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Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

The intention is to test attempts to avoid one apocalypse, cajole the moon Dimorphos to orbit Didymos more tightly and deflect their joint path. twitter.com/JannaLev…

7:22 pm · September 26, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

A satellite was launched on a suicide mission 10 months ago. Today it should hit its targets: Didymos and its moonlet Dimorphos. Can we redirect earth-bound objects with a little collision? “NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission: A complete guide” space.com/dart-aster…

6:51 pm · September 26, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

"The fall equinox. Eggs will stand on end today. Just kidding. It’ll be a normal day for eggs. But on this date, day & night are 12 hours long, all over the Earth except at the precise North and South Poles (where the Sun is rolling round the horizon)"-Joe pioneerworks.org/bro…

2:00 pm · September 22, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

(“Hey, do you guys happen to have another Jupiter rocket lying around?”) which led to the January 1958 launch of Explorer I, the USA’s first satellite. -- Joe Patterson, Big Apple Sky Calendar on #PWBroadcast 4/4 twitter.com/JannaLev…

9:09 pm · September 21, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

Over the next year, the Navy’s Project Vanguard met with a series of failures… and finally came the October 1957 Russian Sputnik launch, which embarrassed (and scared) practically everyone in the US government. A few days later, the Army’s Werner von Braun got the call 3/4 twitter.com/JannaLev…

9:08 pm · September 21, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

"However, the War Department (NASA didn’t exist yet) had ordered that the fourth stage be a dummy, lest the Army actually launch a satellite—and thereby embarrass the Navy, to whom the satellite mission had been assigned." 2/4 twitter.com/JannaLev…

9:06 pm · September 21, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

I missed this yesterday from the Big Apple Sky Calendar: "On this day in 1956, the US Army launched a Jupiter C rocket which reached a then-record 700 miles altitude, and could have easily reached orbital velocity if the fourth stage had ignited... 1/4 pioneerworks.org/bro… pic.twitter.com/Keqd…

8:30 pm · September 21, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll visualizes a mind-bending geometry that inspired many, from Einstein to Escher. He will join us in person tomorrow evening @PioneerWorks_ Free and open to all. RSVP at pioneerworks.org pioneerworks.org/bro…

1:58 pm · September 21, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

Excited to host Sean Carroll in person to tell us about The Biggest Ideas in the Universe. Sean is well known for his witty, thoughtful, and thought-provoking ideas. He is one of the most engaging speakers out there. Join us. RSVP required @seanmcarroll pioneerworks.org/pro…

5:11 pm · September 16, 2022

Janna Levin

@JannaLevin

WOW twitter.com/NASAAstr…

2:09 pm · September 16, 2022