Nick The Quick Lopac

Nick Lopac
ERAU 2021 Alumni -
SpaceX Space Operations Engineer

[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

Day 127, orbit 1968 — That aurora was absolutely spectacular… shimmering and dancing beneath us, stretching as far as the eye could see, and so intense it lit up the Station in shades of green 💚.

We’ve seen several since the beginning of the mission, but this one was on a completely different level – far too bright for my usual aurora camera settings.

Moments like these never get old up here; the whole crew suddenly find themselves vying for a good spot at a window 😊

📸 @esa / @NASA – S. Adenot

#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @esaspaceweather • @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson

[NASA @NASA]

The official FIFA World Cup ball went to space!

We're working to inspire the next generation by showing how space exploration inspires innovation in sports science — and everyday life. Learn more: https://t.co/CWbI8MFDtp

[David Guetta @davidguetta]

Incroyable Sophie Adenot !!! Tellement ému par ce message. Merci merci merci 🙏 @esa

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

A timelapse view from our @SpaceX Dragon of the spectacular southern aurora seen in yesterday’s post, a result of a recent solar event. As opposed to the previous aurora I’ve seen, this one danced and snaked its way directly below us, putting on quite a show. I am in awe of this ethereal and emotionally evocative phenomenon.

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship flip and landing burn at the end of its twelfth flight test

[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

Jour 096, orbite 1489 – Très heureuse et honorée d’avoir surveillé l’approche et l’amarrage du cargo Dragon CRS-34 de @SpaceX ce dimanche 17 mai, avec @astro_hathaway ! Cela paraît toujours presque irréel de voir un autre engin spatial nous rejoindre, voler en formation avec la Station, puis se rapprocher tout en douceur… à la vitesse orbitale de 28 000 km/h !

Au programme : près de 3 tonnes à décharger, dont de nombreuses expériences scientifiques qui ne peuvent pas attendre, des provisions et des fournitures…

📸 @NASA / @esa – S. Adenot

#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @ESA_fr • @NASA_Johnson • @CNES

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

Last week, we took the mission to the heart of New York City. The Artemis II crew showed the country what’s next.

America is ready to go back to the Moon. Artemis II is just the beginning. 🌕

[Nick The Quick Lopac @yojo142]

May the 4th be with you! 🎂 🎉

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

May the Fourth Be With You

[Empire State Building Observation Deck @EmpireStateBldg]

May the 4th be with you!

https://t.co/zt0Rp2oJtu

📷: craigsbeds/IG

[Harrison Ford @HarrisonFordLA]

May the fourth be with you

[NASA's Johnson Space Center @NASAJohnson]

Suit up. @NASA's @SpaceX Crew‑13 is almost ready to write the next chapter in orbit. 🧑‍🚀

Launching no earlier than September 2026, the international crew will head to the International @Space_Station for Expedition 75, where they’ll support science and technology demonstrations that advance exploration from the Moon to Mars and benefit life on Earth.

[Nick The Quick Lopac @yojo142]

Excited to get to train and fly this crew! 🐉

[NASA @NASA]

This September, we're sending a new crew to the @Space_Station!

Meet the four members of our SpaceX Crew-13 mission, who will help us learn how to live in space while making life better back on Earth: https://t.co/AI3NZDTleL

[Space Koala @SpaceKoala]

Inspiring

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

On my first mission I completely fell in love with space photography - tough not to when you’re graced with this kind of unique perspective of viewing all that Earth has to behold from above. I’ve been so happy to bust out the array of impressive lenses that we have up here once again, and this time with even better cameras (Nikon Z9, vs the D5 from my previous mission).

I was lucky enough to capture some pretty good aurora (northern lights, here over Alaska and Canada) on my first timelapse attempt of the mission, stay tuned for more!

Hoping for some impressive solar events to put on a fascinating show like the ones a few months ago.

[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

Day 021, orbit 0329 – Emotions / first impressions 😍

#εpsilon • @esa • @esaspaceflight • @ESA_fr • @NASA_Johnson • @Space_Station

[Zena Cardman @zenanaut]

The @Space_Station rarely makes big changes to its orientation, but we were lucky to experience such maneuvers (flipping around to fly butt-first, then flipping back again) before and after each @spacex CRS-33 reboost. This 60x speed timelapse was one of my favorites since it captures a little of everything - sunset, lightning storms, air glow, moon glint, stars, and sunrise - as we did one (actually very slow) orbital cartwheel from Atlantic to Pacific.

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

Here's the full photo briefly featured in my recent video post showing @BlackGryph0n against the full solar chromosphere after his jump. Crazy how small he looks despite being nearly 50,000,000x closer!

This ended up being my most popular print (vs the closeup) linked in my bio.

[Polaris @PolarisProgram]

Last night, @rookisaacman and @Gillis_SarahE returned @ExplorersClub Flag #218, which accompanied the Polaris Dawn crew to orbit. It was exposed to the vacuum of space during the mission’s spacewalk and traveled farther from Earth than any crewed mission since humanity last went to the Moon!

[Don Pettit @astro_Pettit]

Sidereal views from SpaceX Dragon.

[Hayley Arceneaux @ArceneauxHayley]

My spacesuit is finally home where it belongs, with the patients of St. Jude. I hope that it serves as a symbol of possibility and hope, that life after cancer can be full of accomplished dreams. Getting to share it with the patients was incredibly heartwarming and emotional. The kids love it already 🥹 and many of them told me they want to wear their own spacesuit someday! My heart couldn’t be happier.