John Slick Baum
@slickf16
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Polaris Dawn Philanthropy Director, Retired USAF Fighter Pilot, Draken Intl. Co-Founder, proud Dad and Husband 🇺🇸🤙🏽
Joined August 2016
From black powder to solid rocket motos - all in on National Defense 🇺🇸
Propulsion is the foundation of freedom of maneuver in space, defense and deterrence, and it requires a resilient American industrial base. That’s why bringing Estes Energetics into Voyager matters. From solid propulsion components to critical energetics, we’re strengthening U.S.
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Reagan would be proud. Can’t wait to see @rookisaacman take the helm and get America back to the moon! 🇺🇸
This is a critical moment for @NASA as it works to deploy the historic funding secured in the One Big Beautiful Bill to beat China back to the moon and bolster U.S. leadership in space. I know @rookisaacman is committed to having American astronauts return to the lunar surface
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Thank YOU @SenLisaBaker for a lifetime of selfless leadership to Pennsylvania Commonwealth!! #oneteam 🇺🇸
Congrats to NE Regional Cancer Institute honoree @slickf16 & his family. Our area is blessed to be home to so many who have served our nation with honor & distinction. Few have assembled his sterling credentials. His example of leadership & contribution inspires us all.
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Congratulations @rookisaacman , so excited for @NASA , America, and your family. 🇺🇸
Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities. The support from the space-loving community has
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It was an honor to celebrate our veterans today. Special thanks to @Rob4PA , @SenLisaBaker and @BrendaPugh and all of the volunteers and office staff that made today possible 🇺🇸 Families, neighbors come together to honor veterans
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KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Honoring local veterans at an annual event near Wilkes-Barre: Veterans, families, and neighbors came together on Saturday to recognize those who have worn the…
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Time for @SpaceCorpsUS to be in their war fighting domain. Army soldiers are on the ground, Navy sailors are at sea, Airmen dominate the sky, Guardians must operate and maneuver in space
Vast CEO @maxhaot and Vast VP of Business Development @slickf16 appeared as guests on “The Aerospace Advantage” podcast, hosted by Heather Penney, Director of Studies and Research at the @MitchellStudies, to discuss Vast’s mission, the benefit of government and commercial
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Humbled to take on this role at @vast !
Our Lead Pilot @slickf16 and Lead Astronaut @Astro_Feustel have commissioned Vast’s L-39 jet for Oshkosh 2025. Our Haven-1 crew will have flight training opportunities in the jet to support their mission readiness, just as NASA astronauts have done for decades.
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Worldwide performance lead by @Gillis_SarahE These are the things that bring humanity together 🎶🚀🇺🇸🤙🏽
HARMONY OF RESILIENCE: Recorded in space and sent to Earth via @SpaceX’s @Starlink constellation, Polaris Dawn crewmember and violinist @Gillis_SarahE invites you to enjoy this music moment in support of @StJude & @ElSistemaUSA → https://t.co/My8cUwAWzg
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First post from Space!! 🤯🇺🇸🤙🏽
Hello Earth - We are so grateful for all the support! Please enjoy two recent photos from our mission and stay tuned for our next message 🎶 Sent to you from space over a beam of Starlink laser light 🛰️ - Crew of Polaris Dawn
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The @PolarisProgram Crew bringing back some amazing images aboard the @SpaceX Dragon 🐉🇺🇸🤙🏽
Polaris Dawn and Dragon at 1,400 km above Earth – the farthest humans have traveled since the Apollo program over 50 years ago
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There @PolarisProgram Crew had a heck of a first day. 🇺🇸🤙🏽
Polaris Dawn Flight Day 1 Update The Polaris Dawn crew completed their first day on-orbit, also known as Flight Day 1. After a successful launch by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to low-Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 5:23 a.m. ET, the
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Epic morning 🇺🇸🤙🏽
This morning, the @PolarisProgram Ghost Squadron Alpha jets performed a flyby of Launch Complex 39A. The astronauts of the Polaris Dawn mission, @rookisaacman, @KiddPoteet, @annawmenon and @Gillis_SarahE, are aiming to launch on a Falcon 9 rocket from this pad at 3:38 am ET (0738
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Targeting Tuesday, August 27 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the first of the @PolarisProgram’s three human spaceflight missions designed to advance the future of spaceflight
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We are targeting no earlier than August 26 for the launch of Polaris Dawn
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America, we have reached the limit of where our differences advance to violence. We are better. It’s time for unity and constructive dialogue to find solutions, not more problems.
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Incredible accomplishment by the @SpaceX team. @PolarisProgram will be the first commercial space walk enabling space for everyone. 🇺🇸🤙🏼
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F-16s headed to Ukraine this summer will face their most dangerous battlefield ever https://t.co/MnS3hX4A9T via @businessinsider
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The F-16 Fighting Falcons going to Ukraine will face a major test against advanced Russian air-defense systems, despite decades of combat experience.
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