Melissa Trainer

NASA scientist. Close personal friend of Mars and Titan; fan girl of Venus. Dragonflyer. Mom. Working on my Maryland pride. Opinions are my own and not NASA’s.

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

Great story with ⁦@Shamrocketeer⁩ explaining why we’re going to Titan with #DragonflyMission !!!

Why Saturn’s Moon Of Titan Could Harbor Subsurface Life https://t.co/Wf76EmkS6M

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@langleydew So awesome! Wow that background looks unreal

[Planetary Exploration Newsletter @pen2tweets]

JOB POSTING FOR DRAGONFLY SURFACE OPERATIONS PLANNER AT JHU/APL

For more information and to apply, please visit:

https://t.co/u2tfipH38t

https://t.co/5wGfSvOfNY
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[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@ExploreCosmos_ And #DragonflyMission carries DraMS, which is a follow-on to MOMA. We’ll be bringing this awesome technology to Titan in the 2030s!

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@drcrater Oh no, reminds me of this artwork left by another group 2 years ago…

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@drcrater @WesternU @simonaruso @smchartrand @westernuSpace @westernuScience Have an amazing and scientifically productive time in the Crater! Our 2022 trip will forever be a professional and personal highlight

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

Go work with Melisa she is awesome!!

[Melisa Diaz @EarthMAD]

🚨New postdoc position in my lab!!

Part of a new #NASA IDS project with @Alienoceans, @CapComCatWalk and Chris German, we're hiring a postdoc for research at the ice-ocean interface.

Help spread the word!
@Ocean_Worlds @NowFlow @ArcticResearch @arctic

https://t.co/qQEi2srffI

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

#AbSciCon24 In 15 minutes!! Come to Ballroom A team learn more about #DragonflyMission and get your burning questions answered by PI Zibi Turtle and team members
w/ @starsarecalling

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@cosmobiologist I’m not sure if my laser shark octocopter image will count as “thoughtfully” 🤔

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@astro_noodles @nadiamdrake @starsarecalling 😂

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

Uploaded my #AbSciCon24 talk with over an hour to spare! Who AM I?

I have been bullied into completing my work on a responsible timeline and I kinda like it

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

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I recognize a lot of those names, but can only claim to have attended a kid’s birthday party with one of them. Congrats to @janerrigby !!

[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

Michael R. Bloomberg
James E. Clyburn
Elizabeth Dole
Phil Donahue
Medgar Evers
Al Gore
Father Gregory J. Boyle
Clarence B. Jones
John Forbes Kerry
Frank R. Lautenberg
Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky
Opal Lee
Ellen Ochoa
Nancy D’Alesandro Pelosi
Jane Rigby
Teresa Romero
Judy Shepard
James Francis Thorpe
Michelle Yeoh

[NASA Goddard @NASAGoddard]

It’s our 65th birthday! 🎉

On May 1, 1959, Goddard was established as NASA’s first spaceflight center. Today, we celebrate Goddard’s history of science and technological innovation!

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

There’s a new sheriff in office S285B…

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

Mass Spectrometer-themed sniffing activity in our group for #BringYourChildToWorkDay !! Some future scientists in here - take note 😉

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

Same issue for Mars - lunar exploration is opportunity to put this in place for future ventures

[Keith Smith @DrKeithSmith]

Kathleen Mandt (@mommascientist) discusses how commercial exploitation of the #Moon could contaminate scientific information about volatiles, including water. Mandt calls for a science-industry collaboration to collect and share data between missions.
https://t.co/IVEnDfLXbg

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@miquai @nadiamdrake @starsarecalling @astro_noodles Great photo! You can tell how much fun we are having!

[Johns Hopkins APL @JHUAPL]

Confirmed: Dragonfly is a GO! 🚁 🪐

@NASA’s #DragonflyMission to Saturn’s moon Titan has been confirmed, enabling the ocean world mission to progress through its final design to construction, testing and launch in 2028. https://t.co/iVvawS0XDS

@NASASolarSystem @NASAAstrobio

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

@drcrater @NASA Thanks!! On to Titan! We’ll need more trips to Haughton to get ready 😉

[Melissa Trainer @Planet_Trainer]

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Who has two thumbs and just had their mission confirmed?

NASA’s Dragonfly Rotorcraft Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Confirmed https://t.co/YGr4qN1RCc via @NASA