Gert Jacobs

husband dad engineer ict travel science space nature food

[NSF-DOE Rubin Observatory @VRubinObs]

The moment we've all been waiting for is finally here…

On June 29, 2026, NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory officially began the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST)!

🔗: https://t.co/uovjz1hbPW

[G.GYSSELSSHIPCOLLECTION @GGYSSELSSHIPS]

🇧🇪 Belgian Navy Mine Countermeasures Ship ( MCMV ) BNS OOSTENDE M 940 coming into Oostende 🇧🇪 ( Belgium ), June 23,2026 for its official christening tomorrow June 24, 2026.@WarshipCam,@seawaves_mag

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Milky Way galaxy rising above Monument Valley.

[Gert Jacobs @gertjc]

Be there!

[Marcus House @MarcusHouse]

Has NASA has put out something similar to this somewhere? I have been looking for some nice animations of the trajectory for ages and haven't come across anything. Really love this sort of thing as it shows scale and the orbital mechanics of the mission very nicely.

[Proximus @proximus]

We ondervinden momenteel problemen die een impact kunnen hebben op vast en mobiel internet en TV.
Onze technische teams analyseren het probleem en doen er alles aan omzo snel mogelijk voor een oplossing te zorgen.
We houden u op de hoogte van de ontwikkelingen.

[ZDNET @ZDNET]

Sick of Microsoft and Google? This new European office suite is a private, open-source alternative https://t.co/wqOi33ERee

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Chernobyl radiation spread

[NASA @NASA]

For Valentine's Day, do you need an extra surprise to spoil your loved ones? Send your names on a journey around the Moon together!

Anyone you love is welcome to join the Artemis II mission—sign them up: https://t.co/5IZAOcPuYo

[Gert Jacobs @gertjc]

@TheFigen_ @grok is this true?

[The Launch Pad @TheLaunchPadX]

8 Years Ago Today We Launched a Car Into Space

On February 6, 2018, Falcon Heavy launch for the very first time; instantly becoming the most powerful operational rocket in the world.

For its demonstration payload, SpaceX did something unforgettable: instead of a test mass, they launched a Tesla Roadster with a spacesuited mannequin named Starman sitting behind the wheel.

The upper stage sent the car into an orbit around the Sun that crosses the path of Mars… and eight years later, it’s still there.

📍 Where is Starman today?
The Roadster is currently cruising through interplanetary space:
188,698,923 miles (303,681,574 km / 2.03 AU) from Earth — moving toward us at ~6,376 mph (2.85 km/s)
117,564,985 miles (189,202,562 km / 1.27 AU) from Mars — moving away at ~10,494 mph (4.69 km/s)
130,900,966 miles (210,664,749 km / 1.41 AU) from the Sun — drifting outward at ~13,585 mph (6.07 km/s)

It takes about 557 days to complete one orbit, and Starman has now completed over 5.2 orbits around the Sun.

🛣️ The ultimate road trip
Since launch the car has traveled: 4.02 billion miles (6.47 billion km)
Enough to drive every road on Earth 100 times

Its 36,000-mile warranty has been exceeded 111,691 times

🎧 Still listening to Bowie
If the battery were still working:
“Space Oddity” would have played ~793,965 times
“Life on Mars?” ~1,069,834 times
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy ~11,989 listens

The images of Earth reflected in the car and Starman staring into space became instantly iconic — a symbol of a new era of commercial heavy-lift spaceflight.

Eight years later, the Falcon Heavy test payload is still on its silent solar orbit… a human artifact from Earth forever circling the Sun. 🌍✨

#OnThisDay #FalconHeavy #Starman #Tesla #Roadster #SpaceX #SpaceHistory

[Gert Jacobs @gertjc]

@Darkshiver_098 @TimNijsmans Iwda

[Earth @earthcurated]

After thousands of generations who only knew Earth sunsets, you are alive to see the first photograph of a sunset on another world.
This is the real thing: sunset on Mars. 🌅🪐

[Gert Jacobs @gertjc]

@Ahamkaramustgo Gezien :-;

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

A map showing Doggerland, a region of northwest Europe home to Mesolithic people before sea level rose to inundate this area and create the Europe we are familiar with today.

Map via National Geographic magazine.

[Electrical Knowledge @electric_4u]

Master Single, Double & Triple Light Switches in 1 Min

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

They finally used AI to do something worthwhile.
Awesome! 👌

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Overview of common official and traditional calendars in Asia

[Flightradar24 @flightradar24]

BREAKING: After thorough analysis and extrapolation of #SANTA1 ADS-B live data, it looks like the bearded giver of gifts has set course for Rovaniemi, Finland. 🎄🇫🇮

Track Santa here: https://t.co/7A0DpIUBEs

[Gert Jacobs @gertjc]

RT @esa: Today is the December solstice at 15:03 GMT/16:03 CET.

This @eumetsat MTG‑I1 image from 19 Dec 2025, 06:00 GMT, shows Earth’s day…