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Alexandra Witze

@alexwitze

Independent science journalist, correspondent for Nature, president of @SciWriRockies. witzescience-at-gmail, she/her. Find me at @[email protected].

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I talked with Erika Nesvold about her ideas about how to make space exploration more ethical, just, and inclusive: nature.com/articles/d4158…

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I wrote about the future of the New Horizons mission. When/how might it transition from doing mostly planetary science to doing mostly heliophysics, as the Voyagers did decades ago? nature.com/articles/d4158…

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US Fish and Wildlife has made its assessment on the impacts of SpaceX's Starship launch:
-- 3.5-acre fire started south of the pad
-- 385 acres of debris on SpaceX land and Boca Chica State Park
-- concrete chunks and other objects hurled thousands of feet
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Well, it doesn't looks like ispace completed a successful lunar landing today. 😥 Next up are some other commercial missions to the Moon: nature.com/articles/d4158…

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Japanese lunar exploration company ispace is attempting to become the first commercial mission to land on the moon, with its uncrewed cargo Mission 1 approaching the surface in the next hour.

Watch live:cnbc.com/2023/04/25/isp…

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We got both a launch and explode-y bits, with no one hurt. Gonna call that a win for today. nature.com/articles/d4158…

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This podcast is an absolutely terrific profile of Nicky Fox w/lots of commentary from Thomas Zurbuchen, Tom Krimigis, her friends, and her mom! Great way to get to know the new head of science at NASA.

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The European Space Agency's JUICE launch to the moons of Jupiter is scrubbed for today due to weather, they'll try again tomorrow. For more on the mission's science goals, see Davide Castelvecchi: nature.com/articles/d4158…

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The European Space Agency’s $1.7 billion robotic Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, mission is ready for launch Thursday from French Guiana.

JUICE will arrive at Jupiter in 2031, and will become the first probe to orbit one of the planet's moons.

spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/12/eur…

The European Space Agency’s $1.7 billion robotic Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, or JUICE, mission is ready for launch Thursday from French Guiana. JUICE will arrive at Jupiter in 2031, and will become the first probe to orbit one of the planet's moons. spaceflightnow.com/2023/04/12/eur…
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Dr. Makenzie Lystrup getting sworn in as Director of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' is just everything. 😍

Dr. Makenzie Lystrup getting sworn in as Director of @NASAGoddard Space Flight Center using Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot' is just everything. 😍
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