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Daniel Pomarède @pomarede.bsky.social · 2d

The Dish: Fact vs fiction

The Dish is an Aussie classic, set at Murriyang, a.k.a the Parkes radio telescope. Most of the film is based on fact, but what was added for the sake of a (rollicking) good yarn?

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The Dish: Fact vs fiction

The Dish is an Aussie classic, set at Murriyang, our Parkes radio telescope. Most of the film is based on fact, but what was added for the sake of a (rollicking) good yarn?

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NeV-T @nev-t.bsky.social · 2d

MSL 4684 ML © NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/NeV-T

Gigapan - retry.gigapan.com/gigapans/238...
GIGAmacro - viewer.gigamacro.com/view/aCWb9kD...
Gigapan Website - www.nev-t-gigamacros.com
#Mars #science #NASA

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ESA Exploration @exploration.esa.int · 1d

🚁 Helicopter training for lunar landings 🌕
@esa.int astronauts Alexander Gerst, Matthias Maurer, Samantha Cristoforetti and Thomas Pesquet graduated today from a three-week training course with the German Bundeswehr 🎓

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NewsFromSpace @newsfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

From News12NJ: COMET LEMMON: A recently discovered celestial object will be racing its way through our night skies very soon.

#News12 #Comet #Astronomy #Science #CometLemmon #News #LocalNews

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Comet Lemmon within view from our area

Get your binoculars ready for this once-in-a-lifetime event.

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Space Launch Bot @spacelaunch-bot.bsky.social · 1d

SpaceX is launching a rocket! Starlink Group 11-19 is a communications mission and will launch via a Falcon 9 rocket from 🇺🇸 Space Launch Complex 4E on 2025-10-18 at 23:46 UTC.

For more information, visit the Go4Liftoff launch page.

#rocketlaunch #communications 🚀✨

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beyondearthsky.bsky.social @beyondearthsky.bsky.social · 1d

Integral, a European Space Agency's space observatory designed to study celestial gamma-ray sources was launched #OTD in 2002. Integral was the first space observatory that could simultaneously observe objects in gamma rays, X-rays, and visible light. The science mission ended on February 28, 2025.

Artist's impression of Integral – ESA's International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory.
Credit: ESA/D. Ducros

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NewsFromSpace @newsfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

UPI: NASA equipment blown off course lands on West Texas farm upi.com/3111760460339

Watch: NASA equipment blown off course lands on West Texas farm - UPI.com

A West Texas woman who spotted a large parachute in the sky discovered the object that landed on her family's farm was a piece of missing NASA equipment.

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NewsFromSpace @newsfromspace.bsky.social · 1d

Orion spacecraft makes crucial move toward its 2026 launch to moon upi.com/2941760729571 via @upi.com

Orion spacecraft makes crucial move toward its 2026 launch to moon - UPI.com

NASA's Orion spacecraft was moved seven miles to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center Thursday, its second-to-last move before its scheduled launch in 2026.

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we remember ASE member Karl Henize on his #birthday. Henize flew to space in 1985 aboard STS-51-F. ✨

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 1d

#HappyBirthday to ASE Life Member Mae Jemison, who flew to space in 1992 aboard STS-47!

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we remember ASE Life Member Bill Anders on his #birthday. Anders flew to space in 1968 aboard Apollo 8. ✨

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NewsFromSpace @newsfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

The funeral and committal for astronaut CAPT Jim Lovell was held today (16-OCT-2025) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. The famed naval aviator who commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission passed away on August 7 at the age of 97.
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The funeral and committal for astronaut CAPT Jim Lovell was held today at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. The famed naval aviator who commanded the Apollo 13 lunar mission passed away on August 7 at the age of 97.

