A former Air Force test pilot & astronaut--hoping to pass along my passion for space & the country I love--I dare you to dream! Views are my own
Houston, Texas
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I came home from space 4 years ago this week, and if you've ever wondered what it looks like when you travel through this atmosphere -here you go😳
#Landaversary
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People have asked me what a “burrito of awesomeness smothered in awesome sauce” is... Well folks, it looks like this…awesome sauce is green.
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I came back from space today in 2017, and re-entry is no easy task. There is roughly a 7 minute loss of signal period when Mission Control has no contact with the spacecraft. This is what it looks like from our POV.
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One of my favorite things to do in my free time is watch the Aurora—it’s almost alive, as it slathers up the sky in awesome sauce😀
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Can you see stars from up here? Oh yeah baby! Check out the Milky Way as it spins & paints the heavens in a thick coat of awesome-sauce!
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Sometimes you look out the window and it just takes your breath away from how beautiful Earth is. Today is one of those times… #EarthShapes
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San Diego to Denver…at night…from space. It always amazes me how fast we’re cruisin’ around the planet, but I sure love the view!
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It's pretty much impossible to describe how beautiful our planet is when you see it from space at night- the best I can do is share this video I took from the @Space_Station.
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Never had a corner office with a view, but I must admit, I like it… a lot! #SpaceRocks
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Changed a window cover today--it's like having a new windshield, only your car is a space station going 17,500mph… I love my new windshield.
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Tried new lens & snapped a lucky pic as sun ducked behind @Space_Station – that’s a cool starburst, & a pretty planet we have! #EarthShapes
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“Houston, we have a hurricane.” Our thoughts & prayers are with folks feeling Harvey’s wrath, as dawn breaks after a long night of rain.
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World - take note. The @Space_station is the greatest example of international cooperation in history. Period. We've worked together for decades, putting aside differences, & focusing on what we share; we explore together, as one team, for all of humanity
#HappyBirthdayISS @NASA
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Oh my, tell me that doesn’t look like a watercolor tray? The Earth surprises me with its beauty every day. #EarthShapes
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I hope y’all had a great view for the #SolarEclipse2017 yesterday! It was cool to see that ginormous shadow trucking across the USA!
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How super cool this is! Our robot arm releases Cygnus and the spaceship flies away! Moments like this happen all the time on @Space_Station.
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When Mother Nature gets to spinning, it can be an awesome but scary sight. Looks like super Typhoon #Noru is gaining momentum. #EarthShapes
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My 1st pic of Houston. If you look really close, you can see that my heart is down there w/my beautiful bride. I’m watching over you baby.
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We get to see 16 days & nights every 24 hours up here and that makes for a lot of pretty sunrises and sunsets.
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My 1st real Moon pic--Lady Luna sure is pretty from up here, but she’s difficult to take a picture of… I’ll keep trying. Goodnight Moon!
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star…
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky…
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Oh boy – looks like a ton of rain is about to unload. Here’s a prayer for family, friends & everyone in #HurricaneHarvey’s path--stay safe.
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Honored to wear the UNITY spacesuit made of paintings from cancer-fighting kids around the world. They’re amazing! #EndCancer @SpaceSuitArt
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Beautiful expanse of stars-but the “long” orange one is SpaceX-11 reentering! Congrats team for a successful splashdown & great mission!
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They say it's like a car crash-yep, it is, but we're home! Thanks Bill Ingalls for the great pic!
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They call it the Red Sea, but it sure has a lot of pretty blues – I’m amazed at how bright they are from space! #EarthShapes
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Sometimes all you have to do is shine a new light on it, to see things in an entirely different way--like the ocean by moonlight…
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Sometimes when I look at the ocean, I think it’s alive… A symphony of processes that keep our blue marble beautiful. So pretty, so awesome.
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You've heard of a fisheye, right? Well, this is a 2fisheye time-lapse out of the @Space_Station cupola windows. It's pretty cool.
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I was checking the view out the back window & decided to take a pic so you can see proof of our ludicrous speed! #SpaceIsAwesome
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We finally caught a #Dragon by the tail and we’re not letting go! It has a ton of great @ISS_Research aboard (& maybe a little ice cream😋🍦)
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Test driving my spacesuit for a walk outside on Friday w/@AstroPeggy…I don’t think I can smile any bigger--well, maybe I will on Friday!
