Manish Khatri
@mkhatri.bsky.social
Space Exploration, Energy, EVs, Photography, Cooking and other things.
Chief of NASA Flight Operations Safety Office, Husband & Dad. Comments here are my own.
Chief of NASA Flight Operations Safety Office, Husband & Dad. Comments here are my own.
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Manish Khatri
@mkhatri.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Loads of new followers so let me introduce myself 👋🏾
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
Yesterday was a good day.
Even the dolphins thought so.
Even the dolphins thought so.
March 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Yesterday was a good day.
Even the dolphins thought so.
Even the dolphins thought so.
Stayed up way past my bedtime to capture the lunar eclipse. Clouds cleared up just enough to capture some great shots!
March 14, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Stayed up way past my bedtime to capture the lunar eclipse. Clouds cleared up just enough to capture some great shots!
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My hot take: municipalities will not pay for fixing burst pipes/water damage. So it makes sense to drip.
But also if no one drips, many, many burst pipes can cause low water pressure AND house damage.
So since either way is a boil notice, I'll stick with no burst pipes and drip.
But also if no one drips, many, many burst pipes can cause low water pressure AND house damage.
So since either way is a boil notice, I'll stick with no burst pipes and drip.
January 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My hot take: municipalities will not pay for fixing burst pipes/water damage. So it makes sense to drip.
But also if no one drips, many, many burst pipes can cause low water pressure AND house damage.
So since either way is a boil notice, I'll stick with no burst pipes and drip.
But also if no one drips, many, many burst pipes can cause low water pressure AND house damage.
So since either way is a boil notice, I'll stick with no burst pipes and drip.
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Big shoutout to @smellyhoustonian.bsky.social for giving me a call and walking me through this. It depends on your water system. For Houston, the best solution is to shut off the water to your house if you can. Otherwise, you do you because you’ll be the one on the hook if pipes 💥.
So here’s a serious question for anyone in extreme cold scenarios. Local government officials almost always say “don’t drip faucets,” but home care experts send emails saying “yes drip some faucets.” What is the advice we are supposed to give? I get the difficulty. But like, we are in a bind.
January 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Big shoutout to @smellyhoustonian.bsky.social for giving me a call and walking me through this. It depends on your water system. For Houston, the best solution is to shut off the water to your house if you can. Otherwise, you do you because you’ll be the one on the hook if pipes 💥.
No pictures, but it has started sleeting in North East Houston in Summerwood. #housnow
@mattlanza.bsky.social
@mattlanza.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
No pictures, but it has started sleeting in North East Houston in Summerwood. #housnow
@mattlanza.bsky.social
@mattlanza.bsky.social
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Some reports of drizzle, sleet, and light rain now north of Houston. Temps still well above freezing but they will drop over the next few hours. Plan to be where you need to be by 7-8 PM.
January 20, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Some reports of drizzle, sleet, and light rain now north of Houston. Temps still well above freezing but they will drop over the next few hours. Plan to be where you need to be by 7-8 PM.
Lunar occultation of Mars! How did I not plan for this?
✅Turn on telescope
✅Curse 🤬
✅Start charging telescope
✅Pull out camera
✅Check times. Yes! I can still get kids in bed and come out in time
✅Start moving gear outside
☑️look for the moon
The moon:
✅Turn on telescope
✅Curse 🤬
✅Start charging telescope
✅Pull out camera
✅Check times. Yes! I can still get kids in bed and come out in time
✅Start moving gear outside
☑️look for the moon
The moon:
January 14, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Lunar occultation of Mars! How did I not plan for this?
✅Turn on telescope
✅Curse 🤬
✅Start charging telescope
✅Pull out camera
✅Check times. Yes! I can still get kids in bed and come out in time
✅Start moving gear outside
☑️look for the moon
The moon:
✅Turn on telescope
✅Curse 🤬
✅Start charging telescope
✅Pull out camera
✅Check times. Yes! I can still get kids in bed and come out in time
✅Start moving gear outside
☑️look for the moon
The moon:
Seems like it should be common courtesy to either mute or put headphones on when doom scrolling on your phone in public places.
December 30, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Seems like it should be common courtesy to either mute or put headphones on when doom scrolling on your phone in public places.
Ahh...back from a week long vacation at Disneyland World. Kids had a great time!
No roadtrip is complete without a mission patch. Had to make sure to include everyone's name.
No roadtrip is complete without a mission patch. Had to make sure to include everyone's name.
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Ahh...back from a week long vacation at Disneyland World. Kids had a great time!
No roadtrip is complete without a mission patch. Had to make sure to include everyone's name.
No roadtrip is complete without a mission patch. Had to make sure to include everyone's name.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the crew of the ISS: youtu.be/DO2tTUmoXmk?...
Space Station Astronauts Deliver a Thanksgiving Message for 2024
YouTube video by NASA
youtu.be
November 28, 2024 at 12:04 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the crew of the ISS: youtu.be/DO2tTUmoXmk?...
MS Excel: it's January 2nd.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Engineer: The cup is overdesigned by a factor of 2
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Engineer: The cup is overdesigned by a factor of 2
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
November 23, 2024 at 9:26 PM
MS Excel: it's January 2nd.
