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@Harvard & @Smithsonian collaboration to ask — and ultimately answer — humanity’s greatest questions about the nature of the universe.
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Joined February 2018
LIFTOFF FOR TEMPO! Congratulations to the @TEMPO_Mission team for a successful launch this Friday morning. 🚀. #TEMPO
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Meet Heather Williams, SAO's first Chief Operating Officer!
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RT @NASA_Langley: Want to know what's in the air we breathe? With the @NASA and @CenterForAstro TEMPO mission, we're hoping to get answers!….
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2/2: Shep was presented with the award on World Big Bang Day by Belgium's Secretary of State for Recovery & Strategic Investments and the rector of the Catholic University of Louvain. Photograph © Brigitte Lacombe for the Breakthrough Prize. Learn more:
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1/2: Congrats to @ShepDoeleman for being awarded the Georges Lemaître International Prize! The award is named after the father of the Big Bang theory, and was presented to Shep because of his pivotal role in capturing the first image of a supermassive black hole in 2019.
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RT @HarvardSciTalks: In one week! @BadAstronomer and @aussiastronomer present UNDER ALIEN SKIES: A SIGHTSEER'S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE. Detai….
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RT @smithsonian: Four years ago today from our @CenterForAstro, you got this first look at a black hole.
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RT @smithsonian: Right now, a washing machine-sized scientific instrument hovers above us. Launched today on the Intelsat 40e satellite,….
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RT @SmithsonianSec: I remember crowding around my school's TV to witness new achievements in space exploration. I hope this launch offers t….
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RT @NASA: Spacecraft separation confirmed! The Intelsat satellite hosting our @NASAEarth & @CenterForAstro #TEMPO mission is flying free fr….
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The Sun has set here in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Less than 5 hours until @Intelsat 40E blasts off from Launch Complex 40, carrying our @TEMPO_Mission payload with it! Who’s watching with us at midnight? . —> #TEMPO
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RT @SmithsonianSec: The stage is set for the launch carrying #TEMPO, which will help us study what's in the air we breathe. @TEMPO_Mission,….
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Our @TEMPO_Mission instrument is packed up and READY FOR LAUNCH. T-minus 8 hours (or so) until liftoff!. #TEMPO.
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RT @SmithsonianSec: In 1848, to understand the weather, the Smithsonian distributed monitoring equipment to volunteers across the U.S. This….
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RT @SmithsonianSec: The TEMPO mission is nothing short of amazing. The size of a washing machine, it will be the first space-based instrume….
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RT @SmithsonianSec: Apps on our phones tell us exactly when it will rain. Soon, we'll measure and predict the movement of air pollutants wi….
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The @TEMPO_Mission crew, which includes members of @NASA_Langley and @CenterforAstro, has begun to gather in Cape Canaveral, Florida! . Let the countdown clocks begin! ⌛🚀
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LIVE NOW: @NASA is hosting a Media Teleconference to share updates about the upcoming launch of the @TEMPO_Mission. Tune in to listen at
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