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Swapna Krishna

@swapnakrishna.com

spaceflight + space science reporter, Ad Astra (YouTube + newsletter + vertical video). occasionally: fast company, wired, science friday, npr. links + sponcon info: http://bio.site/skrishna
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Go into your photo roll and post the first image that makes you laugh out loud
Go into your photo roll or whatever and post the first image that makes you laugh literally out loud.
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Boeing Starliner astronauts Suni and Butch are on bathroom duty up on the ISS apparently
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Finished knitting this a couple of weeks ago and now I get to wear it for the first time!! 🧶🧶🧶
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Not in tech but in STEM, and my firm belief is knitting is engineering. Here’s my favorite piece that I’ve made:
My timeline is full of women in tech who are fiber artists of some sort. I got into embroidery, but the knitters are beyond counting.
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My husband took our 5 year old to see his grandparents and I was by myself in the house for two weeks, and now they’re back and my kid is home with my and my heart is full!!!
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THIS PHOTO 😭 Matthew Dominick shared this on the bird site, it’s of Boeing Starliner, with the aurora visible on Earth 🛰️🔭🧪
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GUESS WHO IS SENDING BACK DATA FROM ALL FOUR OF ITS OPERATIONAL SCIENCE INSTRUMENTS?? Voyager 1 we love you
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Finished knitting this top finally!!
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Sometimes you just have to dig up the shirt from your first launch
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Cut like six inches of my hair, feeling FREEEEEE
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Bill Anders!!! No!!!!
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These views are incredible. The ship is clearly coming apart, but still intact at 50km up. 🛰️ #space
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At expected peak heating 🛰️ #space
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LIFTOFF OF STARSHIP ON IFT-4 🛰️ #space
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Passing through Max Q, max dynamic pressure
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LIFTOFF of Boeing Starliner’s crewed test flight to the International Space Station!! 🛰️ #space
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TWO MINUTES TO LAUNCH COME ON STARLINER #space 🛰️
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10 MINUTES TO LAUNCH. Crew access arm retracted. #space 🛰️
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Hatch closure complete 🛰️
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Here’s a good graphic from ULA that may help!! Launch time is 10:52 am.
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Boeing Starliner is gearing up for launch! Liftoff is scheduled for 10:52 am ET. Launch vehicle and spacecraft are both doing great, weather is beautiful, and the launch team is ahead of schedule. 🛰️
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INCREDIBLE images from China's Chang’e 6 lander, which landed on the far side of the moon late on June 1 and lifted off in an ascent vehicle with the first lunar samples from the far side of the moon yesterday. Image credit: CNSA 🧪🛰️🔭 #scicomm #womeninstem
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Oh boy…guessing this is about the gyroscopes issue. Is it time to transition to one gyro mode? 🔭🧪🛰️ For more on that: www.adastraspace.com/p/hubble-spa...
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I mentioned huge sunspots pointed at Earth earlier, well now we’re under a geomagnetic storm watch. This is not going to be as strong as the storm earlier this month as of right now, but Canadians and Alaskans, take note!
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I won’t be live updating duringthe press conference because I have more important things to do but I will update with any relevant info!
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This kid has asked me every day since May 6 whether this rocket is launching.
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“That door is so small! How are they going to get in there? That’s going to be a squishy ride.” Honestly, the 5 yo’s commentary is better than mine. 🛰️