Bill Adkins

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[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@historyinmemes This property has been known and understood for at least several decades. Stable and unstable axis of spin have been studied for years. A good example is the flat spin that the Explorer 1 mission experienced when it was launched in the 1950s.

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@kevinsheehanDC Dematha against Lew Alcindor and Power Memorial.

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@benjaminwittes Do you ever listen to it? Read the text later?

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@HornForCongress Great to see you speak on the floor!

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@rachelkaras Architect of the Capitol.

[Sports Illustrated @SInow]

Patrick Mahomes may throw a ball into orbit at some point soon
(via @KCTVDani)

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

Another pioneering achievement by the Naval Research Laboratory! @CIA https://t.co/XRwli58896

[CIA @CIA]

GRAB later gave birth to CORONA, which captured more usable photography on its first operational mission than all previous U-2 flights combined. Today, our satellites provides America with a commanding information edge.

https://t.co/2DuTVhAXpG

[CIA @CIA]

In the summer of 1960, the @USNavy secretly achieved what was once thought impossible – it successfully launched the first signals intelligence satellite in the world.

GRAB: America's First Signals Intelligence Satellite: https://t.co/2DuTVhAXpG

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@ulalaunch related factoid: Titan II launched Clementine from VAFB in 1994, which orbited the Moon and then on to asteroids. Interplanetary defined as between the planets. https://t.co/xiiljBS1oQ

[ULA @ulalaunch]

.@torybruno: ULA and our heritage rockets have launched every US-led Mars mission, including @NASAInsight in May, the first interplanetary mission launched from the West Coast.

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

Amazing for its time. https://t.co/ptNRNgnK9f

[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) @USNRL]

#OTD 1954 James Trexler, an engineer at NRL, spoke into a microphone & in 2.5 seconds, his voice bounced back to Earth after a 500,000 mile trip to the Moon.

That day, Operation Moon Bounce was a success! Below is the giant antenna used to send the transmission to the Moon.

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@george_sowers Looks interesting and fun.

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

Pretty neat. Great visualization of the scale. https://t.co/Dtd9yjfCVa

[Spyder Webb @Spyder_Webb]

A visual representation of how many times the Earth would fit inside the Sun
(approximately one million)

#space #astronomy

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@benjaminwittes @CrimeADay How about 18 USC 2074? It’s a crime to knowingly issue a false weather report.

[Jack Nicklaus @jacknicklaus]

With all due respect to @themasters, allow me to put my 6 Green Jackets in the closet for a moment and say that I don’t know if I have had a more special day on a golf course. To have your grandson make his first hole-in-one on this stage.... WOW! #Family #memoryofalifetime

[AmericaSpace @AmericaSpace]

Vanguard 1, a tiny satellite launched 60 years ago, is not expected to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere until the end of the 22nd century:

https://t.co/Ls5tmX7vIR

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@MiekeEoyang Interesting article. Though if memory serves, Speaker Boehner appointed Rep. Nunes to chair HPSCI, not Ryan.

[NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites]

Happy #FullDiskFriday! Congratulations to #GOESEast (#GOES16) on your first Full Disk Friday as the operational GOES East satellite, watching over us from 22,240 miles above #Earth! More imagery: https://t.co/mbgRYot60A

[Mr. Drinks On Me @Mr_DrinksOnMe]

A Gazelle entered a shop in the state of Colorado. The owner decided to give him some chocolate and biscuits. He left and half an hour later he came back bringing his entire family.

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

@SpcPlcyOnline iric, Ariane was euro contribution in xchange for time on the telescope. (also provided an ir camera). So, cost is partly right, but euros partnered on HST, so this was a way to continue desirable collab. Providing launch was much "cleaner" than carving up satellite.

[Bill Adkins @Bill_Adkins]

Roger Easton of NRL invented GPS. https://t.co/9eyiUaHmIS

[United States Space Force @USSpaceForce]

Pay VERY close attention to #1. https://t.co/1VDU2ysdtl