16 years ago today I spent my 1st full day in space with an incredible STS-128 crew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on our rendezvous flight path to the International Space Station to spend 14 days in space & deliver over 7 tons of equipment to the ISS!
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Important distinction when comparing space stations is the research capability.
Space stations are useless without meaningful scientific or production utility.
The ISS possesses multi-phase combustion facilities. Metal morphology, atmospheric, fluid, and botanical labs.…
Important distinction when comparing space stations is the research capability.
Space stations are useless without meaningful scientific or production utility.
The ISS possesses multi-phase combustion facilities. Metal morphology, atmospheric, fluid, and botanical labs.… https://t.co/Svsbl8yQIY
DOGE eliminated more than 280,000 federal jobs in February and March. In the second part of my conversation with author Michael Lewis, he told me what the Trump administration gets wrong about federal workers.
The end of an era.
A little while ago, we closed the hatch after saying goodbye to our @Space_Station crewmates, the Soyuz 72S crew of Alexey Ovchinin, Ivan Vagner, and @astro_Pettit. Just minutes ago, they detached from station and departed on their orbital journey back to…
The federal government doesn’t ‘give’ money to Harvard. The $2.2 billion in frozen payments isn’t for Harvard sophomores’ tuition or library books.
The US government is buying services from Harvard: scientific & medical research & development.
These aren’t ‘woke donations.’…
“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…
Thrilled to receive our astronaut wings from SpaceX.
Though it wasn’t a competition, I have to admit that I felt a bit nervous watching @Gillis_SarahE play the violin in space—As our precedent mission, Polaris Dawn has set such an incredible standard—brilliantly planned and…
Isabella gave her all to serve her country—until she was illegally, unjustly fired.
Please listen to her story. I am fighting for Isabella and for federal workers across the country—these firings cannot stand.
If Elon Musk truly wants to understand what federal workers accomplished over the past week, he should get to know each department and agency, and learn about the jobs he's trying to cut.
Our public servants work hard to ensure that our national security is protected; that…
@elonmusk Elon, I have long admired you and what you have accomplished, especially at SpaceX and Tesla.
You know as well as I do, that Butch and Suni are returning with Crew-9, as has been the plan since last September. Even now, you are not sending up a rescue ship to bring them home.…
Mexican President Sheinbaum fires back at Trump in a statement: "Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. We do not produce these weapons, nor do we consume synthetic drugs. Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost…
On this day in 1965, Joe Engle flew to an altitude of 50 miles in the North American X-15. Engle flew the X-15 higher than 50 miles three times, officially qualifying him for Air Force astronaut wings.
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