A member of my team gave me a card and this pen, wishing me well as I move to Moon Base. But, can I really be a humble genius if I have a pen that calls me humble genius? I feel like the pen negates the concept.
Jason Hutt
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NASA Human Spaceflight for 25+ years. Displaced Philadelphian. Go Birds! Amateur photographer. Occasional sci-fi writer. Sent people to the Moon! Go then. There are other worlds than these. https://otherworlds.picfair.com/
On a drive from Trondheim to Oppdal, we came across this derpy momma moose. She looks like she stepped right out of a cartoon.
Couple weeks ago, I got tired of wrestling/struggling with my 3D printer and decided to buy a new one. There’s been a definite technological leap. Multi-color, high-speed, better precision prints are just amazing.
We had our formal post-flight engineering assessment for Artemis II yesterday. Big difference between Artemis I and II. Coming out of I, we had several major investigations, the heat shield being the top item that would take a couple years of effort to resolve.
Absolutely going to use this example next time someone asks me why it took so long to get back to the Moon.
Nina Metz@ninametz.bsky.social · 2w agoWhy Aren’t There More Imax 70mm Screens for ‘The Odyssey’? variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Even though I’m still closing out my Orion work, I’ve already picked up my first Moon Base assignments. First up - sort out mating of Moon Base modules on the lunar surface. Since we’ve got different modules being built by different partner countries…
Some personal career news - in about 4 weeks I’ll be transitioning from Orion to our new Moon Base Program as a Moon Base Habitation Office Technical Lead. Our office is responsible for all the habitable elements on the lunar surface. My role is to help address issues that span across elements.
One of my extremely talented coworkers and fellow Artemis II MER manager is there supporting. stop by the Orion exhibit and see her.
Jen Niffer@jen-niffer.bsky.social · 3w agoMy latest blog post is up and it is all about the Osh party scene… from my perspective as an avgeek wallflower. LOL! Check it out: talesfromtheterminal.com/2026/07/19/o... #avgeek #aviation #OSH26
Taking pictures of the local dinosaurs in prep for an upcoming trip.
The cat has decided that the curl support for my little home gym is his favorite toy. He likes to try and drag the whole thing into middle daughter’s room. It’s his den.
We’re changing the design of the Orion windows on Artemis III, so to characterize how they’ll do if we get hit by a piece of orbital debris, over the next few weeks our team is going to shoot some 3.3 mm diameter particles at the windows panes at ~15k mph. Some teams have more fun than others.
This shows us a little bigger in comparison than I thought we’d be.
SSpacePolicyOnline@spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 3w ago
During the webcast, SpaceX showed the first rendering I've seen of Starship docked to Orion, as planned for Artemis III.
One pilot marked the 15th anniversary of the final NASA Space Shuttle mission this week with a special flight path in Florida. Rewind the flight for yourself at www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraf...
Star Wars Game Room revamp is still in work, but I kicked the light decorations up a notch today.
Going to London and Oslo in 2 weeks. Winner gets all my souvenir money.
You can make a hobby out of collecting different Orion team logos. BFS - Backup Flight Software OCSS - Orion Crew Survival System 205U4 - Flight Software Load 205 Update 4 Orion Flywheel - uh…Orion Flywheel (exercise device)
Colombia uniform designer must’ve been a fan of the Frankford Yellow Jackets.
These past few days there were a few moon landing hoaxers, 1 woman who was concerned that the rapture would destroy 1/3 of the Moon, & a man who wondered if we were in competition with our enemies like England.
Used my downtime here to setup a picture store with shots from the last 10 years of travels. Mostly portraits of all the beasties we come across or landscapes that I think are the most striking. Any support is appreciated. https://otherworlds.picfair.com/
