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James Horton

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Astronautical Engineer / Advanced Propulsion Technology @ Rocketdyne supporting NASA and space exploration; world traveller; pizza lover; proud Rhode Islander http://www.researchgate.net/profile/James_Horton4 #Spaceflight #Rocket #Engineer #RhodeIsland

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Jul 1

Dusty #Phoenix #Arizona giving off post apocalyptic vibes this morning ✈️ #travel #photography #city

Dusty horizon and Phoenix Arizona from the air

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 28

Same

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 24

Who else is excited that #DarkEnergy might not exist? Similar to MOND, I find the Occam's razor approach here very appealing ✨ #astrophysics #science #cosmology #NASA #AdAstra

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Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushing 'lumpy' Universe apart – study

One of the biggest mysteries in science – dark energy – doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expan...

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 23

#Providence #RhodeIsland 🇺🇲 has its very own #Stargate that takes you to the best pub in the city to enjoy a pint in cozy warmth on a wintery night #WildColonial #travel #streetart #localtip #wanderlust #Cityscape

Art: "Textured Gear" by Rob Lorenson

Fresh snow "Textured Gear" sculpture by Rob Lorenson overlooking the Providence River

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 11

Fun fact: take 3 yr old toddler on Delta and you get a lot of those 😁

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 10

Found an #Airbnb with its own beach overlooking Paros from Stelida, Naxos in the #Greek #Islands 🇬🇷 ... a hot day cooled by shade and a cold local #beer 🍺 #travel #wanderlust

A cold beer on a shaded table overlooking the Greek islands

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 10

I teach a rocket propulsion course at Rocketdyne (L3Harris) for our new hires... One of the lectures is OM

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 10

Currently teaching OM and I'm stealing this 😅

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Michael Sheetz @michaelsheetz.bsky.social · Dec 10

This is beautiful.

h/t @masteractual.bsky.social

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 9

I did find some colorful succulents along the canyon walls! 🪴

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 7

Felt like I was a #Hobbit escaping the shire on this lonely #oak covered path thru the Devil's Canyon in Chatsworth, #LosAngeles , #California 🇺🇲 #hike #nature #wanderlust

Oak cover path along the Devil's Canyon Trail in Chatsworth CA

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 6

@flyingjenny.bsky.social since you're getting the #SpaceTweeps back together on BSky - we're representing from Rocketdyne in #LosAngeles. Not as cool of a spot as the #ISS though!

NASA Apollo Program F-1 rocket engine with the #SpaceTweep patch. Largest US single chamber rocket engine ever built at 1.5 million pounds of thrust

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 4

Thanks man! 🥰

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 4

I've noticed in the past week the people who I 'follow back' will unfollow me a few days later... What's up with that? I usually only post once a day... I can't be that annoying hah! #BeMyFriend !

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 3

Thinking about teaching propulsion engineering down the road at Starfleet Academy! Who's joining up? 🖖 #StarTrek #LLAP #SciFi #filminglocation

📍SuihoEn Japanese Garden, Lake Balboa, #LosAngeles, #California 🇺🇲

Japanese garden with futuristic looking building

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Kevin M. Gill @kevinmgill.bsky.social · Dec 1

Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus with active cryovolcanoes. The water ice being ejected then feed Saturn’s E ring.

Encaludus with active cryovolcano.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Dec 1

Buzzing with #nightlife and colorful streets lined with stalls selling cut-price electronics, manga & #anime collectibles, #Tokyo 's Akihabara Electric Town 🇯🇵 is definitely a place to #wander! #Japan #travel #wanderlust #photography

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 30

#Sunset behind an old mule cart 🫏 at the 1880's Calico silver mining #GhostTown outside #Barstow #California 🇺🇲 #Travel #RoadTrip #Wanderlust #Photography

Sunset peering through an old wooden mule cart

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 30

I have one of these outside my office 😄... One of the first engines developed by Rocketdyne

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 29

Amazing shot of the largest #volcano in the solar system! If there is (microbal) life on #Mars , it may be in one of its ancient lava tubes. #space #ESA #planet #exploration

Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social · Nov 29

Phobos over Mars! Yes, that's also Olympus Mons...

The full size image is 140MP: flic.kr/p/2qdsc1g
Credit:
Image Processing: AndreaLuck CC BY
Raw data: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin 🔭

ESA Mars Express 2024-07-13

The potato-shaped satellite Phobos is orbiting over Mars in this image taken from orbit by ESA Mars Express. Mars is a rusty reddish with its huge Olympus Mons and a tiny atmosphere layer on the limb. Phobos is a gray potato full of craters.

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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 29

#Hiking and bouldering through Millard Canyon for 6 miles in the #AngelesNationalForest outside #LosAngeles 🇺🇲 takes you to the abandoned Dawn Gold #Mine ⛏️ with two levels you can explore (with caution) #nature #history #exploration #travel #photography

Inside the Dawn Gold Mine exploratory tunnel looking outward to the light

Entrance to the Dawn Gold Mine exploratory tunnel

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 27

Truly a land of Fire and Ice... Detailed #NASA #Landsat imagery showing how close the new volcanic fissure 🌋 is to #Iceland ’s 🇮🇸 famous #BlueLagoon geothermal spa (2nd photo is my 📷). #travel #volcano #nature #space #satellite

Credit: go.nasa.gov/3Z24Zno

NASA Landsat imagery showing a volcanic fissure on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula near the Blue Lagoon, a popular geothermal spa, on Nov. 20, 2024. This #Landsat 9 satellite image from Nov. 24 is overlaid with an infrared signal to help distinguish the lava’s heat signature.

Close up of the Blue Lagoon spa and it turquoise waters among snow covered rocks

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 27

#Wine 🍷 & #rockets 🚀! There is a lesser known AVA wine region within #California 's #centralcoast near where we launched Delta IV from Vandenberg #SpaceForce Base called #Buellton that runs along Route 246 - recommend Babcock, Melville, and Brick Barn #vineyards 🍇 #food #spaceflight #travel #space

Delta IV rocket being processed at Vandenberg Space Force Base

Wine grapes 🍇 growing at Melville vineyards in California

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 25

Nice! I wish I ordered the other challenge coins... c'est la vie

James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 25

My shot! 📷
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James Horton @jfhorton.bsky.social · Nov 25

Right outside my home state, #NewBedford , #Massachusetts 🇺🇲 is an urban gem of coastal #NewEngland - deep history with whaling and the abolitionist movement, amazing seafood and bakeries, mingled with Portuguese culture. Get the chouriço on your pizza 🤤🍕! #travel #wanderlust #photography #food

New Bedford harbor full of commercial fishing vessels