Ben Hord

NASA’s latest telescope is a feat of early-career leadership The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets

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NASA’s latest telescope is a feat of early-career leadership The Pandora satellite provides career training grounds while observing exoplanets.

Nature wrote an article about my role on NASA’s Pandora mission! Aside from being a cutting-edge exoplanet explorer, Pandora serves as a way for early career folks to gain hands-on experience serving in mission leadership roles. Read about it here:🧪🔭

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Artemis II on the cover of TIME and Pandora on the hunt for other worlds The crew of Artemis II is on the latest cover of TIME Magazine. In the issue, editor at large Jeffrey Kluger chronicles the mission. Plus, a new spacecraft is taking a closer look at exoplanets and th...

I was interviewed about NASA’s Pandora mission on “Are We There Yet?” NPR’s space exploration podcast! Listen to me talk about exoplanets, searching for chemicals on other worlds, and how Pandora helps JWST do its job better:🔭

www.cfpublic.org/podcast/are-...

This Space Telescope Will Search For Life On Distant Planets The Pandora Space Telescope will study 20 promising worlds that could host life

With a little over a month until launch, TIME wrote a piece on NASA’s Pandora SmallSat mission! Pandora will observe 20 exoplanets in search of water, clouds, and hazes - all important in the search for potential life.🧪🔭

Check out the article its cool video too: time.com/7335787/pand...

Ok, thanks for the heads up! I’ll use the spelled out hashtag in future posts.

NASA Awards Launch Service Task Order for Pandora Mission - NASA NASA has selected SpaceX of Starbase, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Pandora mission, which will study at least 20 known exoplanets and

NASA’s Pandora SmallSat officially has a launch vehicle! It’ll be hitching a ride on a SpaceX rocket later this Fall. Now the work of scheduling observations of exoplanets and their host stars can begin in earnest! 🪐🔭🧪

www.nasa.gov/news-release...

Since Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, does that mean we get six more weeks of federal funding?

YouTube video by Fraser Cain Pandora The Alien Atmosphere Inspector

Want to learn more about exoplanets, their atmospheres, and NASA’s Pandora mission to investigate them?

Check out this interview I did with @fcain.universetoday.com of Universe Today discussing just that! I promise it’s out of this world🔭🪐🧪: youtu.be/96Ee8Z-sbSU?...

Highkey insane time to be working in the federal government rn. Do I have to show up in person? Will I still get paid? Do I still have to show up in person if I’m not paid? Unspeakable questions with unknowable answers

White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service.

“Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

Amazing, thank you!!

Hi Physgal! I’m an astrophysicist at NASA and would love to be added to the science and physics feeds. Here’s my ORCID page: orcid.org/0000-0001-50... and here’s my NASA page: ael.gsfc.nasa.gov/cisto/bio/be...

I’m happy to provide anything else you need and I’m excited to join this community!

NASA’s Pandora Mission One Step Closer To Probing Alien Atmospheres - NASA Science Pandora, NASA’s newest exoplanet mission, is one step closer to launch with the completion of the spacecraft bus, which provides the structure, power, and

NASA’s Pandora SmallSat Mission is on track for its launch readiness this fall! Pandora will observe 20+ exoplanets🪐 and their host stars🌟 to precisely measure water and clouds/hazes in the planets’ atmospheres. 🔭

Check out the press release (and video!) here: science.nasa.gov/directorates...

Idk but encouraging all NASA employees to rat on their colleagues engaging in secret DEIA activities through a dedicated enforcement resource seems like a big goose step in the wrong direction 🤔

AAS Press Office The YouTube channel of the American Astronomical Society's Press Office, managed by AAS Press Officer Dr. Susanna Kohler.

Tune in live at 10:15am ET today as I give a press briefing about NASA’s upcoming Pandora SmallSat mission which will observe exoplanet atmospheres and their host stars. I promise that it’ll be out of this world! 🔭

youtube.com/@aaspressoff...

I am currently an astrophysicist studying exoplanets at NASA

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