Small Steps & Giant Leaps
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Space is for everyone. For live debates, expert panels, and conversations join us on Clubhouse clubhouse.com/house/smallstepsgiantleaps For interviews find us on YouTube youtube.com/@stepsleaps For resources, member projects, and more head on
Love space? We do too! Stop by our casual hangout space to discuss, post job listings, make ISRU puns, whatever! See you there🚀🛰️ https://www.clubhouse.com/invite/AR7uKKj336qNA8d9Gd8r79NbvD7YIgGL:d1VQxxVusj7Co5bqkCs0d5qBLxYP72O1VKCYbkO2FNE 🎵🚀The Cosmic Club 🛰️🎶
🎵🚀The Cosmic Club 🛰️🎶: Lounge for people who love space - Clubhouse
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Okay, who on bluesky wants an exoplanet? Reply with something about yourself and I'll reply with a planet I've hand-picked for you from the NASA Exoplanet Archive.
Our weekly hang out room is live! Come hang out and talk about space https://www.clubhouse.com/room/PD3OW5am?utm_medium=ch_room_mr&utm_campaign=evYeX1JM6g59qzqN_EwA1g-818908
🎵🚀The Cosmic Club 🛰️🎶: Lounge for people who love space
With Jacob, Daniel Legut and 6 others
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Are you on Discord? We’ve got a wonderful community for folks like you who love space and we just posted a poll to decide when our next public talk will be. Take a moment to join and we’ll see you there! https://discord.gg/dZ6NUvtZ
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Reconnecting with our twitter mutuals
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com · 3y agoReconnecting with my Twitter Mutuals.
Space artists! Don't miss this space art competition from the Astrosociological Research Institute. Deadline June 30. 🧪
FYI there are four kinds of solar systems, and we live in the most unusual type. By @leebillings.bsky.social 🧪https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-live-in-the-rarest-type-of-planetary-system/
We Live in the Rarest Type of Planetary System
New work suggests four distinct star system types—and finds our own in the rarest category
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On Sept 24 OSIRIS-REx will release its sample return capsule, which should make a parachute landing in Utah with a scoop of near-Earth asteroid Bennu 🧪https://scientificamerican.com/article/pebbles-from-an-asteroid-are-about-to-be-delivered-to-earth-and-its-totally-awesome/… by @clarakm.bsky.social
Pebbles from an Asteroid Are about to Be Delivered to Earth, and It’s Totally Awesome
The OSIRIS-REx mission will return samples from the asteroid Bennu that could rewrite our solar system’s history
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We need rocket scientists *and* rocket artists for a hopeful future among the stars. Check out this wonderful project from JPL and please consider participating! https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/learn/project/write-a-poem-about-space/
Student Project: Write a Poem About Space | NASA/JPL Edu
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Where are my scribes, my writers? Try your hand at this - it may fly on this flagship mission I’m working on 🛰️ ✨
Student Project: Write a Poem About Space | NASA/JPL Edu
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Psst… Ever think about how cool it would be to work at NASA? Space is for everyone and NASA is looking for interns! Applications are open to enrolled STEM *and* non-STEM undergrads, graduate students, and recent graduates! Apply by this Saturday, May 27: intern.nasa.gov RT to spread the word!
Sally Ride’s 1977 letter to NASA fits in a single skeet: "To whom it may concern, I am a PhD candidate in astrophysics at Stanford University, and am interested in the space shuttle program. Please send me the forms necessary to apply as a 'mission specialist' candidate." Thank you, Sally Ride”
For now I'll mostly be posting news from outer space. Today: astronauts Sergey Prokop'ev and Dmitriy Petelin carried out spacewalk VKD-58 from the ISS Poisk airlock, deploying the Nauka module's new radiator and filling it up with coolant.
More details on today's VKD-58 spacewalk: The RTOd radiator panel for Nauka was launched in 2010 along with the Rassvet module. Long delays to the launch of the Nauka module followed, and RTOd was finally attached to Nauka during spacewalk VKD-56a on Apr 19. Today's spacewalk was to activate it.
Going to be doing an update to this list over the weekend. Comment here if you’d like to be included or tag folks doing cool things in space! Let’s build Astro-sky!
