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Spain is officially restituting the reputation and status of Emilio Herrera and Irene Aguilera, the couple who are known for designing the first space suit (see breviloquium above) and being the first Spanish female pilot, respectively. Herrera, an engineer, also became eventually President of the Spanish Republic in exile, after having to flee Franco's persecution.

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España restituye oficialmente a los pioneros Emilio Herrera e Irene Aguilera tras la ‘muerte civil’ impuesta por Franco

El Gobierno entrega a sus bisnietos el documento de restitución de memoria democrática, que anula las sentencias franquistas contra el ingeniero granadino y reconoce a su esposa, quien también sufrió décadas de exilio y el borrado de la historia por …
Antonio Martínez Ron (ElDiario.es)
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Guess an #introduction is in order. Not sure I ever did one for my first instance, whoops.

Hi, my name is James an I've moved from an instance that is closing down soon.

I'm absolutely queer :asexual: :progresspride_flag: :_gay: but working a boring office job in Germany, trying to remind ppl at work that personal data needs protection and that genAI came fresh out of pandora's box and does not belong in their daily job.

In my free time I #write fic, #draw digital art and #read a lot of books, mostly #scifi. I play a handful of computer games like #GW2. I watch a lot of tv shows and love Star Trek :trekbadgetng: and Doctor Who.

I love #space, #nature, #cats and #photography (although my photos are just taken with my phone). I post them mostly on my Pixelfed account.

Guess that's it for now. I probably forgot a lot of stuff that people write into introductions, but feel free to ask x)

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@NASA Discovered a Rock on #Mars 🔴 That Doesn't Belong There. Via @sciencealert #RedPlanet #Martian #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy #NASA 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars...


NASA Discovered a Rock on Mars That Doesn't Belong There : ScienceAlert

More than five years into its mission, NASA's Mars Perseverance rover is still ambling across the surface of the red planet, doing what any five-year-old loves to do – stopping to look at every rock on its path.
David Nield (ScienceAlert)
#astronomy #space #astrophysics #nasa #mars #RedPlanet #Martian #OrbitalMechanics

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HiRISE isn’t just amazing for capturing the Martian surface, here’s Jupiter seen from Mars as we wait for the release of data on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

Full size image & info flic.kr/p/2rFJT4F
Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona/AndreaLuck CC BY

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Instrument: HiRISE
Target name: Sky
Time: 2007-01-11
More info: uahirise.org/releases/jupiter
Filters: RED+IR/BG+BG
Product ID:
PSP_002162_9030

#space #Astronomy #Jupiter #Solarocks #NASA #HiRISE #MRO

Image captured by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter showing Jupiter and two of its moons. Jupiter appears slightly wider than tall, with orange and white atmospheric bands and a large oval orange storm below the center. Two small bright spheres to the right are its satellites.

Jupiter Viewed from Mars - MRO Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona/AndreaLuck CC BY Image created processing data from: from: hirise-pds.lpl.arizona.edu/PDS/EDR/PSP/ORB_002100_002199/...
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#PPOD: This new JWST picture features a cosmic creepy-crawly called NGC 6537 — the Red Spider Nebula. Using its Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), JWST has revealed never-before-seen details in this picturesque planetary nebula with a rich backdrop of thousands of stars. Planetary nebulae like the Red Spider Nebula form when ordinary stars like the Sun reach the end of their lives. Credit: ESA, NASA & CSA, J. H. Kastner (Rochester Institute of Technology)

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A planetary nebula. The nebula’s central star is hidden by a blotchy pinkish cloud of dust. A strong red light radiates from this area, illuminating the nearby dust. Two large loops extend laterally away from the centre, formed of thin ridges of blue dust. A huge number of bright, whitish stars cover the background, also easily visible through the thin dust layers.
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"As #space junk increases, more operators are choosing to launch without any #insurance at all. To compensate, companies are cutting back on the cost of satellites and launching more of them at faster rates, thus creating a feedback loop as the cheaper satellites break up more easily and add to the problem. Behind the predicament are two vectors moving in opposite directions: The cost of launching satellites is falling, while the cost of insuring them continues to soar.”

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Satellites keep breaking up in space. Insurance won't cover them.

