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Emily Calandrelli Profile picture
Emily Calandrelli
@TheSpaceGal
MIT engineer + Emmy-Nominated Host 🎥Netflix's Emily's Wonder Lab✍🏻Reach for the Stars/Ada Lace/Stay Curious & Keep Exploring 💡WVU/MIT from WV, she/her
Jul 31 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I want to use my spaceflight to uplift and shine a spotlight on my home state of West Virginia.

If space travel were a pagent - my platform would be the Mountain State!

I've worked to find some incredible WV teachers and I'm hoping you'll help me clear their wish lists 👇 Here's my friend Therese!

- she moved to West Virginia from the Philippines
- both her and her husband are science teachers
- teaches 7th grade science in Summers County
- has worked a local STEM camp in WV for the last 4 years

Wish List: amzlink.to/az0PJLL32ROMv
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Jun 23, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
The way that much of the public reacted to OceanGate was unsettling. The dehumanizing and trivializing of human life was incredibly off putting.

Yes, we know why the jokes were made. People are fed up with income inequality. Infuriated at the contrast b/n OceanGate and Greece. But I want to share a quote that summarized why it was so unsettling from @emilyinurphone over on Insta. She says “the world is a cruel place and rallying around the death of a perceived enemy is a way to build community and inure yourself against your own suffering…. (1/2)
Nov 16, 2022 • 11 tweets • 5 min read
A moment of silence for the absolute MAGIC space industry photogs are creating right now. You are bringing this mission to life with your art. Thank you. 🙏🏼 here’s a thread of some of the best photos taken of Artemis 1 👇🏼 This illuminated pathway to the gods from @johnkrausphotos
Nov 16, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Okay, both kids in bed and I'm just now tuning in to #Artemis1.

For an overview of what's happened the last ~6 hours - check out @skrishna's coverage. Where are you all watching this?
May 10, 2022 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Yesterday I took down my posts about how @TSA treated me at @flyLAXairport. I was embarrassed at how emotional I was. I was anxious about the confrontation. So I deleted it.

But they make too many mothers feel this way, so I’m going to talk about it bc this needs to stop 🧵 Here’s what happened. Yesterday was my 1st trip away from my 10wk old son, who I’m currently breastfeeding. I’m going through security at LAX. I brought my pump and 2 ice packs - only 1 of which was cold (I won’t need the other until I come home, when I’ll have more milk).
May 8, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
This Mother’s Day I want rights over my own body.
The decision (likely to be) made by the Supreme Court has been yrs in the making.
When I was pregnant, we could slowly see this playing out. & let me tell you, it’s pretty awful being pregnant and having pro life family members
🧵 It’s awful knowing that they would prefer you die if it meant that your pregnancy might ultimately end up w/ a birth. Every blood test/scan is terrifying regardless, but especially so when you know that certainly family members prioritized that fertilized embryo over your life.
Feb 16, 2021 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
Humans are 2 days away from landing a rover on Mars (!!!)

@NASAPersevere has been on a nearly 300 million mile journey over the last ~7 months and it all comes down to this.

This thread shares some fun facts about Perseverance ("Percy") and Mars. Here are the *main* things you need to know about @NASAPersevere!

This video was made before launch day (launch was July 30th, 2020)
#CountdownToMars
Sep 24, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
I wanted to share one way our family is donating money to create change in politics in case there's anyone else interested in doing the same.

We're donating to key Senate races to flip the Senate to Blue.

Here's an overview... 53/100 Senate seats are currently held by Republicans.

Alabama, which is currently held by a Dem is likely to go to a Republican.

This makes 54/100 expected seats Republican.
Aug 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
A local news station in West Virginia is interviewing my parents about Emily's Wonder Lab soon and they are SO NERVOUS.

They called me to practice their answers and my mom was taking notes and they rearranged the entire living room to get a nice background. 🥺they are SO cute update, my mom said my dad was so excited that she could barely get a word in and also my dad almost started crying but was mostly able to compose himself.

😭♥️ I can't wait to see this interview
Aug 11, 2020 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
I’m so excited to announce that...
I HAVE A NETFLIX SHOW (!!!)

Emily's Wonder Lab premieres on @Netflix on August 25th! This project is...a dream come true.

There’s no other way to put it. I cried like a baby when I got the call that Netflix wanted to work with me.
Sharing my love of science with kids...on @NETFLIX?
a DREAM.

And did I mention that I was 9 months pregnant when I filmed it?
Aug 4, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Debunking viral TikToks, a thread.

First up, the one I see the most often.
The battery that creates a water tornado. Turning metal balls yellow with corn.
Jul 30, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
*yawns*

I'm awake!

Who's watching #Mars2020? Also, @torybruno is just consistently, always awesome.
Jul 30, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NASA's Perseverance Rover is launching to Mars tomorrow at 7:50am ET. Here's what you should know: Here are some answers to common questions people asked about the #PerseveranceRover
Jun 29, 2020 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
Looking forward to attending the SciAccess Conference today - this event promotes disability inclusion in astronomy and STEM.

Info on how to join here: artsandsciences.osu.edu/news-events/ev… Here's the full conference schedule for the rest of the day. Times are in ET

astronomy.osu.edu/events/sciacce… Image
Jun 16, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Today we celebrate Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova. She was the first and youngest woman to launch into space (age 26) on a *solo* mission on Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. Image The first two women in space were from the Soviet Union!

It's awesome that SU/Russia worked early on to break down this barrier for women.

You'd think that many of their cosmonauts since would be women!

You'd be wrong.

Only 4 out of ~122 Cosmonauts have been women 😑
Jun 10, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
There's going to be a lot of white people here stepping their toes into activism for the first time.

It's good for us to remember that many BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) individuals have used their platforms for activism for far longer than we've been listening. So the first step is to listen before posting. I saw a protest sign that said "this isn't a wake up call - the alarm has been going off for a long time - you've just been hitting snooze."
Jun 4, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Trump is using @NASA & @SpaceX's accomplishment (which was set in motion way before he came around) as a Trump campaign ad and as a way to distract from the BLM movement right now. A friend who works at SpaceX sent me this petition. Signing means you agree that it is wrong to use this accomplishment in this way. They said 100+ SpaceX'ers have already signed it. Hope you'll join me in signing it too.

chng.it/N9SNGfNm
Jun 2, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
To non-Black followers currently overwhelmed with the number of anti-racist resources to choose from - start small and build from there. Choose 2-3 things to do *right now*

also,
Have you heard of the jam study? The jam study was done by psychologists in 2000 and showed that more options isn't always better.

One day shoppers were presented with 24 different types of jam. Another day, shoppers were only presented with 6 different types of jam.
May 30, 2020 • 19 tweets • 6 min read
Reminder, you're watching the first rocket with humans on it leave the US in nearly a decade.

Perhaps more importantly, this is the first private spacecraft to carry humans to orbit - EVER.

T-5 minutes

#LaunchAmerica Watch live - RIGHT NOW

May 27, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Why is today's launch such a big deal?

🚀It's the first launch to the ISS from US soil in nearly a decade

🚀It's the first crewed launch to orbit from a private spacecraft

#LaunchAmerica Why did it take so long to get here?

Mix of "space is hard" program delays - but also, this program wasn't funded properly in the beginning. Not everyone thought this was a great idea initially. Image
May 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Go Cosmic Girl and LauncherOne!!! Flight Path shown below - the air drop of LauncherOne will occur over the Pacific Ocean.