CosmoQuest

YouTube video by CosmoQuest Volunteer Stargazers

Happy new episode day everyone! This week we look at a handful of ways volunteers have supported astronomy through the centuries, and invite you to join our new partner projects at mappers.psi.edu

Watch now: youtu.be/WrVgs0Bsx3g?...

To those of you who silently send in checks, you turned around @starstryder.space 's day with your generosity. We are all so extremely grateful.

YouTube video by CosmoQuest 2 Tales of 2 decades: Rubin Observatory and Starship

Happy new episode day, everyone!

Our episodes are far more consistent than our social media (because avoiding the doomscroll is a thing).

Escape the scroll and go watch our Tale of Two Programs episode/ (Did you know both Rubin & StarShip were supposed to be done in 2019?)

youtu.be/91yVZjHhW_o

Come help us keep the science flowing!

We estimate that Pamela spends an average of 1 day a week on fundraising, grant writing, and trying to figure out how to keep our programs going. This is time she can't put toward science.

Please get amazing content while saving her from the thing she hates by joining our Patreon or donating.

YouTube video by CosmoQuest A failing look at Earth, a first look at other worlds, and more

Happy new episode day, everyone!

In our latest EVSN, we take a closer look at the aging fleet of Earth Observers that have no replacements planned. There is also exoplanets being weird, a dying star making art, and tales from the launch pad. youtu.be/oV2ITBAKxEw

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There are office hours today with @starstryder.space . Link is at Patreon.com/CosmoQuestX and in the Discord. Starts in about 50min.

YouTube video by CosmoQuest Federal Budget Cuts: An extinction-level event

Happy new episode day!
Escape Velocity Space News is out, and this week we look at the wide-ranging impact of proposed budget cuts on space science.

YouTube: youtu.be/RzglVwly8Cs?...
Web: EVSN.tv
Or in a podcast player near you

We are streaming a watch party for Jared Issacman's confirmation hearing. Join us in chat to discuss what we're seeing.

This currently includes Ted Cruz making it clear space is the "High-ground" ... <gulp>

twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

YouTube video by CosmoQuest Space is hard: IM2 Failure, Sharship 8 explosion, Mars Sample Return delays, and more

Happy New Episode Day, everyone!

Our latest episode of Escape Velocity Space News has hit the internets. Please give it a watch, and if you can show us some love with a like & subscribe it will help the algorithm know to push the science your way and to the world.

youtu.be/batIuUXEy_E?...

Did you know @CosmoQuestX has a newsletter (via MailChimp?) We do! New issues roughly every other week.

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CosmoQuestX - Twitch Hanging out, taking Qs, might share a rocket launch or moon landing

We have a watch party for today's Moon Landing attempt over on Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX. There is such a high center of mass... come bite nails with us?

Come hangout on Twitch? No plan. Just vibes.

And science. Always science.

Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Picture of lander on the left, and then in big green letters, Launch Coverage Starts 6:30pm EST. Next to that is Date: Feb 26, Launch: 7:17pm, Taking Flight: Falcon 9 with IM2

Join us to watch another Commercial Moon Lander Launch.
Intuitive Machines IM2 goes live in 15min. Join our Watch Party on twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

CosmoQuestX - Twitch Hanging out, waiting on rockets

Hey - Pamela is hanging out on stream doing randomness. twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

To all our space science colleagues, cosmoquest.org is funded through donations and sponsorships. If you need someplace to host pre-existing DEI content you need to remove from your project sites, we can help. Reach out to
@starstryder.space
at plg at psi dot edu.

We got you.

YouTube video by CosmoQuest By fire and ice: mass extinctions gone wild

Last month was a lot, and we're picking up some dropped pieces as we plow ahead into the end of the year.

It turns out we totally forgot to set a video to public! Merry Tuesday, everyone. It's now #VodcastDay
youtu.be/6DN0OwiMH4s

It's GivingTuesday

Currently, we're on track with our minimum funding goal and we can keep our part-time team paid if we hit $112,000 for the year.

But we'd all like to be full-time. To do that we need to raise $400,000

A team can dream.

Give if you're able: Bit.ly/CQX-FY24part-time

Go vote! This is your chance to have a say in the name of a solar system object!

We are now verified as @cosmoquest.org!

CosmoQuestX - Twitch Watch Party: Starship 6

We are live with a watch party of the StarShip 6 launch and catch attempt. Twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

As of now, there have been 200 rocket launch attempts in 2024.

There are currently 9 toilets in Space:
International Space Station: 4
Crew Dragon Docked at ISS: 1
Soyuz Docked at ISS: 1
Tiangong Space Station: 2
Tianzhou Docked at TSS: 1

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And thank you so very much to all our guests, volunteers, and audience members for showing up, being present, and making the weekend a joy.

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Thank you so much to all our donors! You made the fundraising part of our hangout-a-thon a complete success... and then some. We got $8,638 in donations through Kindful, $139.65 in bits & subs on Twitch, & with an employer match we've been told to expect, we will have hit > $10k!

We are in hour 26.

14 min remain.

We are $1435 from our stretch goal of being able to get @inaneenglish.bsky.social a new computer, and $102 from the next Palindrome.

Can you help us get to a new number? A better number?

Donate: bit.ly/CQX-FY25
Watch: twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX

Got planet? Our @starstryder made these planets during hour 21 of Hangout-a-thon.

She makes art as a side hustle to support her science communications.

Want to see her and our other staff have hobbies instead of side hustles? Make a 1-time donation at bit.ly/CQX-FY25

CosmoQuestX - Twitch HAT Hour 21: Planetary Art Demo

Our fearless leader, @starstryder.bsky.social, just made the mistake of getting distracted by current events when she went to Twitter to share about our Hangout-a-thon. Avoid the news cycle and instead tune into twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX We're currently discussing Astrophotography.

We're in hour 19. Within 5 minutes we went from hitting $6119 in donations, which is rotationally symmetric, to $6226, which is a good old-fashioned Palindrome.

We are a palindrome, $1331, away from our next goal.

Donate: bit.ly/CQX-FY25

"We're born naked and everything else is Drag" RuPaul
"We're born scientists" Astro4Equity
"Ergo - We're born naked scientists?" @starstryder.bsky.social

We are less than $2000 away from our next stretch goal!

Want to see our weekly newsletter of news and updates come back? Donate! bit.ly/CQX-FY25

(And come hangout on twitch.tv/CosmoQuestX)