Beth Moses
@VGChiefTrainer
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Professional astronaut, engineer, & retired Chief Astronaut Instructor. Humbled to have flown 6 spaceflights: VF01, Unity22, U25, G02, G03, G04.🕊️
Joined January 2014
Today’s NG-2 launch is scrubbed due to weather, specifically the cumulus cloud rule. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt based on forecasted weather.
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Not your typical Sunday! An uncrewed orbit launcher will hopefully launch from Florida, land its first stage, and send two mapping satellites to a parking spot in space so they can transfer to Mars orbit in ‘27. Good luck Blue, Rocket Lab, and NASA!
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Blue Origin says the second launch of its New Glenn rocket, carrying a pair of NASA Mars spacecraft, is scheduled for Nov. 9.
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Golly thanks for the gift, George! I look forward to reading it! I see there’s a forward by none other than Bill Tai and a quote from Virgin Galactic’s intrepid Astronaut001. How wonderful and thank you again! @BitfuryGeorge
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Safety First: Shenzhou-20 Return postponed: The China Manned Space Agency has confirmed that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship may have been hit by a small orbital debris object. Officials are conducting impact assessments and risk analyses to evaluate the situation. Updates will follow.
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Permanent habitation of the International Space Station began 25 years ago today on November 2, 2000. Happy silver anniversary ISS!
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this is a really good idea
We should try to make Halloween a worldwide sidewalk astronomy night. Think of the impact we could have on the next generation of astronomers, astrophysicists, and astronauts!
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1969: we can send people to the moon with 4kb of ram 2025: a cloud outage means my smart bed won’t cool down
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In a new report of the world’s 25 best managed universities, Purdue is No. 1 in the world. 🚂🏆 Learn more about the report and its findings. ⤵️ https://t.co/ZeVi28h8q2
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Citing sustained excellence in student-faculty satisfaction, financial stability, and teaching and research quality, Organizational Excellence Specialists has named Purdue the No. 1 best managed college or university in the world. #BoilerUp
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See that RocketShip..Hurtling Heavenwards at 3 times the speed of sound? That was me. Sat sitting in the sharp end. 2 years ago today… #VirginGalactic
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Thanks Ron! And happy anniversary to you and also to Kelly, CJ, Namira, and Ron. #G04 #Galactic04
Happy Space-versary to my @virgingalactic #Galactic04 crewmates, CDR Kelly Latimer, PLT CJ Sturckow, @VGChiefTrainer, @trevorbmbagency & @namirasalim - everlasting memories of a transformative day, Oct. 6, 2023! https://t.co/dqzdKyQfyc
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On this day in 2004, SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize for repeated flights in a privately developed reusable spacecraft after pilot Brian Binnie flew SpaceShipOne on its third of three record-setting flights: https://t.co/UNn8jtmaTw
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Did you catch @TomCostelloNBC @TODAYshow coverage of the upcoming expedition to search for Amelia Earhart’s missing plane? A Purdue crew will join the Archaeological Legacy Institute's journey to the South Pacific. 🔎🛩️ Join the countdown!
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What happened to Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan after they went missing trying to fly around the world in 1937? That’s the question archeologist Richard Pettigrew is on a mission to uncover...
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A mystery 88 years in the making! 🔎 Purdue joins the Archaeological Legacy Institute in a South Pacific expedition to search for Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra airplane.
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In 30 days, Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation will join an expedition to the South Pacific to solve the disappearance of Amelia Earhart during her mission to become the first woman to...
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On this day in 2004, Mike Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 64 miles. This was the second of three record flights flown by SpaceShipOne to win the X-Prize: https://t.co/c4zOJX41CU
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Purdue Research Foundation and Archaeological Legacy Institute to embark on expedition to identify Amelia Earhart’s missing plane.
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On the 88th anniversary of her mysterious disappearance, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) and Archaeological Legacy Institute (ALI) announced a remarkable joint effort to locate Amelia Earhart’s lost...
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