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A reintoduction with influx to this space and career changes this year, I am the NASA Deputy Assoc. Administrator for Strategy & Architecture in Exploration. It's a lot of words to say I lead the team planning for long term human space exploration www.nasa.gov/architecture 1/n
Moon to Mars Architecture - NASA
NASA's Moon to Mars Architecture defines the elements needed for long-term, human-led scientific discovery in deep space.
www.nasa.gov
November 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
A reintoduction with influx to this space and career changes this year, I am the NASA Deputy Assoc. Administrator for Strategy & Architecture in Exploration. It's a lot of words to say I lead the team planning for long term human space exploration www.nasa.gov/architecture 1/n
I found another EV charging station at Johnson Space Center. This one isn't limited to government vehicles and comes with solar!
#driveonsunshine
#driveonsunshine
November 23, 2024 at 1:32 PM
I found another EV charging station at Johnson Space Center. This one isn't limited to government vehicles and comes with solar!
#driveonsunshine
#driveonsunshine
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New Glenn is vertical.
November 22, 2024 at 2:51 AM
New Glenn is vertical.
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NASA plans to expand the lunar cargo contracts of SpaceX and Blue Origin, to add "at least" two Artemis delivery missions next decade.
Starship would deliver a JAXA pressurized rover, while Blue would delivery a lunar surface habitat.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Starship would deliver a JAXA pressurized rover, while Blue would delivery a lunar surface habitat.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
November 19, 2024 at 9:13 PM
NASA plans to expand the lunar cargo contracts of SpaceX and Blue Origin, to add "at least" two Artemis delivery missions next decade.
Starship would deliver a JAXA pressurized rover, while Blue would delivery a lunar surface habitat.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Starship would deliver a JAXA pressurized rover, while Blue would delivery a lunar surface habitat.
www.nasa.gov/news-release...
Before Starship 6 launch, ISS performed a reboost to avoid a conjunction today.
blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation...
blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation...
Space Station Raises Orbit Avoiding Orbital Debris
The Progress 89 thrusters were fired at 2:09 p.m. CST today for 5 minutes, 31 seconds, to raise the orbit of the International Space Station to provide an extra margin of distance from a piece of orbi...
blogs.nasa.gov
November 20, 2024 at 2:53 AM
Before Starship 6 launch, ISS performed a reboost to avoid a conjunction today.
blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation...
blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation...
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Have to give a shoutout to the network analyzer for Bluesky. Makes it much easier to find people I've overlooked in my periodic binges of following. bsky-follow-finder.theo.io HT @kellyhereid.bsky.social for sharing this one.
November 19, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Have to give a shoutout to the network analyzer for Bluesky. Makes it much easier to find people I've overlooked in my periodic binges of following. bsky-follow-finder.theo.io HT @kellyhereid.bsky.social for sharing this one.
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And it's my job to look for them.
And it's my job to look for them.
25 years working on actual spacecraft have taught me that all spacecraft have seemingly obvious vulnerabilities that if exploited could result in catastrophic destruction.
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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And it's my job to look for them.
And it's my job to look for them.
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November 16, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Loads of new followers so let me introduce myself 👋🏾
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
November 16, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Loads of new followers so let me introduce myself 👋🏾
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
I'm Chief of Flight Ops Safety at JSC.
This means my team and I review every human rated or cargo vehicle's design and operations to ensure Crew and Vehicle safety, including launch vehicles.
🚀 👨🏾🚀
The saying: "Being right at the wrong time is the same as being wrong"
It's true at work but more so with kids.
Me: hey, do you want to go to the park?
3yo: Noooooo. I. DON'T. WANT. TO GO TO. THE. PARK *stamps feet*
45 minutes later when making lunch
3yo: can we go to the park right now?
Me:
It's true at work but more so with kids.
Me: hey, do you want to go to the park?
3yo: Noooooo. I. DON'T. WANT. TO GO TO. THE. PARK *stamps feet*
45 minutes later when making lunch
3yo: can we go to the park right now?
Me:
November 16, 2024 at 6:47 PM
The saying: "Being right at the wrong time is the same as being wrong"
It's true at work but more so with kids.
Me: hey, do you want to go to the park?
3yo: Noooooo. I. DON'T. WANT. TO GO TO. THE. PARK *stamps feet*
45 minutes later when making lunch
3yo: can we go to the park right now?
Me:
It's true at work but more so with kids.
Me: hey, do you want to go to the park?
3yo: Noooooo. I. DON'T. WANT. TO GO TO. THE. PARK *stamps feet*
45 minutes later when making lunch
3yo: can we go to the park right now?
Me:
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So many new followers…feel like I need to say something interesting. Here’s me being quoted on the stank level of space trash. Our Outreach team made Marge Simpson grumbly noises at me for a couple weeks for this.
The space station toilet apparently smells horrible
"You can't just open a window whenever something smells bad."
futurism.com
November 15, 2024 at 10:43 PM
So many new followers…feel like I need to say something interesting. Here’s me being quoted on the stank level of space trash. Our Outreach team made Marge Simpson grumbly noises at me for a couple weeks for this.
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Excited to be here! I'll start with a photo that represents me!
The ISS and the Crew-1 Dragon capsule attached, flying over the Houston Space City Skyline.
The ISS and the Crew-1 Dragon capsule attached, flying over the Houston Space City Skyline.
February 6, 2024 at 10:58 PM
Excited to be here! I'll start with a photo that represents me!
The ISS and the Crew-1 Dragon capsule attached, flying over the Houston Space City Skyline.
The ISS and the Crew-1 Dragon capsule attached, flying over the Houston Space City Skyline.
Houston was treated to a phenomenal ISS pass tonight! Got some selfies and the kids were waving "hi" to Butch and Suni.
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Houston was treated to a phenomenal ISS pass tonight! Got some selfies and the kids were waving "hi" to Butch and Suni.