Robert Mays

Mountaineer-born,father of 4,passion for astrophotography,Earth observation( ( exploration

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Day 25- #HistoricMission

 @NASA #astronaut #JohnGlenn became the first American to orbit the #Earth aboard #Friendship7, February 20, 1962.

#ProjectMercury
#Atlas6

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Day 31- #Future

An #OneillCylinder colony concept, inspired by the movie #Interstellar

#ColoredPencilArt

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Day 30- #Galaxy

#NGC6946, a.k.a. the #FireworksGalaxy

#watercolorart

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Day 28- #Astronaut

"The loneliest man in the universe."

@AstroMichaelCollins, #Apollo11 #Columbia command module pilot. Collins is the only human who is not captured in the lefthand image!

#coloredpencilart

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Day 27- #Habitat

Aboard the @ISS in the #Unity module facing aft. #Zarya module via #PMA1 is to the left, #Tranquility module is to the right.

#coloredpencilart

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Day 26- #Earth

Phases of the #Earth as viewed from the #Moon

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Day 24- #Jet #Plane

"Final Descent"

#STS135 #ShuttleAtlantis touchdown at @NASAKennedy, July 21, 2011, marking the end of the #spaceshuttle program.

#watercolorart

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Day 23 - #SpaceStation

The @ISS, as seen by #Crew11 upon their approach for docking to #IDA3, August 2, 2025

@NASA

#ColoredPencilArt

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Day 22 - #LunarLanding

"First Step"

@NASA
#Apollo

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Day 21 - #Star

A nice capture of #ThePleiades, a.k.a., #TheSevenSisters

#M45
#astrophotography

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Day 20 - #Telescope

A portrait of my gear

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Day 18 - #Mars / #MarsMission

@NASAJPL
@Perseverance.Mars

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Day 17 - #HistoricPerson

I encountered this homage to the great #CarlSagan during my visit to the @GreenbankObservatory 40 ft radio telescope control room in 2023.

#questioneverything
#starstuff
#palebluedot
#cosmos
#astrophysics

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Day 16 - #Parachute

#Perserverance descent to the #Martian surface - February 18, 2021
#DareMightyThings
34°11'58" N 118°10'31" W
@NASAJPL
@NASAMars

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Day 15 - #BlackHole

Nearing the edge of the #EventHorizon

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Day 14- #Spacecraft

@IntuitiveMachines #IM2 mission #NovaC lunar lander, #Athena, on its way to the #Moon

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Day 13- #DeepSpaceNetwork

#DSS43 - located in Canberra, AU, is the largest steerable parabolic antenna in the Southern Hemisphere (70m). It's the only antenna on #Earth that can send commands to #Voyager1 and #Voyager2.

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Day 12- #Eclipse

#Apollo12 crew view of a #SolarEclipse by the #Earth as they returned home, November 21, 1969.

#acrylicart
#markerart
#chalkart

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Day 11- #Asteroid

"Never tell me the odds!" ~ Han Solo

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Day 10- #ArtemisII