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All the Velcro up here messes up our socks, frays them like crazy. My wife said these look like troll pencil toppers, so I drew faces 😀
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Now that’s what I call a full moon! Although it does resemble the Death Star… #EarthShapes – oops, nope. I guess it’s #MoonShapes.
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We decided to play w/lights & make our crew picture. Remember black light bowling & roller rinks in the 80’s? It's like that…only in space.
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Looked out the window today and was reminded how many systems have to work together to keep this amazing lab afloat… #WorldPhotoDay
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Sometimes, on a weekend, you have to spin about wildly…we can call it a tornado of awesomeness—because weightlessness is awesome!
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Here’s what happens when space-folk take some pictures to show their USA-Pride… micro-gravity allows for some cool poses! Happy B-day USA!
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All hands (cameras) on deck for #SolarEclipse2017 today… What will you take pictures with? Don’t forget to protect your eyeballs!
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In space, when you can’t find your sunglasses, you can just use a solar array to block the Sun 😎. Good morning, everybody!
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Thanks @Thom_Astro for this pic from today--Wow, what a view! @AstroPeggy & whole team fixed critical station part… we’re back in business!
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It is pretty when a #Dragon spreads its wings! 1st return visitor to @Space_Station since Atlantis in 2011. Will reuse rocket 1st stage too.
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Everyone off the Soyuz ride please 😜Huge smiles all around to be back on on terra firma 🌏
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And there goes #Dragon… Goodbye to our 1st return visitor since Atlantis in 2011--Come on back anytime, we’ll leave the lights on for you!
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What's more awesome than being on @Space_Station? Getting a call from mission control 4 another spacewalk! Dancing w/ the cosmos tomorrow! 🕺
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2 brave souls closing the hatch & taking their space-sports car for a quick ride home! Soft landings my friends. Oleg Novitskiy, @Thom_astro
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Congrats #NewAstronauts Class of 2017! Welcome as we inspire the world to explore. The view from our office window is hard to beat!
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The arm is out and ready to capture a @SpaceX Dragon by the tail. Can’t wait to get to work on 2 tons of science! nasa.gov/mission_pages/stati…
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It’s amazing to watch how sun glint changes my view of water so quickly as we fly by (at 17,500mph)--brings a lake to life. #EarthShapes
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Did somebody put another Soyuz on the @Space_Station when I wasn’t looking? 😉 Welcome aboard @AstroKomrade, @Astro_Paolo & @Ryazanskiy_ISS!
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#SpaceSelfie-sorry about reflections, but you can see moon next to my helmet & you might notice the size of my smile-spacewalks are AWESOME!
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If you get the angle just right…it makes a river look like it’s on fire. Now that’s just cool. #EarthShapes
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A spacewalk is like taking off the blinders to the enormous beauty of our world. Here's @AstroPeggy working in her office with a view…
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Are you ready for #SolarEclipse2017?! We are on @Space_Station! Tune in to NASA.gov/eclipselive to watch coverage of this amazing event!
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After a long week of rocking science, sometimes we curl up & watch a movie--bungee chairs are shockingly comfy! Have a great weekend y’all!
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Holy cow--check out this Hawaiian coastline! It’s like a rainbow of awesome, only on the ground (and in the water)! #EarthShapes
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Colors always catch my eye, like this shoreline…sure looks like footsteps going out into the water. #EarthShapes
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If you squint a little & turn head sideways—a sunset & solar array look a lot like a light saber… just saying… #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Just an average morning in our awesome Space-Lab…Here’s our resident Space-Ninja @AstroPeggy sequencing DNA. Info at go.nasa.gov/2tqwtUD
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Got a pic of the Progress cargo vehicle out of the ginormous Russian porthole--it's not open often, but the view is awesome when it is!
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It sure was an awesome view - acting like a hood ornament on the @Space_Station!
Astronaut Jack Fischer's amazing view of the Earth during a spacewalk on May 12, 2017.
Credit: NASA Johnson
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Got lucky and snapped this pic just before sunset. Is it just me or does it look like the perfect sun emoji?! ☀
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Spied some glaciers on a rare cloudless day. Love these–looks like a wedding veil to me, only more awesome & really cold. #EarthShapes
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The floaty, rehydrated, yummy breakfast of champions… or at least of astronauts. Complete with an astro-breakfast-must… coffee balls.
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My favorite pastime in space? Looking out the windows (of course) & taking pictures! Check out this Photo-#SpeedyTime with my crew!
