lifting body to Mach 1.58 at over 60,000 feet. The craft was air launched from a B-52 mothership and would then fly back to land. 📷: Dana next to the HL-10 as a B-52 flies overhead.
An individual in a flight suit walks toward a small aircraft on a dry lakebed. Another person stands near the aircraft, which has NASA markings. A large jet flies overhead, emitting trails of smoke. The scene takes place under a clear blue sky.

ALT An individual in a flight suit walks toward a small aircraft on a dry lakebed. Another person stands near the aircraft, which has NASA markings. A large jet flies overhead, emitting trails of smoke. The scene takes place under a clear blue sky.

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Members of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulation at @NASAAmes on Oct. 29 & 30. Using simulators will give astronauts and engineering teams experience before crews pilot commercial human landing systems to the surface of the Moon. 🔗go.nasa.gov/47EhM4h
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Did we find a new dwarf planet? @VRubinObs has revealed a new dwarf planet candidate that orbits our Sun beyond Pluto! And it may be among the largest and brightest objects discovered in this region of the Solar System: stanford.io/4exr85u
This image shows the orbital pathway of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138), as observed by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This image is a composite of multiple images captured by Rubin between 4 March and 11 July 2026 at intervals indicated by the teal circles. ED138 is visible at the center of each circle. ED138 was found by Rubin Operations team member and in-Kind contributor Matthew Holman (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), who contributes to improving Rubin's algorithms that search for distant moving objects in our Solar System. Its distance from the Sun places it beyond the orbit of Pluto, and initial analysis indicates that it may be among the largest and brightest bodies scientists have discovered in this region of the Solar System. Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Image Processing: M. Jurić (UW), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

ALT This image shows the orbital pathway of newly discovered dwarf planet candidate 2026 ED138 (ED138), as observed by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. This image is a composite of multiple images captured by Rubin between 4 March and 11 July 2026 at intervals indicated by the teal circles. ED138 is visible at the center of each circle. ED138 was found by Rubin Operations team member and in-Kind contributor Matthew Holman (Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian), who contributes to improving Rubin's algorithms that search for distant moving objects in our Solar System. Its distance from the Sun places it beyond the orbit of Pluto, and initial analysis indicates that it may be among the largest and brightest bodies scientists have discovered in this region of the Solar System. Credit: NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory/NOIRLab/SLAC/AURA Image Processing: M. Jurić (UW), D. de Martin & M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

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Don Pettit
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One of my favorite Milky Way photos from ISS, with the multicolored lights of Southeast Asia streaking across the exposure from orbital velocity, while distant stars remain fixed by my star tracker. The long exposure intensifies the atmospheric airglow into a thick red band!
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The latest photos of the Artemis III core stage being mated to its SRBs yesterday!
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Chandler G
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Two SLS’s in one year, what a beautiful sight to behold! NASA stacked a brand new core stage almost 7 months after launching one 👏🥳
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NASA Science
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NASA has confirmed the UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer) mission for launch by January 2031. 🚀 UVEX will map the universe in ultraviolet light, study the evolution of stars and galaxies, and help capture cosmic events tied to gravitational waves. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4sM2DYt

NASA’s UVEX Space Telescope Successfully Passes Key Milestone - NASA Science

Agency officials have confirmed NASA’s UVEX space telescope after completing a technical and programmatic review known as Key Decision Point C.

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THREE MK2S BEING BUILT BY BLUE RIGHT NOW!!!
Spaceflight Now
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Replying to @SpaceflightNow
5/ Couluris says there are three different Blue Moon Mk2 landers in various build stages. He says there are also building four Mk1 cargo landers with a fifth beginning now.
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Philip Johnston
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I have a penchant for interstellar travel 😅 @FermiExplorer
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Joe.B
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Terry Virts@AstroTerry8h
Any senior DOJ official involved in this prosecution should be disbarred and never allowed to practice law again for the rest of their lives. This is Banana Republic stuff.
Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦
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Trump’s DOJ just charged James Comey for the third time in a little over a year. They lost the first one. The second one is about seashells and isn’t going anywhere. So they went looking for a new one. What they landed on is a 2016 leak to the New York Times that Trump’s own prosecutor already looked at in 2018 and declined to charge. A second DOJ investigation closed in 2020 with the same answer. But the statute of limitations runs out this week, so they skipped the grand jury and filed anyway. And it’s not just Comey. Yesterday a judge ruled the DOJ illegally fired his daughter, a prosecutor with outstanding reviews every year, and ordered her reinstated with back pay. So this is what we’re dealing with. A Justice Department that will keep going after someone no matter how many times it loses, and will go after his family if that’s what it takes. Trump said he’d do this. He campaigned on it. And the people he put in charge at the DOJ keep trying. All to keep the toddler who ended up in the White House happy. I break it all down in today’s show (link in reply).
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WIRED
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Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth. buff.ly/1J4irC9

NASA’s Oldest Martian Spacecraft Have Been Running for Decades. Here’s How

Two orbiters have long outlasted their expected lifespans and completely reshaped our understanding of the Red Planet, all while operating 140 million miles from Earth.

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Jackgonelol
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Orion docked with Blue Origins Mk2 lander
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NASA Watch
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New Report Flags Chinese Spaceplane Development leonarddavid.com/new-report-… @marsboy
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Whoops! But also a fun reminder that each shuttle has their own quirks and features that make them unique. theautopian.com/a-typography…

A Typography Geek Pointed Out Something About The Space Shuttle Discovery And Now I Can't Unsee It...

Even though I was born in the Apollo Era, barely, the spacecraft that I think had the most influence on my childhood had to be the Space Shuttles. I remember poring over diagrams and drawings of the...

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