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Junior space scientists
@jrspacescientists.bsky.social
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We are early career/junior space scientists advocating for space science in the US!

How you can help: https://linktr.ee/savespacescience

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The Senate has voted to fully fund #NASA, but the budget passed by the House would still cut #ScienceFunding by 18%. While this is great progress, the fight is not over. Call your Representatives and advocate to #saveNASAscience! 🔭 #PlanetaryScience 🧪
A white image with black text. On the top it says 'This is what Mars would look like if a spacecraft only got 82% of the way there.' In the middle is a very small Mars, so small you can hardly tell it is a planet or has any color at all. The bottom of the image says 'Tell Congress to fund NASA science at 100%'.
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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The president’s budget request would destroy American leadership in #space and take away jobs from Americans just like you. But you can help stop it – call your representatives and tell them to fund #NASA in 2026! 🔭🧪
July 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Senate may be taking steps to restore NASA’s funding, but the administration is still threatening to cut more than 2000 jobs at NASA. Call your congresspeople and tell them they can’t let this happen — #NASA should be funded in full to maintain American leadership in #space! 🔭 #savenasascience
July 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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NOW is the time to call your senators! Markup of the 2026 budget request will happen THIS THURSDAY (July 10). Don’t let them waste your money by defunding NASA! 🔭 #PlanetaryScience

linktr.ee/savespacesci... for email and phone scripts you can use. Which senators to contact? Glad you asked 🧵⬇️
Guy reaching for a yellow ball but getting grabbed from behind by a pink monster meme. The guy is NASA, the yellow ball is "$700m for a new mars telecom satellite" but the pink monster is "trashing a working $560m Mars telecom satellite." This is referring to the fact that the president's budget request/NASA budget plan includes allotting $700m for a new telecom relay at Mars despite the fact that the maven mission like, already does that, man, and is already in orbit
July 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Caption: Help #savenasascience! 40+ healthy spacecraft are in danger of having their funding cut to zero starting Oct 1. Check the links in our bio for how you can help. 🔭

#mars #nasa #space #spaceexploration #universe #sciencenotsilence #spaceforall #sciencefunding #nasabudget #PlanetaryScience
July 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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The president's budget request would turn off MAVEN, USA’s #1 telecom asset @ #Mars, & fund a new mission that would cost taxpayers $700M… enough to fund MAVEN for >30 YEARS!

#nasa #space #planetaryscience #sciencenotsilence #spaceforall #sciencefunding #nasabudget #savenasascience #thatwasrude 🔭
July 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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MAVEN is more than just a spacecraft: it’s a team. The wasteful, unstrategic budget proposed for FY26 would take away that community – and cancel 40 other missions too. Check our bio to see what you can do to help. 🔭 #PlanetaryScience

#mars #nasa #space #spaceexploration #universe
A mosaic image of the MAVEN orbiter above Mars, with the starry sky in the background. Overlaid on both Mars and MAVEN are a mosaic of headshots and some group photos of the team members.
June 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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The MAVEN mission to Mars studies why the Red Planet is so dry & dusty compared to our lush green Earth. Listen to the MAVEN PI, Prof. Shannon Curry, tell you all about it on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any podcast platform.

🧪🔭 #PlanetaryScience
June 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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The president’s budget request would destroy $20 billion worth of operational NASA missions, including MAVEN, America’s best telecommunications satellite at Mars. Check our bio to see what you can do to help.

#PlanetaryScience 🧪🪐🔭
June 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM