#nasasocial

I went to @nasakennedy for the Crew-10 launch and came back with a whole new personality… plus a suitcase full of @NASA swag. 🤓

I still can't make the NASA Social event for the Space X launch because this mess and some business matters ate up my window of opportunity. I hope someone else out there has a wonderful time in my place, and maybe I'll get another chance. Thanks to everyone!

Nine years ago today I was honored to join #NASASocial at @NASAKennedy to watch @ULAlaunch launch @MAVEN2Mars & begin an incredible journey of discovery of the red planet. Still one of the most incredible things I've ever personally witnessed. #NASA #NASASocial #MAVEN https://www.instagram.com/p/ClITSHUuAsQ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Aaand…Part 2 of my #nasasocial experience has landed! (see what I did there? 😄) click the link in my bio to see the folks I met and the things we saw. I encourage you to apply to attend a future event! #DARTMission #planetarydefense https://www.instagram.com/p/CjTKZz0ubGx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

DART Mission NASA’s 1st planetary defense test mission! Want to learn a little more about this trailblazing mission? Let’s go! Make sure to follow my coverage on this upcoming event Monday, 9/26. I’ll be touring @johnshopkinsapl and will be there for the the spacecrafts encounter with the asteroid that evening. Make sure to follow my adventures on my IG stories! In the meantime, here is some helpful information about the mission. Enjoy! The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Developed and led for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, DART will demonstrate the planetary defense technique known as kinetic impact. The DART spacecraft, which launched on November 24, 2021, will slam into an asteroid and shift its orbit, taking a critical step in demonstrating ways to protect our planet from a potentially hazardous impact. DART’s target is a binary asteroid system consisting of Didymos (Greek for “twin”), about a half-mile across, and its smaller companion called Dimorphos (Greek for “two forms”), about 530 feet across. DART will use an autonomous targeting system to aim itself at Dimorphos. The spacecraft, roughly the size of a small car, will strike the smaller body at about 4 miles per second on September 26, 2022. Telescopes on Earth will observe the asteroid system and measure the change in Dimorphos’ orbit around Didymos. A ride-along CubeSat named LICIACube, built by the Italian Space Agency, will separate from DART before impact to observe the collision. Info source: Johns Hopkins APL #NASASocial #DARTmission #PlanetaryDefender #PlanetaryDefense https://www.instagram.com/p/CiveXYWplvj/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Counting down….🥰 #NASAsocial #DARTmission #PlanetaryDefender #PlanetaryDefense https://www.instagram.com/p/Cinpsn7uMX4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

I am honored to have been selected to attend an upcoming #NASAsocial in-person event on September 26! 🙌🏽🚀 We will learn about the world’s first mission to deflect an asteroid in space – NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART). {Think: the movie Armaggedon, but with more actual science 😎} Stay tuned here on IG (@HappyToBDee) and Twitter (@HappyToBeDee) for more info leading up to and on the day. And if you are a space enthusiast, please feel free to share and help me get the word out! ❤️ Until then, check out this article from NASA on this mission: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/pdco/index.html#dart Photo credit: NASA https://www.instagram.com/p/ChsukYpLu5c/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=