Samantha Parry Kenyon

PhD Candidate in @precisionspace at UF👩🏼‍💼Engineer👩🏼‍🔧Fascinated by all things space 🛰 Doing my next right thing, one day at a time☀️

[Precision Space Systems Laboratory (PSSL) @precisionspace]

Congrats to @precisionspace grad student Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1 for expertly defending her PhD thesis today on charge management technology and numerical modeling for LISA!
@LISACommunity @lisa_lecs

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

So glad to hear @BoeingSpace’s #starliner had a successful launch! I got to see it on its launchpad a few weeks ago, here’s the view!

[Precision Space Systems Laboratory (PSSL) @precisionspace]

Now one year on orbit! The #CHOMPTT the precision timing payload, designed and built by @uflmae @precisionspace students, in collaboration with our @NASAAmes colleagues, continues to function nominally. Hope we can restart our RF beacon soon. #hamr - thank you!

[LIGO @LIGO]

Signal in LIGO/Virgo data. Most likely #gravitationalwaves from a binary neutron star source. Observed 39 minutes ago. Find out more at: https://t.co/SGZ7onBE0S

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

(2/2) Also, pretty sure moments after snapping this pic and getting back into the van, our group saw @Astro_Suni taking a picture of the rocket for herself! Shoutout to you Suni, you’re an inspiration!

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

(1/2) Bad news: went to Cape Canaveral this week to see #CRS19 launch aboard the #Falcon9 but the launch was delayed 😢
Good news: the rocket wasn’t fueled yet, so we got to see it up close on the launchpad! 😄
Thanks to @usairforce for the view!

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

Florida folks when the temperature drops below 50*F 😂

[Hubble @NASAHubble]

#HubbleFriday Despite being just over 130 million light-years away, the orientation of galaxy NGC5468 makes it easier to spot new stars as they appear. We see it face on, meaning we can see the galaxy’s loose, open spiral in beautiful detail in images: https://t.co/3fz9PyYiGc

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

Congrats to the @SpaceX team for a successful launch, and for my friends at Sonoma State @SSU_1961 and NNU @nwnazarene for their payloads making it to space!

[NASA's Kennedy Space Center @NASAKennedy]

And we have liftoff! @SpaceX's 19th resupply mission is on its way to the @Space_Station: https://t.co/A9sbAYbCl3

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

I got to be a science fair judge today, and was particularly impressed by a project done on the absorption rate of various dry and wet sponges. A young 6th grader taught me water is attracted to itself because it’s polar— you learn something new everyday! 🧽

[Samantha Parry Kenyon @spacesam1]

I am privileged to have the opportunity to work on this mission!