Cheap, uninsured satellites are creating more space junk — and it's starting to rain down on our heads.
Tom Brown (Space)
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NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who helped keep the Apollo 13 astronauts alive using a combination of a spacesuit hose, sock, plastic bag, cue cards and duct tape, has died at age 95. Four hours after the explosion that tore through Apollo 13 in 1970, Smylie became concerned that the crew would suffocate due to the accumulation of carbon dioxide in the air. He and his team of 60 came up with a plan, tested it and explained to Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert how to build it during their emergency trip back to Earth. Smylie, who died in late April, received a Presidential Medal of Freedom for his service to the space program. Here's more from @Spacecom.

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#Space #Science #NASA #Engineering #SpaceTravel #EdSmylie #InMemoriam #RIP


NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95

Smylie, with his team, found the "way to make 'this' fit into the hole for 'this,' using nothing but 'that.'"
Robert Z. Pearlman (Space)
#engineering #science #space #nasa #rip #spacetravel #edsmylie #inmemoriam @Space.com

🚀 Voyager 1 isn’t done yet — not even close 🧠🔧📡

NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
🛰️ The spacecraft’s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
🧯 With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
🔥 If wrong, it could’ve caused a small onboard explosion
📡 If right, it would restore control — 15.6 billion miles from Earth

They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.

This wasn’t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.

The most distant human object is still flying — because a team believed it could.

#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
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NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

: Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
#engineering #space #nasa #resilience #voyager1 #deepspace

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Before prevalent social media, a static webpage and a few mailing lists could shake a brand.

My 1999 #Swatch #Protest archive shows how amateur radio operators used hand-coded HTML, listserv chains, and Usenet newsgroups to stop Swatch’s #satellite from advertising on their radio frequencies.

Relive the early-internet playbook here: vees.net/hobbies/hamradio/swat…

#InternetHistory #DialUpDays #Space #DigitalProtest #ARRL #AMSAT


Swatch Protest of 1999 | Rob Carlson

In early 1999 Swatch set out to publicize its new “Swatch .beat Internet Time” by launching Beatnik, a grapefruit‑size “mini‑Sputnik” satellite from the Mir space station.
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#space #protest #internethistory #satellite #swatch #dialupdays #digitalprotest #arrl #amsat

Possibly the weirdest planet yet discovered?

Newfound world 2M1510 (AB) b appears to orbit not one but two stars...and they are actually failed stars, known as brown dwarfs...and the planet orbits sideways, in a unique up-and-down polar orbit.

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Left: This image, taken in visible light, shows 2M1510 AB, a pair of brown dwarfs orbiting each other. The two brown dwarfs, A and B, are seen as a single source in this image, but we know there are two of them because they periodically eclipse each other. When monitoring their orbits, astronomers found perturbations that can only be explained by the gravitational tug of an exoplanet circling both brown dwarfs in a perpendicular orbit. This system contains a third brown dwarf, 2M1510 C, which is located too far away to be responsible for these perturbations. Right: This is an artist’s impression of the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b’s unusual orbit around its host stars, a pair of brown dwarfs. The newly discovered planet has a polar orbit, which is perpendicular to the plane in which the two stars are traveling.

"Big surprise": astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair.
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Herbig Haro 49/50 - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope

Full size 5k: flic.kr/p/2qUL3JG
Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j.Roger/AndreaLuck CC BY

This is my interpretation of the data aligned by @Landru79

NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope
Herbig-Haro 49/50 (protostellar jet) at 625 light-years
Time: 2024-08-06
Instruments: NIRCam, MIRI
Filters: F200W, F335M, F444W, F470N, F770W
Colours Assigned: Blue, Cyan, Green, Orange, Red
Proposal ID: 6558
PI: Macarena Garcia Marin

#Space #Astronomy #Astrodon

This is an image from the JWST Space Telescope in near infrared. Colours has been assigned to monochromatic filters. The image showcases a glowing, conical-shaped cloud of deep orange, red, and yellow gas stretches from the lower right to the upper left. This structure, known as Herbig-Haro 49/50, has a swirling, textured appearance and takes up most of the image. At its lower right end, the cloud has a rounded, translucent shape with a golden glow. Nearby, a spiral galaxy with a bright blue core fades into reddish-orange arms against the dark backdrop of space. As the cloud extends upward, it widens slightly, with red and amber hues blending into the surrounding darkness. The background is filled with bright white stars and distant galaxies in shades of white, yellow, and blue.