Alder@alder.bsky.social · 3y agoAstro-sky Community Thread: Interested in space? Here is an (incomplete) list of the folks adding a bit of space to Bluesky. Know someone not on this list? Tag them! RT this thread to spread the word. (Image Credit: NASA) @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social @astroanil.bsky.social @astrocady.bsky.social
Check out this 50-minute Documentary following the lives and research of an 8-person crew at the Mars Desert Research Station. I produced it and am super proud. Please check it out! https://youtu.be/fhPNNYKnoIQ
ANALOG: A Documentary of the ARG-1M Analog Mars Mission
ANALOG is a documentary following crew ARG-1M at the Mars Desert Research Station as they simulate a 2-week mission to Mars. The crew consists of students and faculty of the American Public University System in the Space Studies program that are a part of the APUS Analog Research Group (AARG). They conduct research in analog habitats to further the goals and progress of human space exploration to the Moon and Mars. But this endeavor needs more than rocket scientists and astronomers. Mars needs masters of business, communications, arts, accounting, janitorial services and hot dogs stands! If you've got an idea, than consider pursuing a B.S. or M.S. Space Studies at APUS. Learn more at https://www.apu.apus.edu/academic/schools/science-technology-engineering-and-math/masters/space-studies.html This documentary was produced by Tony DiBernardo. To contact Tony, AARG, or the rest of our amazing crew, feel free to reach out to us at apus.arg@gmail.com Don't forget to connect with us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/APUS_Analog Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apusarg/ Crew Commander Sarah Guthrie Hab Specialist Bill O’Hara Crew Engineer Lex Lojek Astronomer Salina Pena Heliophysicist Noah Loy Green Hab Officer Tyler Hines Health \u0026 Safety Officer Nick Pender Journalist Tony DiBernardo American Public University Analog Research Group Leadership Faculty Advisor Dr. Kristen Miller Program Director Scott Van Hoy Flight Director Terry Trevino With Support from APUS Faculty Program Director for the Space Studies Program, Dr. Edward Albin Dean of School of STEM, Dr. Danny Welsch Dean APUS Grad Studies, Dr. Jennifer Douglas Mission Support Communications Officer Laura Reiske Communications Specialists Beau Malnack \u0026 Lisa Owens Special Thanks American Public University System The Mars Society Exolith Labs SpaceX The League of Scrubs Chris Mish Kaley Mish Veronica Hejny Steve Kelley Iver Bryan Angela Cunningham Roman Gorobets Nathan Johnson Taylor Robison Steve Mish Karen Mish Kelsi Mish Anthony DiBernardo Kelly DiBernardo Timestamps: 02:29 What is an Analog Astronaut? 04:55 What is the Mars Desert Research Station? 05:47 Contingency EVA Rescue with KURT - Sarah Guthrie 08:44 LDEF Seeds and Green Hab Maintenence - Tyler Hines 12:45 What are the challenges of being an Analog Astronaut? 16:16 Astronomy HADS Variable Star V0799 AUR - Salina Pena 20:03 Heliophysics Solar Flares and Sunspots - Noah Loy 23:53 MDRS Habitat Study - Bill O'Hara 27:41 Logistics Cache Network for Long EVA - Nick Pender 35:03 Stress Mitigation Study - Lex Lojek 39:12 Media Outreach \u0026 Communications - Tony DiBernardo 42:10 Why do Analog Astronauts conduct research? 47:42 Credits #mars #analogastronaut #MDRS #space #nasa
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What’s it like growing up knowing what the night sky was like on the day you were born? What does it take to manufacture items in orbit? Who is making wine in space? Stanford professor Debbie Senesky shares the answers to these questions and more in today’s interview! https://youtu.be/mMHIJDU89nI
Debbie Senesky
Interviewee: Debbie Senesky Find Debbie Online: Website - https://xlab.stanford.edu/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/debbie-g-senesky-2657221/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/debbiesenesky Topic Links: Night Sky Plaque - https://www.thenightsky.com/ Debbie's research publications - https://profiles.stanford.edu/debbie-senesky?tab=publications Aerogels - https://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/technologies/aerogel.html Improving semiconductors with space manufacturing - https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/benefits/nanofibers/ Tech that comes from space science and impacts life on earth - https://spinoff.nasa.gov/ Making wine in space - https://www.mysterywire.com/space-science/space-wine-why-aging-wine-in-space-creates-a-different-taste-smell-and-appearance/ Night Sky Locations: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America Palo Alto, California, United States of America Share Your Story: https://www.stepsleaps.org/ Interviewer: Alder Riley (https://twitter.com/alder_riley) Introduction Animation: Tony Messier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxUg8_FV8UaLzZW139unWg) Music: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot(https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/elevate)
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Astro-sky Community Thread: Interested in space? Here is an (incomplete) list of the folks adding a bit of space to Bluesky. Know someone not on this list? Tag them! RT this thread to spread the word. (Image Credit: NASA) @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social @astroanil.bsky.social @astrocady.bsky.social
It’s National Astronaut Day (in the US) so today’s interview is with Dr Dave Williams! Dave talks about what it’s like looking out at the beauty of Earth from on the ISS and what it’s like being a science communicator down here on earth. https://youtu.be/4yz3rAY6oHw
Astronaut Dr Dave Williams
