Dan Wagner

Humanitarian • Environmentalist • Avid Traveler • Journalist • Former Peace Corps Volunteer: Central Africa

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

The climate story isn’t just about temperature.

It’s about water, food, and power—and how they’re shifting in ways we don’t yet understand.

I’m tracking these changes in real time while building a broader narrative of where this leads.

If you’re paying attention, follow.

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

@Matt_Pinner Aurora (meaning Dawn). The first permanent city on another world would represent a new dawn for humanity.

[PBS News @NewsHour]

GPS pioneer and mathematician Gladys West has died. She was 95.

Her calculations helped produce extremely accurate modeling of the Earth's shape, laying the foundation for modern global positioning system technology.

West was born in rural Virginia during segregation. In 1956, she was hired as a computer programmer at a Navy base in Virginia, where she was one of only four Black employees.

Her work went largely unrecognized for years, though she was later acknowledged as one of the hidden figures of the era.

Despite being considered the mother of GPS, West said she still preferred using a paper map when driving.

[NASA Ames @NASAAmes]

O Christmas tree, o cosmic tree 🎄

Located about 2,500 light-years from Earth, NGC 2264 is a cluster of young stars between one and five million years old. The stars appear as blue and white lights surrounded by swirls of gas—the “pine needles” of the tree—with green representing light in the visible spectrum.

Learn more:https://t.co/srOrqOnBqe

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Sidereal views from SpaceX Dragon.

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

The Belt of Venus, seen from the ISS. An atmospheric phenomena where the setting sun projects light past Earth's horizon curve, layered over its shadow. Twilight observers on Earth see a pink band over the approaching dark, opposite the sun. From orbit we see it all at once.

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

@DimaZeniuk Bold (as in boldly goes where no man has gone before).

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Comet C/2023 A3 on atmosphere's edge, as seen from the ISS.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

SCRUB: SpaceX is standing down from today's launch of Starship Flight 10 "to allow time to troubleshoot an issue with ground systems"

[Dima Zeniuk @DimaZeniuk]

BBC World News named SpaceX’s Starship booster catch as one of the top science highlights of 2024

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

Serene views of Earth. Recorded during the @PolarisProgram space mission.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Looks like CGI, but these are all real video highlights from the @PolarisProgram space mission

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

@AeroGarden I just spent 80 minutes texting with the awful @AeroGarden customer service. Today, AeroGarden texted me a 10% discount code, but that code doesn't work. Right now I really hate AeroGarden: “We can't give you what we promised.” I am simply trying to buy seeds. Why the difficulty?

[Tim Cook @tim_cook]

Seeing people’s reactions to trying Apple Vision Pro for the first time today was wonderful. Some people had tears in their eyes! Our mission is to enrich people’s lives, and I could feel that happening in real time. What a day!

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Liftoff! This morning’s Atlas V rocket launch of the SILENTBARKER/NROL-107 mission, seen from the skies above Florida’s Space Coast 🚀

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

#NewProfilePic

[Noah Giansiracusa @ProfNoahGian]

Said goodbye to my 15yo St Bernard today 😢 My wife rescued him 12yrs ago, just a few months before she met me. He saw us get married, start our careers, and have two kids. He lived in 5 different states, rode across the US several times, and even pulled one grandpa from a river.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

Last day of the month sale! :-) Appreciate your support as I continue documenting the most exciting moments in spaceflight!

Save 20% on paper, metal, and canvas prints of recent favorite photos and all-time classics with code ‘may2023’ at checkout → https://t.co/gwxVpuutwV

[JetPhotos @JetPhotos]

A Thai Airways 777 high above Poland generating aerodynamic contrails. https://t.co/azfgB5Qext © Jan Mróz

[Dan Wagner @danwagner_]

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