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Leo Enright

Leo Enright

@ollopa11.bsky.social

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"The Guy from Irish TV" at NASA for 50 years (and counting)! Ex Foreign Hack at BBC News & RTE News; now see/hear me live on space on BBC, RTE, Newstalk FM @aljazeera.com etc

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SpacePolicyOnline @spacepolicyonline.bsky.social · 1h

President Trump just posted on Truth Social that he is nominating Jared Isaacman to be NASA Administrator (again).

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 1d

A Republican commentator weighs in on the NY mayor election

@bbclivenews24.bsky.social

......... from DINGLE! That's the Other Voices logo behind her. (Nov 28-30. Ticket details in ALT)

https://www.othervoices.ie/events/other-voices-dingle-2025

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 1d

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Doc Revan @docrevan.bsky.social · 2d

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 4d

Hallelujah! Excellent coverage from SFN. Very many thanks. See you for Mai Tai's at the Port on launch day!

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 5d

NG-2 is slated to launch Ireland's latest Mars Mission! OK, OK, NASA paid for it - but the Principal Investigator of the Escapade mission is Irishman Rob Lillis @ucbssl.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social . I'm hoping Rob will slap our flag on his space probe twins 😜 tinyurl.com/UCBSSL

ESCAPADE – Twin satellites studying Mars' upper atmosphere

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 5d

Whiling-my-time-away as I wait for the New Glenn 2 hot fire test, I come across this stunning scene from the NG-1 hot fire. Auld joke was that half the tourists on the beach would watch the Canaveral Light waiting for it to lift off. Wouldn't make that mistake now!

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 5d

What is the timestamp on these images, Niall. I'm trying to work out illumination that would fit the unusual bright line (probably low angle sun striking along the side of the cylinder)

https://labs.google/fx

Prompt: "show me an image of a cylinder with a height of 13.8 meters and a diameter of 3.7 meters that is being lit from behind at 90 degrees to the long axis and in a dark setting"

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 5d

This remarkable image from Athy, Ireland, shows the Falcon 9 upper stage itself as it vents fuel. These ventings are common, but seeing the rocket stage isn't. Pic by award-winning snapper @niallcarsonpa.bsky.social (not attributed @news.rte.ie 😠) tinyurl.com/RTEspaceX

@planet4589.bsky.social

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 7d

Is breá liom an leagan digiteach gan smál de "The Last Waltz" anocht. Is beagnach ealaíontóirí Ceanadacha iad na chéad 45 nóiméad 😉

Absolutely loving the flawless digital version of "The Last Waltz" on @tg4.bsky.social tonight. The first 45 mins is almost totally Canadian artists 😉

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

An AI-generated replica of an 1980's protest button

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

@irishdefenceforces.bsky.social Casement Aerodrome is on the very edge of the KH-7 image. Named a year before this pic after Irish nationalist Roger Casement, executed for treason by the British in 1916. Queen Elizabeth II landed at Casement in May 2011, to begin her state visit to Ireland.

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

Three wks after this pic, a teenage riot took place at Dublin Airport when singer Dickie Rock landed. Gardaí linked arms and struggled to contain the surging mob of 1,000 over-excited young people, twenty of whom were taken to hospital. Is that a DC-8 on the apron?

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

Stillorgan Shopping Centre was the first shopping centre in Ireland. It opened on December 1, 1966.

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

Croke Park was preparing for the Aiséirí Pageant, April 12-15, a theatrical production, directed by Thomas MacAnna, to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1916 Rising. A cast of around 800 performers reenacting scenes from Ireland’s struggle for independence.

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

The resolution is extraordinary - a decade before we talked about reading number-plates. I can see my suburban home, and the distinctive Cyprus boundary trees. (Toggle >transparency< in the lower right to explore more)

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 9d

This remarkable spy satellite image of Dublin was taken a week before Ireland began to change (very, very slowly) forever. The "Bishop and the Nightie" controversy in February 1966 was a landmark moment.
@spacefromspace.com

spacefromspace.com/declassified...

www.rte.ie/archives/exh...

Dublin, Ireland - Feb 19, 1966

A high resolution declassified KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellite image of Dublin, Ireland from February 19, 1966.

spacefromspace.com

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 10d

gazette.com/2014/01/16/t...

TINSELTOWN TALK: ‘Lost in Space’ mom June Lockhart honored by NASA

Best remembered by sci-fi fans for her role of TV space mom Maureen Robinson in the ’60s series “Lost in Space,” June Lockhart was honored by NASA in October. It was a recognition she says was a highl...

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 10d

A lovely woman. I met her at JPL. The 1st. time, US colleagues were beside themselves with excitement as she entered the newsroom. She chatted with me and was thoroughly charming - even though it must have been obvious I hadn't a clue who she was. @elakdawalla.bsky.social explained all later!

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 10d

I don't post on politics. But I do post on beer. 😜

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 11d

@nytimes.com obviously haven't watched the fantastic Lupin series @netflix.com . Without knowing Arsène Lupin, no-one will ever understand the heist @museelouvre.bsky.social

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 13d

To my Irish eyes, this image says two interesting things about our own solar system: 1) protoplanet WISPIT 2b [@58AU] is well within the Edgeworth Belt. 2) Ring 0 [@300AU] is nowhere near the Opik Cloud [2000AU] Discuss 😉 @dias.ie

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 15d

Did *anyone* issue a TIP (Time of Impact Prediction) for this? @operations.esa.int

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 15d

The German Broadcasting Association reacts with dismay and sadness to the attack on a media production company in the Gaza Strip, which works on behalf of ZDF, among others.

Chairman Mika Beuster: "Why the attack despite the ceasefire? And why were journalists targeted?" @nujofficial.bsky.social

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-10-20/ty-article-live/idf-says-it-will-resume-enforcement-of-cease-fire-following-series-of-strikes-across-gaza/00000199-ff94-dfc6-a3bf-ffb4ad720000?liveBlogItemId=1516146405#1516146405

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 21d

Should be in the @nmireland.bsky.social treasury!

Leo Enright @ollopa11.bsky.social · 21d

Our understanding of the incredibly complex history of water on Mars is changing rapidly: stuff that seemed very obvious a few short years ago, isn't. This is called science.