Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator

Comms Specialist and STEM/Space Influencer 🚀 Over 5M followers! 🛰 Forbes 30 Under 30 🪐Making #space accessible 💌[email protected]

[cait @RockettLord]

Peeing in space is a fascinating topic but I think this is a great example of why we need more women on panels. @astro_alexandra holding down the fort like a champ

[Alex Wilson @realalexwilson]

It’s a BIG day here at @weatherchannel - we have live coverage of the Artemis II launch starting at 5p eastern with live reports from @JenCarfagno, @StephanieAbrams, and @Paul_Goodloe. @astro_alexandra and I are in studio for all the fun; hope you’ll join us 🚀

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Part of a real photo I took using a backyard telescope. Space is amazing

This is a small crop from new work I’m releasing this week! A 65-hour exposure of a supernova shockwave 😱

I’ll be sending it to email subscribers first with more info about how it was captured 👀

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

@spd98 50% of NASA’s Artemis corps are women

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

Not a single woman flying on Artemis III is an insane choice

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

@ziggyfro If four women were chosen, it would be an anomaly. I would ask NASA why they did that. Just like I’m confused about four men.

[rigel @christinafied]

“I am not a stranger to being the only woman in the room.”

— Christina Hammock Koch

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

@RandomHeroWX there would absolutely be men freaking out.

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

There is a lot going on right now on the @Space_Station, but fortunately we are all safe and witnessed a spectacular southern aurora show yesterday thanks to a recent solar event.

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

Question for dendrochronologists: I’m looking for some images of miyake events in tree rings and I’m struggling to find them (or maybe just pinpoint in the photo what I’m looking at). Any experts have any images I can use for a video?

pls don’t answer with AI responses

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

Images of satellites around earth potentially captured by Artemis II astronauts! Images processed by @AndySaunders_1 #space #nasa #Science

[Chris Williams @Astro_ChrisW]

One question I get a lot is can you see the stars differently from up in space. When we orbit on the night side of the planet, we get a view of the stars very much like being in a very dark place on Earth. And because of our orbital inclination, we get to see the stars of both the northern and southern hemisphere. I captured this shot of our galactic plane from one of the windows of the Crew Dragon Freedom that is docked to the zenith docking port.

[NASA Mars @NASAMars]

Got something weighing you down? Shake it off (like Curiosity)!

The Martian explorer unintentionally picked up a rock while drilling a recent sample, but the team was able to dislodge it by having the rover move its robotic arm and vibrate the drill until the rock fell off.

[Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope @NASARoman]

📢 WE’VE GOT BIG NEWS!

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on track to launch in early September of this year. #ICYMI @NASAAdmin announced last week that Roman is eight months ahead of schedule and under budget!

Learn more about the observatory and how we got here: https://t.co/4RTHsxaFgk

Make sure to follow the mission on social media accounts to stay up to date.

[Koichi Wakata 若田光一 @Astro_Wakata]

In microgravity your breath can become a mini thruster. Taking a deep breath and exhaling will push your body in the opposite direction. This is conservation of angular momentum in action, one of the laws of the universe. Physics works the same everywhere but the environment can change the result!

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

NASA’s Mars rover found organic molecules we’ve never seen on the planet before! #nasa #science #space #astronomy

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is in final preparations for an early September launch, eight months AHEAD of schedule and UNDER budget.

This milestone is the result of more than a decade of dedication and millions of hours of work by NASA and our industry partners. Their commitment is what’s making this moment possible and helping drive Gold Standard Science.

Roman will help answer some of the biggest questions in science, investigating dark matter, dark energy, and the structure of the universe. Its images will be so large and detailed, there isn’t a screen in existence big enough to display them.

This is just the beginning.

[Astro Alexandra 🪐 Space Communicator @astro_alexandra]

Well. That’s not good.

[NASA Office of Inspector General @NASAOIG]

After nearly two decades, NASA's next-generation spacesuits remain incomplete. Today, the Agency continues to face delays and is reliant on Axiom Space to develop both the Artemis lunar suits and updated ISS suits. Read our new report to learn more: https://t.co/2fo1LZZmYc

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

I love that the Navy divers were taking images of Orion's heat shield before it was brought onto the ship:

[Travel Nevada @TravelNevada]

"...'The darkest skies' in the United States turned out to be some of the brightest, illuminated by other suns light years away."

✨ Tag along on a galactic journey with @astro_alexandra as she ventures into some of Nevada's darkest skies.

https://t.co/2omydx0tNl