Dr. Jennifer Levasseur

@jklevasseur@h-net.social
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Public historian, curator of the Space Shuttle and ISS at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, mom of two awesome boys, lover of hockey and all things Star Wars
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurJun 9
NSFVoyager2Jun 9
I’ve had some questions about the FY26 budget. Here’s the proposed budget’s impact on the Heliophysics fleet. Bold red: canceled. Regular red: reduced. Orange: reduced & transferred. No mark: continues. Voyager will be canceled under this plan.
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 16
Dwight SilvermanMay 16
My new favorite bumper sticker.
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 14
Just devastating to see historians, colleagues, public servants, and preservers of the work and memories of government agencies, just be casually dismissed with barely a nod. It's now May, months into this "purge," and it's hitting home now how little value my field has in the eyes of some on the other side of the political gulf. That includes my own family members, who still have yet to make one mention of this assault on public service and research to me - the lack of empathy is horrifying.
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 1
NASAMay 1
NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-harvests-lettuce-for-space-station-study/ #NASA #AdvancedPlantHabitatAPH #InternationalSpaceStationISS #KennedySpaceCenter #PlantBiology #ResearchAndTechnologyAtKennedySpaceCenter #ScienceResearch
NASA Harvests Lettuce for Space Station Study - NASA

Inside a laboratory in the Space Systems Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a payload implementation team member harvests

NASA
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 1
Associated PressMay 1

NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-all-female-spacewalk-d2dfe696bfaaef8bae8de27cd846355a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-AssociatedPress

NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later. NASA's Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station on Thursday alongside Nichole Ayers. They launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts, who are now back home. During their spacewalk, the pair will prepare the space station for new solar panels and move an antenna. McClain should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there weren't enough medium-size suits. The latest was the fifth all-female spacewalk in 60 years of spacewalking.

AP News
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 1
The OatmealApr 30
Beep.
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurApr 28
jdmccaffertyApr 28

Funeral procession of Elizabeth I, 28 Apr 1603

(Images from the British Library)

Dr. Jennifer LevasseurApr 25
Gotta love historians debating if something is or is not an embroidered penis:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute
Historians dispute Bayeux tapestry penis tally after lengthy debate

Two Bayeux scholars at loggerheads over whether dangling shape depicts dagger or the embroidery’s 94th phallus

The Guardian
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurApr 25
Donncha Ó CaoimhMar 29, 2023

The Tree in Muckross Abbey

When you visit Muckross Abbey in Killarney, one thing that immediately catches your eye is the magnificent tree that grows right in the middle of the building. The tree is so large that it almost looks like it’s part of the abbey, as if the building had grown around it over time.

https://inphotos.org/2023/03/29/the-tree-in-muckross-abbey/

#photo #Photography #Ireland #Killarney #MuckrossAbbey #BlarneyPhotogrpahyClub

The Tree in Muckross Abbey

When you visit Muckross Abbey in Killarney, one thing that immediately catches your eye is the magnificent tree that grows right in the middle of the building. The tree is so large that it almost l…

In Photos dot Org
Dr. Jennifer LevasseurApr 23
NASAApr 23
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Discuss Seven-Month Space Mission https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-discuss-seven-month-space-mission/ #NASA #InternationalSpaceStationISS #Astronauts #HumansInSpace #ISSResearch #JohnsonSpaceCenter
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Discuss Seven-Month Space Mission - NASA

Media are invited to a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, April 28, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston where astronaut Don Pettit will share details

NASA
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The OatmealApr 30
Beep.
Show threadUwe KüchlerApr 30
@oatmeal Nothing but the truth.
Show threadPiia BartosApr 30

@oatmeal

This should include his 3 brothers in other rooms. The bastards beep every 5 mins once and you never know which one of them it is.

Show threadMarkus PeuhkuriApr 30
An alarm with non-removable 10yr battery decided to notify about low battery every 44 seconds. There are solutions.
@piiabartos @oatmeal
Show threadJan AntošApr 30
@puhuri there absolutely are solutions.
Show threadFrank HeijkampApr 30
@puhuri @piiabartos @oatmeal Sounds useful, useful sounds.
Show threadfeeling bunnyApr 30
@oatmeal is that an open mouth or a killer stache?
Show threadDaniel M KarlssonApr 30
@oatmeal [chuckles]
Show threadFubaroqueApr 30
@oatmeal I learned recently that it always happens at night because then the room temperature goes down and therefore the battery voltage too, bringing it below the "low battery" level. #makessense
Show threadEd DaviesApr 30

@fubaroque Yep. Some modern alarms have temperature compensation to try to avoid this. OTOH, modern alarms shouldn't have replaceable batteries.

@oatmeal

Show threadFubaroqueApr 30
@edavies @oatmeal I'd rather replace a battery regularly than find that it has been screaming half my holiday when I return and the ten year battery is empty.
Show threadEd DaviesApr 30

@fubaroque The problem is the actual smoke sensors only last so long. With replaceable batteries you can be blissfully replacing the battery and pressing the test button on an alarm which won't actually work when it's really needed.

The law's a bit muddled but alarms with replaceable batteries no longer suffice in Scotland in places where alarms are required, which includes basically all residential property, IIRC.

(Unfortunately this law was scheduled to come into force in early 2020 but people had other things on their mind at the time. It was delayed by a year but still didn't get much publicity.)

@oatmeal

Show threadFubaroqueApr 30
@edavies @oatmeal I usually "test" mine by forgetting something on the stove. Still works just fine. 😘 #noworries
Show threadslashApr 30
@mwl I actually read up on why smoke detectors go off in the middle of the night. I can't recall the details, but it was temperature related. So at 3am, when the house is at 68 degrees, the "low battery" detection fires off. Cali requires one in every room, and my bedroom had a vaulted ceiling. 3am, it goes off, 20-feet in the air...
Show threadgrob 🇺🇦Apr 30
@oatmeal kill it. Kill it with… I don't know with what, just kill it already!
Show threadHidden Dragon ☑️Apr 30
😈 😀
Show threadMartinMay 1

@oatmeal The Torment of a Neighbor’s Noise in “Beeps”

Kirk Johnson’s documentary short follows two young men, one of whom is driven to distraction by a nearby dying smoke alarm, on their quest to make things right.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-torment-of-a-neighbors-noise-in-beeps

The Torment of a Neighbor’s Noise in “Beeps”

Kirk Johnson’s documentary short follows two young men, one of whom is driven to distraction by a nearby dying smoke alarm, on their quest to make things right.

The New Yorker
Show threadDr. Jennifer LevasseurMay 1
@oatmeal Significantly more true when there's a sleeping baby in the house.
Show threadRichardusMay 1

@oatmeal Not pressing the test button. Not pressing the test button !

Afraid it does not stop beeping after a test. It did happen in previous home.

And the smoke detectors the installed in this home does not have repalceable battery. But io think the go silent when you pull them off the socket and activate a switch.