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Little floating heart astronaut reaching out for... someone? something? You can find it at https://xxyxxy.com. Last one, until I do another round in a month or so.
Little floating heart astronaut reaching out for... someone? something? You can find it at https://xxyxxy.com. Last one, until I do another round in a month or so.
On February 5, 2015 I attended an ARISS radio contact of an Italian school with ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on the International Space Station.
As a space enthuasiast the first student to ask a question to Cristoforetti, Elena Selmi, was thrilled at the opportunity to talk that day, her 13th birthday, with the first Italian woman in space. Which left Selmi stunned and speechless when Cristoforetti, before answering, wished her happy birthday from space.
Selmi eventually graduated in physics at Oxford and now works on the Bepi Colombo ESA mission to Mercury. At 24 she is the youngest Young Graduate Trainee staff member at ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC) near Madrid. This ARISS article tells the full story in English (text in the second post of this thread).
The AstronautiCAST space podcast I co-host interviewed Selmi in Italian:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm85aAhv0ww
This article in Italian I wrote that day in 2015 has a photo of Selmi and a video of the ARISS contact:
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#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate astronaut Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps, is a dancer and choreographer, 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #astronaut #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #mastoArt
#BlackHistoryMonth is a great time to celebrate astronaut Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps, is a dancer and choreographer, 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #astronaut #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci #mastoArt
NASA announces unprecedented return of sick ISS astronaut and crew
#HackerNews #NASA #ISS #astronaut #return #crew #health #space #exploration
When you positively want get home, you check, then double check your maths with a #HP41C or two.
#NASA / #Shuttle #STS7 / #Astronaut #SallyRide / #HewlettPackard #HP #HP41 #calculator
When you positively want get home, you check, then double check your maths with a #HP41C or two.
#NASA / #Shuttle #STS7 / #Astronaut #SallyRide / #HewlettPackard #HP #HP41 #calculator
As seen elsewhere, thought you fedi-people deserved to see this as well ;-)
Artist: Montro aka Tomas De Santis
The #Pentagon’s statement, which was posted on social media on Monday, cited a federal #law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other measures. Sen #MarkKelly served in the US #Navy as a fighter pilot before going on to become an #astronaut. He retired at the rank of captain.
As seen elsewhere, thought you fedi-people deserved to see this as well ;-)
Artist: Montro aka Tomas De Santis
The #Pentagon says it is investigating #Democratic Senator & former astronaut #MarkKelly of Arizona for possible breaches of #military #law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for US troops to refuse unlawful orders - which happens to be required by military law. Ridiculous.
#Trump #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics
https://apnews.com/article/pentagon-mark-kelly-troop-investigation-4882f76b05dcdfa3060c284c2c84dd12?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-11-24-Breaking+News
The #Pentagon’s statement, which was posted on social media on Monday, cited a federal #law that allows retired service members to be recalled to active duty on orders of the defense secretary for possible court-martial or other measures. Sen #MarkKelly served in the US #Navy as a fighter pilot before going on to become an #astronaut. He retired at the rank of captain.
I enjoyed the talk ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti gave at Focus Live 2025, a science outreach event at the science and technology museum in Milan, Italy. Here are my photos.
Happy birthday to Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps, is a dancer and choreographer, formed and runs her own company researching the application of technology to daily life, and even 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #astronaut #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci
Happy birthday to Mae Carol Jemison (born October 17, 1956) a physician who became the first Black woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour for NASA, on September 12, 1992! She also has a B.S. in chemical engineering, served in the Peace Corps, is a dancer and choreographer, formed and runs her own company researching the application of technology to daily life, and even 🧵
#linocut #printmaking #sciArt #astronaut #womenInSTEM #BlackInSTEM #histsci
NASA's newly announced #astronaut class of six women and four men includes an engineer who has already flown in orbit on a privately backed mission and a geologist who worked on Mars rover missions. https://www.geekwire.com/2025/nasa-astronauts-geologist-lauren-edgar/ #Space #NASA