Herbig Haro 49/50 - NASA/ESA JWST Space Telescope

Full size in 5k: www.flickr.com/photos/192271236@N03/54418306900/sizes/o/ See license below Credit: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI/j.
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Here it is: The first clear image of an eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, taken from the surface of the Moon.

This is what last night's lunar eclipse looked like from the Blue Ghost lander's perspective on the Moon. Amazing!

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Blue Ghost got her first diamond ring -- light from the Sun streaming from behind the Earth. Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth.

Blue Ghost Mission 1 - Solar Eclipse Diamond Ring Effect

Credit/copyright: Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost got her first diamond ring! Captured at our landing site in the Moon’s Mare Crisium around 3:30 am CDT, the photo shows the sun about to emerge from totality behind Earth
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I loved working on this article:

The technology in your cell phone has a hidden connection to the stars. Modern computer chips are made using ultraviolet light from vaporized balls of tin--and those balls closely mirror the physics of supernova explosions!

spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-so… #science #tech #space

The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

The same math that describes supernovas makes EUV lithography possible
Jayson Stewart (IEEE Spectrum)
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I've been seeing hate on NASA lately, being bought into by leftists even, and I just want to point out something very important:

Musk has hated NASA for a *long* time. There is a reason it is being attacked, and a reason public opinion is being swayed against NASA: It *keeps SpaceX in line* more than anything else.

NASA is being seen as "competition" to SpaceX, as the obstacle in his way. It has been like this for quite some time, and now, with DOGE and other things, he can do something about it.

I would like to point out a few things:

1. SPACEX IS NOT CHEAPER
They boast they can "do what NASA does for 10% the cost!" Sure, it's easy when you did none of the R&D.
SpaceX saved on:
Landing tech: DC-X project in 1991-1996
Tank structure: Shuttle SLWT tank, 1998-2011
Merlin Engines: direct descendant of the Fastrac Engine, 1997-2001.

Those three things alone saved SpaceX over 90% of the R&D costs. It's easy to "appear" cheap when you're using off the shelf tech someone else (NASA!) developed.

2. NASA IS GREAT FOR THE ECONOMY!
For every $1 spent on NASA, $8 is put into economy. Its stupid to not invest in that kind of ROI! 800%! At times, its ROI Has been 1600%!

Simply put, if you defund NASA, the economy would shrink so much you would actually have to RAISE taxes to make up for the lost revenue, and without its existence we would be 30 years behind in technology and the quality of life for everyone would be much lower. Science and research is GOOD for society, it's the fuel for all progress.

3. WHAT HAS NASA DONE FOR ME?! (Surely you just mean NASA is good for tech & science folk....)

Nope! Good for all!
Ever have an MRI or CAT Scan? They wouldn't exist without the Apollo program! The software that made them possible was originally written to analyze lunar photography.

Low power digital x-Rays was planetary body research.

Heart pumps are modeled after space shuttle turbopumps.

The software that designed your car was originally written to design spacecraft!

Who do you think pioneered all the early research into alternative power like solar panels, hydrogen fuel cells, and durable batteries? NASA!

NASA developed tech and satellites is also what improves agricultural yields while reducing the needs for water, fertilizer, and pesticides.

Do you really think Musk gives two shits? No. He wants the money, he wants to let SpaceX run amok without any oversight for safety, without any "competition".

All fights are important, but do realise that this one is a huge thorn in his side, and one that is keeping a huge problem from ballooning and swallowing us all whole.

Do not be fooled or swayed by lies, of tactics meant to divide, of things being done to make you be angry at NASA. If he can make you hate NASA, he won.

Expect far more space junk to fall, the night sky to be ruined by satellites, and the loss of all things good that proper research and design does for humanity and gives back to the world. Not to mention: enjoy seeing the horrible things he can accomplish fully unchecked.

ETA: Now that you know, call / fax / email your senators and reps, and whatever else too! Boosting gets people thinking, but thinking is not action!

#SpaceX #nasa #space #earth #science #technology

The A1 test stand at Stennis, which on this day did a full burn test of the redesigned RS-25 engine. The A1 is a vertical firing single position stand, meaning it holds one rocket engine at a time in an upright position with thrust directed downward. You can see the RS-25 engine in the stand, there is a truck and a large van for some scale. The NASA logo (meatball) is proudly displayed on the upper right of the stand.
#technology #science #space #nasa #earth #spacex

You've probably heard that "we are stardust," but this graphic breaks it down further & tells you what kind of stars your dust came from--and which elements didn't come from stars at all.

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This periodic table depicts the primary source on Earth for each element: from the Big Bang, massive stars, white-dwarf supernovae, merging neutron stars, low-mass stars, or other processes. In cases where two sources contribute fairly equally, both appear.

Periodic Table of the Elements: Origins of the Elements

This periodic table depicts the primary source on Earth for each element. In cases where two sources contribute fairly equally, both appear. || PeriodicTableOrigins2_print.jpg (1024x682) [251.7 KB] || PeriodicTableOrigins2_Large.
NASA Scientific Visualization Studio
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A reminder that broadband-from-space isn't about bridging the global digital divide or serving poor people. It's just another for-profit enterprise that seeks to exploit a public commons for private gain.

"#Starlink has refused to comply with the country’s BEE (Black Economic Empowerment) – 30 per cent ownership to local historically disadvantaged people."

technext24.com/2025/01/28/star…

#Space #SouthAfrica


Starlink urges South Africa to waive 30% Black Economic Empowerment policy

Starlink said the policy would stifle international investments
Joshua Fagbemi (TechNext.ng)
#space #southafrica #Starlink

On Wednesday night I managed to capture Comet 2024 G3 ATLAS again

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#comet #space #g3atlas #g3comet #astronomy #landscape #newzealand #nz #aotearoa #newzealandphotography #wellingtonnz #wellington #astrophotography

Capturing a Comet

I set out to capture an image of the 2024 G3 ATLAS comet. It was an amazing experience seeing it with my own eyes. Capturing a Comet is not something that I've done before so I wanted to share my experience and what I learned along the way
James Barfoote
#astronomy #space #astrophotography #landscape #newzealand #nz #aotearoa #comet #wellington #wellingtonnz #newzealandphotography #g3atlas #g3comet

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A fireball streaked by while Yasutaka Saika was taking a photograph of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, producing this beautiful, accidental celestial alignment.

Captured on Oct 24 from Tereske, Hungary.

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Comet C/2023A3 and a fireball seen together in northern Hungary.

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Space, the final frontier. Our solar system is in space, right? This BBC series gets into the nitty gritty of Earth, asteroids, moons and the other planets near us. Maybe it doesn't sound like edge of your seat stuff but Brian Cox does his best to keep your attention. Cox simplifies complicated concepts while he tries to figure out how life began here while postulating about where else life could be found. BBC 2 on iPlayer.

#tv #space #science #astronomy

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BBC Two - Solar System, Series 1, Volcano Worlds

Professor Brian Cox explores planets and moons erupting with fire and ice.
BBC
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I still want to go to Mars, but not if Elon Musk punches the ticket:

"It's not just Musk. The same goes for all the self-declared rationalists and tech-bro billionaires who think they're head and shoulders above the common herd. Far too many of them prove to be con artists, like Sam Bankman-Fried, or swollen with lethal hubris, like Stockton Rush, or wannabe mad scientists who believe that rules are for little people, like Marc Andreessen.

None of them are trustworthy. None of them have wisdom to match their wealth or their lofty rhetoric. If we're going to go to Mars—and, for the record, I do hope we eventually go to Mars—it shouldn't be the private vanity project of a billionaire. It should be a shared commitment on behalf of all humanity, with only our best representatives selected for the mission."

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#onlysky #future #space


I still want to go to Mars, but not if Elon Musk punches the ticket

It's bad enough what Musk does on Earth. I don't want him controlling my oxygen supply.
Adam Lee (OnlySky)
#space #future #onlysky

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Jeden z najlepších snímkov Jupitera, ktoré fotografovala sonda Juno NASA.

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Here is this year's winner in the astronomy photographer "Skyscapes" category.

It's remarkable composite of local and deep-space photography. (Credit: Tom Rae)

#space #art #astronomy

"It’s very challenging to create this sort of composition without tipping the balance in favour of either foreground or background. Here, the grass and central rock retain wonderful detail, as do the midground mountains, but the vibrance and detail in the cosmic background shine through as well. "Even the airglow adds to the image, which is no easy feat! As well as being technically impressive, the balance also produces a sort of surreal quality. A slightly dream-like connection between the Earth-bound and the celestial."
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