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PKPs Powerfromspace1<p>@jwst.bsky.social </p><p>This is the closest photo of <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Saturn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturn</span></a> ever taken.<br>🔭 🧪</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a></p><p>/spcecraft <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Cassini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cassini</span></a></p>
65dBnoise<p>After laying off thousands of employees (8% of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>'s workforce) under the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> administration and putting on hold the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSR</span></a> mission, while favoring "space economy" (a euphemism for subsidizing the space industry) and calling upside-down moon landings and half baked private missions a "success", now</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> is being audited by their contractor <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> and his DOGE team.</p><p>As conflicted as this may sound, that's today's reality in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-15/republicans-tough-nasa-choice-protect-home-state-jobs-or-back-doge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-02-15/republicans-tough-nasa-choice-protect-home-state-jobs-or-back-doge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subsidies</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Young Star Cluster Westerlund 2<br>Credits: Université de Liège, CXC, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, Universityof Wisconsin, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, Caltech, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Buffalo Tom 🇧🇪KAA Gent - Beerschot: 3-2 <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/cobw?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cobw</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/gntbee?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gntbee</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/jpl?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jpl</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/soccer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#soccer</a>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Mars in the New Year<br>Credits: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Spirit Rover at Engineering Flats on Mars<br>Credits: MarsExploration Rover Mission, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>The Last Panorama of the Spirit Rover on Mars<br>Credits: MarsExploration Rover Mission, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, Cornell, Kenneth Kremer<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
zrb<p>On February 14th, 1990, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>) in Pasadena, California, the operators of <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Voyager1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Voyager1</span></a> were preparing to shut down the probe's camera system for the final time. Since launching in 1977, the spacecraft had performed close flybys of Jupiter and Saturn and was using its kinetic energy from the gravitational slingshot to head toward the edge of our solar system, the so-called "termination shock" where the solar wind meets interstellar space. Out so far from everything, and with dwindling electrical output from the plutonium generator, it didn’t make much sense to keep the camera operating and consuming power with nothing left to see.</p><p>There WAS one final thing left to see, however; the spacecraft’s distant position allowed it a unique view of our entire solar system. Recognizing this, the mission planners decided that before they shut down the camera system for good, Voyager 1 would look back and take one last series of photos: a so-called "family portrait" of every planet together.</p><p>Here is the result:</p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Fresh Tiger Stripes on Saturns Enceladus<br>Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, ESA, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>A Frosty Crater On Mars<br>Credits: Malin Space Science Systems, MGS, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Block Island Meteorite on Mars<br>Credits: MarsExploration Rover Mission, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Polar Polygons on Mars<br>Credits: Malin Space Science Systems, MOC, MGS, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
OptimusPrimeBot<p>Jose “Manny” Rodriguez adjusts Soxnav instrument onboard the G-IV </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AFRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AFRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AirborneScienceprogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirborneScienceprogram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BAERI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BAERI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BayAreaEnvironmentalResearchInstitute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BayAreaEnvironmentalResearchInstitute</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GulfstreamIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfstreamIV</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/JetPropulsionLaboratory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JetPropulsionLaboratory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NASAArmstrongFlightResearchCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASAArmstrongFlightResearchCenter</span></a> </p><p>⏩ 2 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250205010601" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spe</span><span class="invisible">cial:ListFiles?limit=2&amp;user=OptimusPrimeBot&amp;ilshowall=1&amp;offset=20250205010601</span></a></p>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Prometheus and the Rings of Saturn<br>Credits: Cassini Imaging Team, SSI, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, ESA, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
Buffalo Tom 🇧🇪A nice way to end the weekend. We won 1-0! 💪🏻 <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/kaagent?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kaagent</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/gntand?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gntand</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/jpl?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jpl</a> <a href="https://pixey.org/discover/tags/football?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#football</a>
World Beauty :verified:<p>Europa: Oceans of Life?<br>Credits: Discover the cosmos!, Voyager Project, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a><br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astrophotography</span></a></p>
शून्यता<p>Wie man nebenbei digitale Bildverarbeitung erfindet, weil die Bilder vom Mond.. die könnten schon noch ein bisschen schärfer.. ein bisschen besser sein.</p><p><a href="https://dresden.network/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Ranger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ranger</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Ranger7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ranger7</span></a> <a href="https://dresden.network/tags/Mond" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mond</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saQ9gkluZgo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=saQ9gkluZg</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p>
JumblePublishing<p>This photo from 1964 shows a human computer with an electronic computer. The woman is Melba Roy who headed the computer group tracking the Echo satellites at the time. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jpl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jpl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/echosatellites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>echosatellites</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humancomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humancomputers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/melbaroy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>melbaroy</span></a></p>
David J. Atkinson<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.universetoday.com/@fraser" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fraser</span></a></span> @fmarquardt@fediscience.org <br><a href="https://c.im/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> tool for auto classification of <a href="https://c.im/tags/galaxies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxies</span></a>, from my group at <a href="https://c.im/tags/JPL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JPL</span></a></p><p>Title: SKICAT: A Cataloging and Analysis Tool for Wide Field Imaging Surveys<br>Authors: Weir, N., Fayyad, U. M., Djorgovski, S., Roden, J. C., &amp; Rouquette, N.<br>Journal: Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems II, A.S.P. Conference Series, Vol. 52, 1993, R. J. Hanisch, R. J. V. Brissenden, and Jeannette Barnes, eds., p. 39.<br>Bibliographic Code: 1993ASPC...52...39W</p>
JumblePublishing<p>This undated photo (probably from the 1950s) shows human computers at work in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at NASA with adding machines on their desks. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nasa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nasa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/jpl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jpl</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humancomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humancomputers</span></a></p>