Interviewee: Dr Dave Williams Find Dr Dave Online: Website - https://www.astrodavemd.ca/ , http://leap.bio Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/astrodavemd/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/AstroDaveMD Topic Links: Dave's series of books for kids - https://www.astrodavemd.ca/books Dave's memoir where he talks about being a cancer survivor in space - https://www.astrodavemd.ca/books Artimis 1 Images - https://www.nasa.gov/feature/view-the-best-images-from-nasa-s-artemis-i-mission Walter Cronkite reacting to Apollo 11 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgllSrCo7Fg The history of the Canadian space program - https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/history-of-canada-in-space.asp The first two way holoportation - https://www.axiomspace.com/ax1-research How to brush your teeth in space - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bCoGC532p8 The Lunar Gateway - https://www.nasa.gov/gateway/overview Wally Funk in space - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpiBhOQrtPo Water recycling in space - https://www.nasa.gov/content/water-recycling/ An example of space science improving life on earth - https://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/iss/canadarm2/canadarm2-spinoff-technology-transforming-surgery-on-earth.asp Using augmented reality to improve the outcomes of remote medical care - http://leap.bio Night Sky Locations: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Palo Alto, California, United States of America Share Your Story: https://www.stepsleaps.org/ Interviewer: Alder Riley (https://twitter.com/alder_riley) Introduction Animation: Tony Messier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxUg8_FV8UaLzZW139unWg) Music: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot(https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/elevate)
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Have you ever wanted to know what it’s like to be an astronaut? A great way to experience a bit of it while staying on earth is to do an analog astronaut program! Bailey Burns, the subject of today’s interview, shares what it’s like to live like you’re living off world! https://youtu.be/97J_ZSJXW10
Bailey Burns
Interviewee: Bailey Burns Find Bailey Online: Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bailey-burns-0a2b3294/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/ninjaneergirl Topic Links: Spacekind - https://www.spacekind.org/ HI-SEAS Analog Astronaut Program in Hawaii - https://www.hi-seas.org/ MDRS Analog Astronaut Program in Utah - https://mdrs.marssociety.org/ Lunares Analog Astronaut Program in Poland - https://lunares.space/ NEEMO Underwater Analog Astronaut Program in Florida -https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/NEEMO/about_neemo.html Life Support Systems on the International Space Station - https://www.nasa.gov/content/life-support-systems Night Sky Locations: Tuscon, Arizona, United States of America Denver, Colorado, United States of America Share Your Story: https://www.stepsleaps.org/ Interviewer: Alder Riley (https://twitter.com/alder_riley) Introduction Animation: Tony Messier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxUg8_FV8UaLzZW139unWg) Music: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot(https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/elevate)
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Big ol' welcome to @poppynorthcutt.bsky.social! I came for the stories of Apollo Mission Control. I stayed because she's a badass feminist.
New day, new interview with someone doing cool things with science and space! In this video community leader Nolan Rollins talks about how an early encounter with astronomy shaped his work helping students enter careers in STEM. https://youtu.be/UqmmD2XXTK0
Nolan Rollins
Interviewee: Nolan Rollins Find Nolan Online: Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nolan-rollins-0915b1193/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/nolanvrollins Topic Links: Lando Calrissian - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lando_Calrissian Ed Wood - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Wood The Planetarium that inspired Nolan - https://skyandtelescope.org/clubs-organizations/planetarium-patapsco/ Neil deGrasse Tyson vs. Pluto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBREBAnglrQ Urban League of Louisiana - https://urbanleaguela.org/ Space Camp - https://www.spacecamp.com/ Space4Girls - https://www.space4girls.org/ Night Sky Locations: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America Los Angeles, California, United States of America Share Your Story: https://www.stepsleaps.org/ Interviewer: Alder Riley (https://twitter.com/alder_riley) Introduction Animation: Tony Messier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxUg8_FV8UaLzZW139unWg) Music: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot(https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/elevate)
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Hello Bluesky! We love open projects! Here’s an interview we recently did with a community member who is building open-source ion engines! Want to build engines for spacecraft in your home or classroom? Check it out! https://youtu.be/UgsymXiGQcI
Michael Bretti
Interviewee: Michael Bretti Find Michael Online: Website: https://appliedionsystems.com/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/Applied_Ion YouTube - @appliedionsystems7947 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/appliedionsystems/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-bretti-58762138/ Topic Links: DIY Jet Engines - https://www.instructables.com/How-to-build-your-own-Jet-Engine/ DIY Hybrid Rocket Engine - https://youtu.be/tHzsZkh3iWg PocketQube Satellites - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PocketQube Arcjet Rockets - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcjet_rocket Video of AIS' first thruster firing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppMt1OKO5Jg DIY Vacuum Thruster Kit - https://appliedionsystems.com/portfolio/ais-vat0-demo-educational-diy-micro-vacuum-arc-thruster-kit/ Night Sky Locations: Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Upstate New York, United States of America Share Your Story: https://www.stepsleaps.org/ Interviewer: Alder Riley (https://twitter.com/alder_riley) Introduction Animation: Tony Messier (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHxUg8_FV8UaLzZW139unWg) Music: Elevate by Benjamin Tissot(https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/elevate)
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Working on convincing more space industry folks to join Bluesky. Like this if you want more scientists, physicists, and rocket engineers on here 🚀