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Here’s a freehand moon time lapse after 2 shots of espresso – a bit jittery, but still cool. Grade on a curve people!
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Random perk of being an astronaut- you kill it in the selfie game! Even managed to sneak in the Moon (next to my right light) – boom! #NationalSelfieDay
@NASA_Astronauts
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Out of my 135 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes in space this was one of the coolest moments!
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#Harvey fills the window creating a path of destruction as it traverses the Gulf. Praying for the people there and hoping for sunshine.
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Godspeed & fair winds S.S. John Glenn. Huge thanks to @OrbitalATK & @NASA_Johnson teams for critical @Space_Station science & supplies.
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I had to take a picture of this lake – it reminds me of my beloved @usairforce. It’s blue, it’s silver, and it’s awesome. #EarthShapes
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Another great example of International Cooperation today on @Space_Station --launched 5 micro-satellites from 5 countries off the JAXA arm!
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Finally earned my astronaut badge yesterday! Pretty cool to show up to my crew quarters w/this hanging over it…
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Know when dogs stick heads out car windows--tongue out, super happy? That was me each time looking out the Cupola (minus wind/flapping lips)
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Bungee cords hold us down on the treadmill in space so we don't float away while running. Check it out on #SpeedyTime!
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Got an interesting pic of the launch… @AstroKomrade, @Astro_Paolo & @Ryazanskiy_ISS are now on our six! See you in a few hours guys!
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At sunset, the sun shines a different light on the layers of clouds and helps them come alive with color. Thank you Mr. Sun. #EarthShapes
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Flying in space w/4 wicked-awesome people… man I got it good! Thanks to the huge int’l team that keeps Exp51 flying & rocking the science!
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From its solar arrays to its radiators, the @Space_Station is one of the most beautiful and complex machines ever built!
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Friday, @AstroKomrade, @astro_paolo, and @Ryazanskiy_ISS will join Expedition Awesome 🙂! Watch the launch live! nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-…
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In space, we don’t have to use that blue-goo stuff for ultrasounds, we can use water! Check out how it sticks to my face during an eye exam.
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Wicked cool = understatement. @AstroKomrade does it again to give us sweet view of business end while they rotate Argo into launch position!
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I’m so proud to be a part of this international team -Expedition 52: Fyodor Yurchikhin, @Astro_Paolo, @AstroPeggy, @SergeyISS, @AstroKomrade
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We sometimes have issues standing up straight, but we have no problems at all showing our American pride-Happy 4th! #4thofJuly
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What do you need to start a Monday morning off right?
1. Floating coffee
2. A pretty sunrise
Check and check!
#MondayMotivation
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Thankfully you don't have to be a geography wiz to know what part of Earth you're flying over when you're on the @Space_Station. Our cheat sheet is a little program called 'World Map' that shows astronauts where they are in real time.
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Sorry for the long break folks, but I’m back now. Hope you like the new stuff that's coming your way!
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It's not uncommon for astronauts to wear sunglasses during docking operations because we're so much closer to the Sun without the shielding benefit of Earth's atmosphere on the @Space_Station... plus they make for an awesome photo! #NationalSunglassesDay @Thom_Astro @astropeggy
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Now that’s a big waterfall! My daughter said it looks like a heartbeat: 1 side is before my morning coffee & 1 side is after 😀. #EarthShapes
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So honored to talk w/@POTUS today & honor best U.S. Space Ninja in History--@AstroPeggy. Sure am stoked to be part of @NASA’s amazing team!
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Had to move some suits today and got caught in a traffic jam. But it was a wicked-cool, space-suit-traffic-jam, so I didn’t mind.
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Some say it’s better to be lucky than good… well I sure am lucky to be up here with 2 space legends, @AstroPeggy & Fyodor Yurchickhin!
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We say goodbye to Progress craft tomorrow, but first we pack it full of trash & NOBODY does it better than my buddy Fyodor- the pack-master!
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Well yoga poses sure are easier without gravity. Of course @AstroPeggy can probably do this on the ground. 😀 She’s a #SpaceNinja.
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It's possible, we are a little bit excited about getting aboard this sexy rocket and heading to the space station!
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Check out Robonaut- this dude has moves! Someday we hope to work together w/them in & out of structure on the ISS, Moon, Mars & Beyond!
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Tropical punch attack! Not having gravity means a mess if you spill your drink...but also makes the station a great place for @ISS_Research.
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