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beyondearthsky.bsky.social @beyondearthsky.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD in 1982 the first image of the returning Halley's Comet (1P/Halley) was recorded with the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Mountain. Caltech astronomers David Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson found the comet when it was still beyond the orbit of Saturn, more than 1.6 billion kilometers from Sun

The first image of the returning Halley's Comet recorded on October 16, 1982 with the 200-inch Hale telescope at Palomar Mountain.
Credit: David Jewitt and G. Edward Danielson, NASA/JPL-Caltech

Comet 1P/Halley as taken March 8, 1986 by W. Liller, Easter Island, part of the International Halley Watch (IHW) Large Scale Phenomena Network. Credit: NASA/W. Liller

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beyondearthsky.bsky.social @beyondearthsky.bsky.social · 2d

#OTD in 2021, the Lucy spacecraft, designed to make flyby observations of eight Trojan asteroids – the asteroids orbiting ahead of or behind Jupiter – and three main belt asteroids, during seven flybies, was launched.

Artist's impression showing the Lucy spacecraft passing one of the Trojan Asteroids near Jupiter. Credit: Southwest Research Institute

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 2d

#HappyBirthday to ASE member James Newman, who flew to space four times between 1993 and 2002 (STS-51, STS-69, STS-88, and STS-109), including as part of a trip to the International Space Station!

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Association of Space Explorers @aseastronauts.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD 5 years ago ✨

Soyuz MS-17 launched on October 14, 2020, with ASE members Kate Rubins and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov aboard!

ASE salutes the crew of Soyuz MS-17 on the 5th anniversary of their launch! Launch: October 14, 2020. Kate Rubins, Sergey Ryzhikov, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov.

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The Register @theregister.com · 4d

Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Another 550 employees set to leave the building

US government shutdown nothing to do with action as space veteran calls move 'an alarming time' for science The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is facing another round of layoffs, with 550 additional employees set to lose their jobs.…

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The Register @theregister.com · 4d

Researchers intercept unencrypted satellite traffic from space blabbermouths

University team picks up voice calls, texts, and corporate data from orbit with off-the-shelf kit Geostationary satellites are broadcasting large volumes of unencrypted data to Earth, including private voice calls and text messages as well as consumer internet traffic, researchers have discovered.…

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Leonard David @ldavid1129.bsky.social · 2d

Sky Show Over Tenerife: Likely China Satellite

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 2d

A part of you has existed since almost the moment of creation. 🌌💥🧪

Astrophysicist @erikahamden.bsky.social ‬breaks down how the hydrogen in your body was formed within the first 20 minutes after the Big Bang.

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NewsFromSpace @newsfromspace.bsky.social · 2d

#RIPSpaceman

NPR @npr.org · 2d

The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."

Ace Frehley, lead guitarist in Kiss, dies at 74

The co-founding member of the band was known as the Spaceman and had a hit single of his own in "New York Groove."

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 2d

ESA is set to strengthen its presence in 🇪🇸 with new contracts with local industry and a strategic framework with @aeegob.bsky.social, paving the way for closer collaboration and reinforcement of Spain-based ESA ESAC's role as a centre of excellence in science, education and environmental research.

Spain's Minister for Science, Innovation and Universities and President of the Agencia Espacial Española Diana Morant (second from left) with ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher, Director of the Agencia Espacial Española Juan Carlos Cortés and ESA Director of Science and Head of the European Space Astronomy Centre Carole Mundell.

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Emily Hunt @emily.space · 2d

If you like astronomy posts, then you'll probably really like the astronomy feeds!

If you didn't know, Bluesky gives you direct control over your social algorithm. Instead of doomscrolling, look at space instead:

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NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory @vrubinobs.bsky.social · 2d

Designing how Rubin decides what to observe and when🔭

Meet Tiago Ribeiro, Scheduler Scientist and Software Architect at NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory.

In this video, he shares his path from professor in Brazil to shaping large-scale projects like Rubin.

🎥 https://youtu.be/EnxGm5MtXjE

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Anatoly Zak @anatolyzak.bsky.social · 2d

NASA: VKD-64 spacewalk completed at 6:19 p.m. Houston Time.
Updates: russianspaceweb.com/iss-vkd64.html.

Cosmonauts to perform VKD-64 spacewalk

The VKD-64 spacewalk

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