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Teachers apply for the Space for Teachers Embedded Teacher Program! Come fly with us in ZeroG!! instagram.com/reel/DNMASA-Ry…

@Space4teacherZG @astro_Pettit @NASA Amazing program!!!

ISS FASTLab provides classrooms with opportunities for ISS research. Students send experiments to the ISS & a crew member executes the experiment! It truly is a lab partner in space. A big thank you to @astro_Pettit & @nasa facebook.com/reel/126188476…

@astro_Pettit @Space_Station @astro_jannicke Amazing!

Aurora seen today from @Space_Station while orbit was passing between Australia and Antartrica; photographer @astro_jannicke now on the private FRAM2 space mission will be having an even better view in their polar orbit.

@Space4teacherZG Amazing program!!

Give the gift of Opportunity- Make Space for Teachers •Empower Teachers and Advance Innovation by connecting educators to space research. •Connect with classrooms for access to free low-gravity testing through the Embedded Teacher Program.  spaceforteachers.org

@astro_Pettit One of my students said after I showed your photos to one of my classes: “Earth from space is so beautiful, my goal is to take my mom up there one day so we can see it together!” She is nine. Your work is inspiring a whole new generation of space wanders!! Thank you!

Moonshine from space. Somewhere over the Amazon basin, shooting photos of cities at night, I noticed the light from a near-full moon reflecting off of the meandering rainforest rivers. In the cool moon-ish light these rivers became flowing silver snakes. When the moonlight was filtered through thunderheads, it turned the rivers into glowing golden claws. Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/320 sec, ISO 25600, processed in Photoshop.

@astro_Pettit Wow!! Totally amazing!!

It is totally awesome to see a comet from orbit. The perspective of rising through the atmosphere on edge is truly unique from our vantage point. The comet tail is still too dim to see with your eyes, but it is heading towards the sun and growing brighter every day.  This comet is known as C2023-A3 or Tsuchinshan-ATLAS. @dominickmatthew used math (go figure) and our orbital geometry to figure out where to point our cameras and was the first to get a good photo (x.com/dominickmatthe…). Using Matthew’s technique, I will photograph every day to see what develops in the tail structure. Currently, there appears to be a forward directed “tail” that I am not certain is real or an artifact from shooting through 4 window panes. Time will tell if this structure brightens. Stay tuned. Nikon Z9, 200mm f2, 1/8th sec, ISO 25600, processed with Photoshop.

@DanJHoy1 I was out there but my pics were not so good! Thanks for sharing!

@PettitFrontiers @astro_Pettit He has helped my students so much over the past few years! He has been such an inspiration and given them so much encouragement to pursue their dreams of space industry jobs! We are all so excited to watch him and follow all of the new experiments he does !

@astro_Pettit @iss My students were so amazed by this they designed a copy of it for me to try out on a parabolic flight! It failed the first time but with your generous time and help we were able to redesign it and it was successful for the second flight! We can’t wait to see your next mission!

This was so fascinating. I had a teflon knitting needle on @ISS and charged it by rubbing with my Russian fur boots. Then I directed water droplets from a syringe towards the charged knitting needle and this is the resulting dynamics. The droplets, due to charge forces, go into a crazy orbit around the knitting needle. If planets were cylindrical this would be the orbit of its moons due to gravity. Canon G1 video camera, Expedition 30, 2012.

@Space4teacherZG Space For Teachers is a group that is dedicated to bringing space education to students across the world! We are so proud of the High School NASA SEES Interns at Center For Space Research!

@AstroPeggy I am a teacher in rural Iowa - I always read your inspiring story to them and repeat your message! It doesn’t matter where you come from, dream big!! Thanks for all of the incredible inspiration!! It hits home to the 575 students I teach each week!!

I grew up on this farm in a town with more cattle than people in a time when there was no such thing as a female astronaut. It doesn't matter where you come from, you can achieve extraordinary goals if you set your mind to it.

@astro_Pettit That is amazing

Orbital eye wash: NASA engineers have come up with a simple method for emergency eye wash in weightlessness. We practice on the ground so if needed we can quickly deploy and treat ourselves or one of our crew mates.

@LauraLoomer @RealCandaceO Do you think CNN has provided all of the debate questions to Biden ahead of time?

@RealCandaceO What do you think it is? If you had to guess the concoction.

Whatever they are going to inject Biden with tonight will have to be stronger than usual. Very difficult to mask his rapid decline.

Save the date! The 2024 Community STEM Day, hosted by the Southeast Iowa STEM Hub and sponsored by @CollinsAero, is on July 18. Market-style fair, in-depth workshops, exclusive lab tours, live music, food trucks, and more! Registration opens soon. 👇👇👇 se.iowastem.org/stem-festivals

STEAM Educators: put your classroom into orbit with ISS FASTLab! Think of it as having an astronaut as a lab partner, conducting your students' experiments in microgravity aboard the ISS. Act FAST! Proposals due by June 3! #spaceforteachers spaceforteachers.org/fastlab