Chris White @cknasaboy Twitter profile

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

The Setups The Shots

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

9 months

We never stopped

Culture Critic

@Culture_Crit

9 months

Why did human beings stop building wonders?

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Some photos from Thursday night’s OPM! It’s pretty weird seeing what is nominally the rear of @Space_Station pointing nadir towards the earth, but it made for some incredible views!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Happy KSP2 launch day! Fun fact: the machine I use to fly the actual @Space_Station falls short of meeting the minimum system requirements 🙃

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

11 months

Apple Maps > Google Maps

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

The Setup The Shot

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

I’m putting this screenshot on my resume

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 months

Live views of me vibing to the SpaceX hold music

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

This is how I actually sit at the console if we’re not live on NASA TV

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

9 months

A little noisy, but one of my favorites!

Adobe Lightroom

@Lightroom

9 months

i'm a photographer, and i took this photo:

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Several hours after undock, Progress 79P re-entered Earth’s atmosphere and burned up. Pics by me from two of @Space_Station ’s External High Def Cameras

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Orion maneuvers it’s solar arrays and cameras to capture the moon!!! 😍😍😍

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Launch Complexes 39A, 39B, SLC 40 and 41 from @Space_Station ! I have been trying to get a shot like this for MONTHS. It’s either 1) always cloudy, or 2) I screwed up the settings/angles and missed.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Full resolution versions of these photos! 😍😍

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Hooooooly shi……p! This is an incredible perspective (peep the SGANTs!)

Liam

@liamxpry

2 years

Great view from inside the ISS of AX-1 Dragon Endeavour docking to the International Space Station (📸 Oleg Artemiev) @Axiom_Space

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Have they tried simply turning Engine 3 off and then back on again?

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

I was 5 😅

National Air and Space Museum

@airandspace

3 years

It was the dawn of a new era. The first piece of the @Space_Station , the Russian Space Agency's Zarya (“Dawn”) module, launched today in 1998. It was joined a few weeks later by the United States' first component: the Unity module.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Some shots I got from today’s EVA!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

It’s been a while since I have worked console, but last night I discovered that MCC has been playing ISS in a game of chess! Each “Daily Planning Conference” (morning, evening) a move is either called up/down. Pretty close game so far!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

7 months

Dear lord, where is Falcon Heavy about to YEET this poor spacecraft

Dr Marco Langbroek

@Marco_Langbroek

7 months

X-37B OTV 7 mission to launch (as USSF-52) on December 7 on a Falcon 9 Heavy, and will "include operating the reusable spaceplane in new orbital regimes":

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Just noticed these Orion Selfies have fantastic views of two of our S-Band antennas! There are 6 total Phased Array Antennas, 4 around the Crew Module (first image) and 2 on the Crew Module Adapter (second image)

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 month

Shoutout to that time my grandfather fell off his space station

National Air and Space Museum

@airandspace

1 month

Skylab’s micrometeoroid shield ripped loose at launch—a loss that made it uninhabitable. Rusty Schweickart tested a parasol on Earth and developed procedures for deploying it in space to save America’s first space station. Read the details on the blog:

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Check out this amazing photo from Orion’s Optical Navigation Camera, taken during an Earth calibration session!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Did a TON of audio testing for Artemis II this week, and at one point, the engineers needed something (anything) on the uplink for data gathering… So I Rick Rolled them (literally held my phone up to my face/headset and played it from YouTube 😂)

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

4 months

Crew Dragon Endurance, lit by the rising moon, with star trails and Earth-glow in the background - this is a 150 second, f11, ISO 1000 exposure. Not pictured - the 10 blurry horrible messes before I snagged this one lol

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@cknasaboy

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

POV: you just (intentionally) pulled the plug on @Space_Station ’s Primary Command & Control computer

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

So happy this shot turned out! The freeze in the feed is because I took a high res still (which unfortunately kills the stream). Also @kate_tice they did not give me a gold star 😅 Apprciate the bonus points from @G2Nasa though!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

A whole laptop went missing a couple weeks ago 😅 But! It was still connected to the network! T/S included remoteing in and activating the webcam to see if we could figure out what module it was in. Didn’t work so we cranked up the volume and played A New Hope 🔊crew found it!

Michael L-A

@CommanderMLA

2 years

Stowage is a big problem on the @Space_Station ; it's full from years of missions, and oftentimes when you go to find an item it can be a challenge. As we build the @Axiom_Space Station we're cognizant of lessons learned while designing a functional, modern space station.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Life update: I’m excited to join the @NASAArtemis team for the Artemis II mission! There was definitely some imposter syndrome (given that I currently have no Orion experience 😅), but I’m excited at the opportunity to learn and grow with a fantastic team.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

A different kind of rocket boop 🚀👈

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

I’m so happy we got this shot! A weird orientation of the station (required for docking) left us with less than stellar comm coverage. I pointed the camera where I thought Soyuz would be when we got video back, and it lined up *perfectly*!

International Space Station

@Space_Station

1 year

The Soyuz MS-23, the new ride home for NASA astronaut Frank Rubio and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, docked to the space station at 7:58pm ET as the station flew 260 miles above northern Mongolia. Read more..

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Since most of the maneuver occurred during orbital night, I was trying to see if I could capture some thruster firing with long exposure shots. Most of them didn’t turn out, but there is one where you can see a faint plume from MLM!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Now a view from one of our in-cabin cameras!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

A contender for my new all time favorite EHDC photo I’ve gotten: Progress 83P reboosting @Space_Station . A 30 second exposure that captures the plume, but also the station modules by the light of the Moon!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

That feeling when the cameras are exactly where you want them after tracking Dragon in the blind through a Ku LOS

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Exciting *times* this week on console!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

The JSC clinic physician today recommended getting better sleep and to avoid stress Meanwhile all I can do is think about how some of my coworkers are hurtling through a debris field in Low Earth Orbit every 90 min 😅🙃 It’s a miracle my blood pressure isn’t higher

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

I can’t believe I have to say this but here we go: don’t use tragic accidents like Challenger for your political gains/positions, this is gross

Congressman Kevin Hern

@repkevinhern

1 year

After the Challenger tragically exploded, my dreams of being an astronaut were cut short. But I did what I had to do – including hog farming – to purchase my first McDonalds in 1997. Today, I am honored to represent #OK01 in the U.S. Congress. Never EVER give up.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Space Leak System

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Me thinking my #aurora photos were good vs seeing @Thom_astro ’s photos

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

At the #ErasTour concert, I was fascinated with the wristbands they give you. They have LEDs in them, and are controlled by the show, lighting up certain colors, flashing to the beat, drawing complex shapes, etc. I wanted to figure out how they did that, so I kept mine…

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 months

2024 Total Solar eclipse from @Space_Station - shoutout to CRONUS Loren and @FightingFarmer for these incredible views!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

10 months

Me trying keep all four cameras pointed at Hawaii at the same time as we fly by at 17500 mph

Ben Honey

@spaceguy87

10 months

today we had this incredible oblique view of The Big Island of Hawaii from the ISS external cameras. You can see Mauna Loa, Hualalai, Mauna Kea (from bottom right to upper left). Props to @cknasaboy for the great camera work. @Space_Station @NASA @maunakeaobs

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

7 months

When he was in the control room, we sent my coworker (who was on console) a ton of Tom Hanks gifs so he would see them if he walked over and think he was weirdly obsessed 😂

NASA's Johnson Space Center

@NASA_Johnson

7 months

Welcome to Houston, @tomhanks ! The actor stopped by and learned more about @NASAArtemis and its plan to take humans further than ever before. He revisited the historic Apollo Mission Control room and even chatted with a few of the astronauts on board the @Space_Station .

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

8 months

Starting a new chapter in my career today: I am now officially a civil servant! Still at JSC, still working Orion INCO and Artemis II, but I’m excited to do so directly for NASA. Ad Lunam!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

I’m in this picture and I LIKE IT

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Got a telemarketer call at one of the console phones today. Picked up and went “Hello, you’ve reached NASA!”, which was followed by an immediate hang-up lmao

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

10 months

ENITURN

@eniturn

10 months

With 2 pictures, Define GROWTH

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Thanks for the (re)boost Cygnus! To make this work, @Space_Station had to have the right attitude (-ZVV, -XLV), making for some one of a kind shots from our external cameras (not too often the Cupola isn’t Earth-facing!)

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Bad news: I’m being called in to work Saturday evening. Good news: I get to film the first uncrewed Souyz docking to @Space_Station

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

God never intended hydrogen to be a liquid

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Sometimes looking through the cameras you lose a sense of scale of @Space_Station . A human crawling around the outside helps!

Morgan Denman

@MDenmanDesign

2 years

Wow, what a view 🌎 Spacewalk happening right now:

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@cknasaboy

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

9 days

One of the photos I took a couple years ago was selected to go up on the wall in our office! I’ve never had any of my shots printed out before, it’s super cool to see!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Oh hey, I took the photo on the left 📸 - Starboard Lower Outboard High Def Camera #resilience #crew1

Michael Sheetz

@thesheetztweetz

3 years

SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule Resilience docked with the space station one day, and back on Earth after splashdown the next: Photos: @NASA_Johnson & @ingallsimages

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Hearing that MCC-H was able to see the @SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from the @Space_Station EHDCs (image is of the location of ISS at liftoff). I cannot WAIT to see that video!!!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

GUYS I FINALLY GOT TO SEE AN EHDC IN PERSON I USED THIS EXACT CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES IN FREAKING SPACE

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Me on console today watching everyone else having fun at the airshow

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

The plume of @SpaceX ’s Falcon Heavy, as it launched USSF 67 into orbit, as seen from @Space_Station from an altitude of 262 miles, and a velocity of over 17,500 mph Full resolution source:

Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Hearing that MCC-H was able to see the @SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from the @Space_Station EHDCs (image is of the location of ISS at liftoff). I cannot WAIT to see that video!!!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

I did not get the express written consent of the NFL before taking this photo of the Super Bowl from @Space_Station today just before kickoff

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

Not often you think about weather in space, but this week’s geomagnetic storm made for some amazing auroras! I’ve never seen it in person, but I did snag a few shots of them yesterday using @space_station ’s external high Def cameras!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

high beta, ISS lights on and the freaking NORTHERN LIGHTS make for a sweet shot of SPDM. I had zero idea the aurora was even visible - it only appeared after a long exposure photo and caught me complete by surprise! #robo #canadarm2

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

1 year

In honor of Crew Dragon Endeavour taking flight again tonight, here are some of my favorite photos I’ve taken of her, from both Demo-2 and Crew-2! Godspeed Crew-6!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

*waves at coworkers*

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@cknasaboy

2 years

A very happy 90th (!) birthday to my grandfather, Joe Kerwin! Had the pleasure of hanging out with him at @SpaceCenterHou yesterday, and having a #Skylab astronaut describe his experiences in orbit *while in the Skylab exhibit* will absolutely never get old

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

When the SM jettisoned taking all the cameras that gave us those incredible shots throughout the mission 🫡

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Good morning from Lunar DRO! Today, the Moon will transit in front of the Earth! Step away from the World Cup for just a moment to watch and follow along here:

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

9 months

It’s almost the Fall Equinox! Love this time of year because the day/night visualization on the ground track basically becomes a square wave

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

I’m so tired of divisive space twitter

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

@notnotnuanced Lmao

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

TIL: all 4 engines on the Artemis I SLS have parts that also flew on STS-1 (41 years ago!)

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@cknasaboy

1 year

OH MY GOD ITS NASA WITH THE STEEL CHAIR

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Some shots I snapped of Progress 80P before and after it undocked from @Space_Station on Sunday evening!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

8 months

My friends who just got back from their honeymoon to Banff brought me back a Canadian $5 bill because it has the Canadarm on it! Thanks @johnboranjr and @kristinmj2 !!!

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@cknasaboy

2 months

Optical Comm spotted!

Orion Spacecraft

@NASA_Orion

2 months

New Orion pics👀✨ At @NASAKennedy , teams moved the #Artemis II stack into a vacuum chamber, where it will undergo electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing to confirm Orion can safely fly through harsh electric fields.

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

We docked the most recent Progress spacecraft without being able to command from the ground to @Space_Station 😅

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@cknasaboy

1 year

Peep me in the background (in blue) nervously waiting to teach them next about Orion’s Comm Systems!

NASA

@NASA

1 year

Training begins for the @NASAArtemis II astronauts! While some of us are enjoying the start of summer vacation, they just began training for their mission to the Moon and back. Here's the trajectory map they covered in class this week:

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

57,000 miles away from Earth, this shot from the external solar array wing cameras on @NASA_Orion looking back at the Earth 😍

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

Food: $200 Data: $150 Rent: $800 LEGOs and LEDs: $3,600 Utility: $150 someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this. my family is dying

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@cknasaboy

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

#SPDM and #Canadarm2 working on STP-H6 removal yesterday!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Farewell to the SS Katherine Johnson! So long, and thanks for taking out the trash!

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@cknasaboy

2 years

OH GOD DART NO

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@cknasaboy

1 year

NASAs Microsoft Teams instance finally got updated to allow for any emoji reaction, and all of my group chats have devolved into emoji-chaos

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

5 months

Launch Updates Artemis II - September 2025 Artemis III - September 2026 Artemis IV - September 2028 #AdLunam

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@cknasaboy

1 year

Got the chance to climb inside the Orion mockup we have here at JSC during a crew lesson practice run!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

3 years

Ok so I saw a lot of comments on The Internet Bird Site annoyed that we didn’t have video of this live during undock. This video shows exactly why. That big dish right in the foreground, between @Thom_astro and Dragon? That’s our Ku-Band SGANT (Space to Ground Antenna) 🧵

Thomas Pesquet

@Thom_astro

3 years

🔊 2021, l’odyssée de l’espace : une bande son mythique pour ces images du départ du #CargoDragon 🐉 la semaine dernière. 🔊 2021: A space odyssey. @SpaceX #CargoDragon 🐉 departing last week with an iconic soundtrack. Science fiction of a few decades ago is now science fact!

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@cknasaboy

5 months

“Houston, we hebben een serieus probleem”

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@cknasaboy

1 year

Got to be in the clean room with Artemis II Optical Comm flight hardware today, and I got to command to it (I GOT TO FIRE THE LASER)

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@cknasaboy

2 years

Even though Orion will be Loss of Comm when it flies behind the Moon, we’re still going to get some incredible Earthrise views! Our amazing INCO team is going to pre-program the vehicle’s cameras so they activate and configure themselves. I can’t wait for y’all to see!

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Chris White

@cknasaboy

2 years

As of end of my shift yesterday, I have sent just over 25,000 commands to @Space_Station ! No commands to @NASA_Orion yet, but maybe in a couple years :)

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@cknasaboy

2 years

ssrms go brrrr

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@cknasaboy

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Sunrise over the Earth - absolutely in love with the glow of the sun reflected off the oceans, and the layers of clouds you can see from this angle

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@cknasaboy

2 years

New #Artemis wall art outside of White FCR!

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@cknasaboy

1 year

Reminder that humans have put a tiny helicopter on Mars and it just won’t quit!

Jason Major

@JPMajor

1 year

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter captured a view of the Perseverance rover during its 51st flight on Mars

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@cknasaboy

4 years

Make sure to update your @LEGO_Group @Space_Station models to accurately reflect #Resilience docking to Node 2 Forward!

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@cknasaboy

2 years

Happy 1-year docking anniversary to #Crew2 !

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@cknasaboy

3 years

I leaned over to ADCO as I zoomed in and said “Bet you someone on the internet notices this” 😂 The reason this (normally) earth-facing camera could see the Moon was because we were doing an OPM. @Space_Station flying backwards for the 6R Russian Node docking later today!

Liam Kennedy

@liamkennedy

3 years

Okay okay, #CRONUS . That is just simply too much! It seems like you have just performed one of the wildest camera movements ever. Using the entire @Space_Station as a PTZ mount for the fixed EHDC_6 camera so you can zoom in on THE MOON! #Amazing @cknasaboy

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