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skrishna, 8 days ago to space

INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday.

Image credit: CNSA

#space #science #moon #spaceflight

the moon’s surface looking browinsh gray, not a lot of large rocks
The moon’s surface with one black and gold lander leg in the photo
A wide angle shot with the lander leg in the front and the moon in the distance

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

If you want to read about why the Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble and is in safe mode right now, here's your link:

https://www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-space-telescope-safe-mode-gyroscopes

#space #science #hubble #nasa
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112356385897060107

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

Hi all! I'm still in a newsletter subscription push mode -- with the demise of the bird app, it's gotten really hard to get the word out about projects like this that don't have an internal algorithm to help people find it.

If you like #space, #science, #stem, or just want to support a woman of color doing STEM stuff -- please subscribe! Ad Astra is a weekly newsletter that tells you what's going on in space science and spaceflight.

https://www.adastraspace.com

skrishna, 1 year ago to StarTrek

I interviewed Michelle Yeoh a few years ago about #StarTrekDiscovery and I mentioned offhand that I'd written an article about what seeing her use her accent on the bridge of a starship meant to me.

She stopped and said "Wait, that was YOU?"

And then proceeded to talk about how much that article had meant to HER and how it contributed to the success of the show.

I can't think about it without crying.

(The original article: https://authory.com/SwapnaKrishna/On-Star-Trek-Discovery-and-Michelle-Yeohs-accent-aa6d2eb01b3a24970abf406c39146df33)

#MichelleYeoh #StarTrek #Oscars

skrishna, 4 months ago to space

My weekly space news show Ad Astra is here! Have 10 minutes? Then you can hear about my favorite space, space science, and space flight stories this week.

#space #science #spaceflight #astrodon

https://youtu.be/In-obkK-uLI

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

An annular eclipse, or "ring of fire" eclipse, will be visible across parts of North America and South America on October 14, 2023. Here's how to see it.

#space #science #solareclipse

https://youtu.be/6CMEP7yqG-A

skrishna, 5 months ago to space

SpaceX Starlink satellites photobombed my northern lights photos in Iceland!

#space #science #spacex #astrodon #womeninstem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hTnctQLCIk

skrishna, 2 months ago to space

Weekly space news is here!

• How to de-ice a telescope from a million miles away
• A new star may appear in our sky soon
• VERITAS, the mission to Venus, is back!
• A map of 1.3 million quasars

and more!

Newsletter version will go out in the morning.

#space #science #scicomm

https://youtu.be/vWf2gpmk95c

skrishna, 4 months ago to space

Tomorrow, watch Japan's attempt to land their SLIM spacecraft on the moon! The livestream link is below, and the landing will be at approximately 10:20 am ET on Friday, January 19. If they succeed, they will be the fifth country (U.S., Soviet Union, China, India) to accomplish this feat!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvXLt3ET9mE

#space #science

skrishna, 1 month ago to random

A few people have pointed out that it's worth mentioning that my newsletter is on Beehiiv, not on Substack.

I chose a service that doesn't platform hate speech, and the tradeoff was I gave up on the other service's internal algorithm and tools for helping people find your publication.

Hence why I'm doing this push. Beehiiv is GREAT, they have been really good to me, and I very much recommend their service.
https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112332886203206306

skrishna, 11 months ago to science

If you have questions about the gravitational wave announcement -- why it matters, what happened, didn't we already detect graviational waves? -- I've got you covered.

https://youtu.be/-Mqu4kcNMFI

#science #space #scicomm

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

NASA flew a spacecraft through an explosion on the sun (a coronal mass ejection), and there’s some pretty cool footage of the event.

No spacecraft were harmed in the making of this video!

#space #science #nasa #sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2skjBKYr74

skrishna, 8 months ago to space

Morning!! I'm following the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission -- the sample container is scheduled to touch down in Utah at 10:55 am ET/8:55 am MT. So far everything has gone smoothly.

The sample return container separated from the spacecraft a couple of hours ago. The larger spacecraft has a new mission now, called OSIRIS-APEX and is journeying on to study the asteroid Apophis.

#space #science #nasa #osirisrex

skrishna, 8 months ago to Iceland

I think I got the one I’m going to frame. #iceland #travel

skrishna, 9 months ago to space

India's Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is scheduled to attempt a soft landing at the moon's south pole around 8:34 am ET. If successful, they would be the fourth country to land on the moon and the first to do so at the south pole. Follow the livestream here:

#Chandrayaan3 #space #science #scicomm

https://www.youtube.com/live/DLA_64yz8Ss?feature=share

skrishna, 10 months ago to space

If you enjoy my space videos, I’d appreciate it if you’d follow me on my YouTube channel, Ad Astra! Social media is increasingly unreliable, and I’m trying to build my channel from scratch:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC2VD08etb0UT-yU5gOEYEg/

#space #science #scicomm

skrishna, 3 months ago to space

There’s a total solar eclipse coming in April, and here’s everything you need to know about it, from how to see it to where to get eclipse glasses to the science of eclipses!

Newsletter version goes out tomorrow, sign up at adastraspace.com!

#space #science #scicomm #stem

https://youtu.be/bl19IRVpoIE

skrishna, 3 months ago to random

This week’s video space news roundup is here! In this ep:

• Water molecules on an asteroid
• The sad plight of Voyager 1
• Lunar lander mission IM-1
• The April solar eclipse
• What a Martian solar eclipse looks like
• Forget flat Earth. What about flat Jupiter?
• NASA’s new UV telescope

If video isn't your thing, the newsletter version goes out at 10:30 am ET: adastraspace.com

#space #science #stem #spacex #nasa #womeninstem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsUIsx82xt8

skrishna, 6 days ago to space

Starship hit the water, mostly intact, I think the flap made it, and landing burn initated successfully. Wow. It looked like a soft landing. I’m…shocked. I was very prepared to call this flight a failure, or a mixed success. I need to go back through the data, but...I think this was definitely a success.

#space #spacex #starship #spaceflight

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

This week’s space news from Ad Astra is here!

• Voyager 1 is communicating with Earth!
• Four solar flares on the sun at once
• A near-earth asteroid may be a chunk of the moon

and more!

#space #science #scicomm #spaceflight

Newsletter at 11 am ET, subscribe: adastraspace.com

https://youtu.be/ChmRuOdv0ug

skrishna, 1 month ago to random

Hubble is back in full operation with all three gyros operating!

https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/nasas-hubble-pauses-science-due-to-gyro-issue/

https://wandering.shop/@skrishna/112360594634367091

skrishna, 12 days ago to space

This week's space news:

• Voyager 1 sent back science data!
• Scientists found billions of orphan stars hidden in a Euclid image
• The rundown on what's been up with Boeing Starliner
  and more!
• The planetary alignment you heard about? Overhyped!!!

Newsletter out at 11 am ET, sign up: adastraspace.com

#space #science #scicomm #nasa #astronomy #spaceflight

https://youtu.be/07p3NA1trNs

skrishna, 1 month ago to space

More CMEs are going to hit Earth tomorrow so if it’s cloudy where you are tonight, you may still have a chance to see the Northern Lights tomorrow!

#space #science #northernlights

skrishna, 7 days ago to space

OKAY EVERYONE, we are about an hour from launch of Boeing Starliner CFT. Everything is going well so far, weather is 90% go.

If you recall, the last launch on June 1 was scrubbed at T-3:50 because of a ground systems issue

Please cross your fingers 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

#space #spaceflight #nasa #boeing #starliner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HneVxAmYcaA