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Engineer & Wildlife Scientist | My opinions are my own.

Bluemont, VA
Joined November 2019
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Devastated to hear that many #NSFfunded REU programs have been cancelled. I am a scientist because of my REU summer. It gave me a chance to experience what it was like to be a researcher, and to show myself and others that I could do it!
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Kate is a Park Ranger at Voyageurs National Park, a remote area near the Canadian border. Her job was to protect boaters, campers and hikers who want to experience some of the most beautiful parts of our state. Musk and Trump fired her on Friday. – at Minnesota, USA
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
❌⭕️❌⭕️ We will develop and build GeoXO, the next-generation weather constellation from @NOAAsatellites. GeoXO will expand upon everything we've learned from the development of the GOES-R series and offer enhanced capabilities.
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
What does NOAA do?
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
With ongoing #NOAA and National Weather Service hiring freeze… heard from multiple staff that if this trend continues for the next couple of years, some local forecasting offices will shutter.
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Merely a few months after the successful balloon test flight of the Neptune-Excelsior capsule, @SpacePerspectiv faces shutdown amid financial troubles, furloughs, and allegations of mismanagement. talkoftitusville.com/2025/01…
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Media accreditation is open for the next delivery to the Moon through @NASA’s CLPS initiative & Artemis campaign for the benefit of humanity. A six-day launch window opens no earlier than mid-January 2025 for the first @fireflyspace launch to the lunar surface. The Blue Ghost flight, carrying 10 NASA science & technology instruments, will launch on a @SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A @NASAKennedy. Media prelaunch & launch activities will take place at NASA Kennedy. Learn more: nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-i… #GiantLeapsStartHere
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Send me your dreams: gofund.me/ee14b574 I'm taking a flashdrive with me to space filled with your kids' dreams. 1 Dream = $5 donation to WV foster services. Here's why I chose this issue: There is a Foster Care crisis in WV. Our state has 4x the rate of kids in foster care than any other state. @ameliaknisely has covered this issue closely and it needs all the support we can give. We've raised $2000 so far. Deadline to submit your dream: WEDNESDAY More on the WV foster care crisis: westvirginiawatch.com/2024/1…
We've already raised over $1000 for children in foster care in WV! Thank you!! I'm taking a flashdrive with me in the capsule and I want to FILL IT with your and your kids dreams. Wish upon a star (literally) here: gofund.me/484af3f5 Starbound dreams for foster futures.
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Job! I'm hiring a part-time remote entry-level Astronomy Market Analyst. astralytical.com/jobs
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
I had about as much faith in Mechazilla working on the first try as I did the sky crane successfully landing Curiosity on Mars. I have to start putting more trust in the engineers. That was amazing.
SpaceX catches rocket returning to launch pad on fifth Starship test flight: collectspace.com/news/news-1…
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WATCH: Geomagnetic Storm Category G4 or Greater Predicted Highest Storm Level Predicted by Day: Oct 10: G4 (Severe) Oct 11: G4 (Severe) Oct 12: G1 (Minor) Issue Time: 2024 Oct 09 1233 UTC bit.ly/3wVgAKH
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
FAA clears Falcon 9 launch of Hera mission spacenews.com/faa-clears-fal…
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Thursday’s X9 #SolarFlare was captured by the NASA IRIS mission! IRIS observes the Sun with much higher resolution than the flare images you typically see, but over a small region. It can also observe the flare core without saturating the images! #astronomy #spaceweather
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Alright gang – here we go. Multiple rounds of geomagnetic storming could induce several nights of northern lights displays. Much of the northern U.S. and Canada will have a chance to see the aurora. Best display may come Saturday night. Uncertainty high, but so is potential.
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the upwelling of water and sediment can be easily seen in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Hey while we’re talking about our yearly once-in-a-century storm, can we also remind everyone that the GOP wants to disband NOAA?
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
.@NOAA has released the first images from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) instrument on its newest #GOES19 satellite! 🌎📸 Launched in June, GOES-19 will take over as #GOESEast in April 2025, replacing #GOES16. Please note that GOES-19 data is currently preliminary and non-operational. Learn more in our newest #EarthFromOrbit video: bit.ly/4etZWSI
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
Happy #StarTrekDay! In 2016, our Spitzer Space Telescope made a bold discovery in our Milky Way galaxy. These nebulae could be said to resemble two U.S.S. Enterprise ships (1701 and 1701-D). But you tell us. Learn more about this region in our galaxy: go.nasa.gov/3zdztdg
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
#Starliner landed today at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sept. 7 (10:01 p.m. MT on Sept. 6). Teams on the ground welcomed the spacecraft and are now preparing to transport Starliner back to Florida for analysis and refurbishment. More: starlinerupdates.com/starlin…
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Daniel Gillies (KQ4AUU) retweeted
🚨🆘‼️🚨🆘‼️🚨 Please please please share this post. Olivia has always been tough as nails. I’m praying she’s just somewhere off grid. #alaska #MISSING #MissingPerson
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