Hanneke Weitering  

@ HannekeScience

Crazy space cat lady, staff writer at & host of OTD in Space

Joined January 2014
Born August 29, 1992

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    I'm in Chile for the total solar ! You can read all about my eclipse escapades in this travelogue. 🌞🌚😎

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  2. Did ya miss the eclipse on Tuesday? Here's a list of all solar and lunar eclipses between now and 2024, plus viewing maps! It's not too early to start planning your next eclipse adventure. 😎

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  3. The drive to La Silla this morning took 2 hours. The drive back just took over 6 hours. Average speed: 12 mph 🐢 (but it was "totally" worth it)

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  4. So I said I wasn't going to take any pictures during totality but I guess I lied 🤷‍♀️

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  5. Surprise! The president of Chile just showed up at the media tent and gave a speech about the solar eclipse...in Spanish, so I understood maybe five words of it, but it was interesting nonetheless. – at Observatorio La Silla - European Southern Observatory

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  6. Sadly the viral rumor that is in La Serena for turned out to be untrue. But there should be plenty of rich, famous, old white dudes out here "glamping" in the Atacama Desert 😆

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  7. Fingers crossed! 🤞 Hopefully I'll have better luck finding La Silla on Tuesday than I did finding the grocery story today. My American phone is pretty useless here 😅

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  8. Jun 27

    Do you like learning new things and telling people about it? 🤔 Well then do I have the job for you! I’m looking for freelance science writers to contribute to the 🧬and 🚀reference sections.

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  9. NASA is having a hard time hiding the Hidden Figures Way sign before its grand unveiling this morning, lol. Live stream is here:

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  11. At the Summit and I have found my people.

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  13. Waiting on to reveal some big news about (maybe the Blue Moon lunar lander?) in this appropriately Blue room. We'll find out what all the fuss is about at 4pm ET – at Walter E. Washington Convention Center

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  14. Godspeed, Pikachu! 🚀😸 He will be the 1st cremated cat to go to space and the 1st cat to orbit the Earth. Follow his BFF for updates (and cute cat pics!)

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  15. Happy from Princess Zelda (who just got a haircut) and her , Big 🌍🐈

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  16. What simulations say I do, what my parents think I do, what I think I do, what I really do

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  17. Apr 9

    Apparently there was an International Bowling tournament last night with reps from other space agencies

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  18. I sat down with today at to talk about NASA's plans to put "boots on the moon" in 2024. He seems pretty confident that it's really going to happen. 🚀🌛

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  19. Cheers! will be supplying the payload fairing for 's H3 rocket. They just signed the contract at 🚀🥂

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  20. Bridentsine is off to a late start today for his speech at . The audience is all still waiting outside the door. You can watch the speech live here (whenever it starts):

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