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We have 40 minutes until the NASA livestream begins and I’m very excited #CountdownToMars
And the livestream is starting! #CountdownToMars mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timel…
Atlas V never fails to impress me. It’s just so big! #CountdownToMars
Fantastic to hear from @moogega on the history and goals of Mars missions #CountdownToMars
Putting my historian hat on: it’s really cool to see the longevity of engineering and expertise at NASA #CountdownToMars
Engineering heritage (learning from previous missions) important to @NASAPersevere, as it is for @ESA_ExoMars #CountdownToMars
One of the reasons for this is that mission proposals can get rejected/cancelled/rescoped/recycled over decades, so building on what you already have rather than reinventing the wheel becomes important.
The PIs I spoke to all stressed the importance of patience here
Now talking about #Ingenuity, the amazingly light helicopter drone designed to fly through Mars’ thin atmosphere. Good luck to everyone supporting Ingenuity - we’re rooting for you! #CountdownToMars
More material culture: @NASAPersevere has a “Covid plate” to symbolise the challenges of life and work during the pandemic #CountdownToMars
We have liftoff! #CountdownToMars
All looks OK so far. Now supersonic, just reached max Q #CountdownToMars
Centaur separation #CountdownToMars
Sociologist hat on: launches provoke such strong emotion, it’s really interesting to see
Next burn is in 30 minutes or so #CountdownToMars
Gotta love the full-scale model. NASA has been building these since at least the 1960s for publicity and engagement purposes #CountdownToMars
Gearing up for the second burn #CountdownToMars
Burn started 🔥 #CountdownToMars
Now on an escape trajectory #CountdownToMars
And Percy is off to Mars! @NASAPersevere should be getting to the Red Planet come February. I look forward to whoever will be curating this account then covering the landing
The Martian landing is called the “seven minutes of terror” thanks to the thin atmosphere. It’s a well-deserved name. smithsonianmag.com/videos/categor…
Separation confirmed and applause! #CountdownToMars
And with that, I’m going to prep for my next interview (not about Mars, but definitely going to chat about it.) Talk to you all later!
Looks like @NASAPersevere called home. Breathing easier now. #CountdownToMars

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Jan 30, 2022
PEOPLE OF SPACE! I’m super excited to be hosting this week! We’ll be covering a bunch of topics that are near and dear to me including #space (obviously), astronomy, supernovae, radio astronomy, science communication, and MORE
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#science #scicomm #spacetwitter #intro #Thread
But who is this random dude yelling at us about space?
Well the short version is that I’m a physicist who finished high school with every intention of becoming a lawyer - pictured is 19yo me not caring about science
#accidentalscientist #accidentalphysicist #throwback #SPACE 10 years ago before I had considered a career in science - I
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#introductions #spacetwitter #space
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Jul 26, 2021
The mission patch was based on a design from well known Italian fashion designer, Emilio Pucci. The design has three stylized birds flying over the Hadley-Appenine landing site with the crew names on the lower part of the outer border.
In an early version of an Easter egg, the crew snuck a Roman numeral XV into the crater shadows. According to a story I heard from one of Al Worden's @ExploreSpaceKSC presentations, NASA discouraged Roman numerals on the Apollo patches, thus the hidden nature.
Before his passing last year, @WordenAlfred was a regular astronaut host at @ExploreSpaceKSC giving presentations guiding tours and being an affable ambassador of the Apollo program to a new audience.
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Jul 26, 2021
On board were (left to right) Lunar Module Pilot Jim Irwin, Commander Dave Scott, and Command Module Pilot Al Worden
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Jul 16, 2021
Today I’ll be working on some research for the big Mars exhibition! As I said yesterday, I’m working on researching how people have been imaging the Red Planet throughout history.
Today we have orbiters circling Mars and rovers that take pictures of the surface. But the history of imaging Mars stretches back centuries, from depicting Mars in art to the canals people thought they saw on the planet.
What are some of your favourite images of Mars and why?
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Jul 15, 2021
Going to talk about designing a temporary display today!
In Science Museum lingo, there are 2 kinds of displays:
🚀Exhibitions (temporary displays) - these can last up to a year
🚀Galleries (permanent displays)
Even a temporary display might take several years to prepare for, with overviews and detailed proposals.
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May 15, 2021
🧬 Life as we don't know it 🧫

Exotic solvents & life's building blocks are among the more speculative
#astrobiology topics, but still important to study scientifically! Our own system contains places potentially able to host life unlike on Earth. Not just Titan!

#AstroThread
All Earth life is carbon-based and needs water to survive. 💦

'Mildly' exotic life might share these traits, but use e.g. other information molecule (or differently coded DNA, even with different/more 'letters') or opposite chirality (left/right-handedness) of some compounds. ImageImage
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