AstroMeganne
@astromeganne
Meganne Christian 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇮🇹🇳🇿🇦🇶 European Space Agency astronaut class of 2022. Mission Manager for In Space Manufacturing at the Satellite Applications Catapult
#Astronaut Reserve Training Block 3, Week 6 @esa.int, Cologne. This week: the Sun, Earth-Sun interactions with an appearance from the Aurora, a parabolic flight campaign testing rowing in microgravity, and a visit to ESA’s premier tech facility, #ESTEC, in the Netherlands
JOB UPDATE: After three wonderful years at the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social I have just stepped into a new role as Mission Manager for In Space Manufacturing at the Satellite Applications Catapult. sa.catapult.org.uk [1/3]
#Astronaut Reserve Training Block 3, Week 5 at @esa.int. This week: Earth Sciences! #Geology, #geography, #meteorology, #climatology. Also, co-sitting on the EUROCOM desk and the continuation of our #astronomy and #astrophysics course. __ See the full weekly playlist on TY at link in bio
#Astronaut Reserve Training Block 3, Week 4 at @esa.int, Cologne. This week: What happens during launch and re-entry, the start of our #astronomy and #astrophysics course, and a tour of the European Astronaut Centre gym. See the full weekly playlist at www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
This week at @esa.int #Astronaut Reserve Training, we continued our deep dives into ISS systems, including Comms, Ops, Mission Control, Planning, Roles, and Operational Tools. Also, our SSDS qualification. ___ See all the weekly recap videos on the youtube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Rowing in #ZeroG! 🚣👩🚀 I recently joined the "HiFim" team aboard an AirZeroG parabolic flight campaign to test the exercise countermeasures potential of the device in rowing configuration. 🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬🛫🛬
Sneak peek aboard today’s @airzerog.bsky.social parabolic flight, floating above the Bay of Biscay 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 I was part of the team with “HIFIm” device set up for testing rowing exercises in microgravity 🚣 🚣♀️ 🚣♂️
Today’s office - @airzerog.bsky.social in #Bordeaux testing the HIFIm for potential use aboard space stations for astronaut exercise countermeasures
What better way to spend #Christmas than #Husky sledding through the forests of Northern #Finland 🎄🇫🇮 The dogs were so excited to be out running and they loved the scritches and attention they got before and afterwards. Happy huskies, happy sledders! 🐕
I love to have a #crochet project of an evening. This time I thought I’d make some keepsakes for my colleagues - personalised with flag and colours. 🧑🚀👩🚀😊 1.6mm hook, yarn odds and ends from my stash, and 2x3cm flags. Each took ~5hours. Pattern by natascha.zayceva linktr.ee/natascha.zay...
The esa.int Astronaut Reserve corps joined in the 87th @airzerog.bsky.social parabolic fight campaign last week – participating in experiments, and ISS equipment familiarisation training in #ZeroG 🧑🚀 👩🚀 🧑🚀 👩🚀 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬
We Are The Borg. Resistance is Futile! #StarTrekDay Today I’m testing “The influence of weightlessness on neuromuscular performance” on @airzerog.bsky.social for @esa.int , using @spoho.bsky.social’s “Space Bike”!
It’s time to go floating with @airzerog.bsky.social again! 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬 🛫 🛬
After the @cern.bsky.social #STELLAR festival yesterday, today I joined #ICRC2025 participants at #jungfraujoch “The top of Europe” and the amazing #SphinxObservatory! The atmospheric physics experiments took me back to my time obtaining corresponding measurements at #Concordia station, Antarctica
1 week, four cities… It started with wreck-diving in #Gozo 🇲🇹; then SpaceCon in #Manchester (and all 4 @esa.int 🇬🇧 astros together for the first time!); guest lecture at #Oxford Space Store’s summer course; then today at @cern.bsky.social’s STELLAR festival in #Geneva!
For the first time, all 👨🚀👩🚀👩🚀👨🚀 of the UK @esa.int astronauts interviewed together - This morning on BBC Breakfast! Catchup on iPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... (starting at 02:16:45)
Tune into @bbc5live.bsky.social right now to hear from 4 UK astronauts! 🧑🚀🧑🚀👩🚀👨🚀
The #ProjectHailMary movie trailer released this week. *amaze* 🤩 I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this, but, if you have not already read Andy Weir's book or listened to Ray Porter's narration... AVOID spoilers until then! 🤜🤛 I strongly encourage you to read/listen before you watch.
Greetings from #LondonTechWeek today! I’ll be on a panel about “An Inter-Planetary Future: Commercial and Accessible Human Space Flight” at 15:30, if you’re also here: londontechweek.com/2025-agenda
Finally finished my very own Norwegian #PeaceSweater / #PeaceGenser jersey! 🇳🇴 🧶 Originally created by HouseOfYarn Norway (it is inspired by the #Torino2006 Winter Olympics and based on a heart-rose motif. I used baby merino wool on 2.5mm needles; it took about three months to complete. #knitting
🚀 Calling all future astronauts, scientists, and engineers! Students aged 14–22 can explore the cosmos with NASA engineers, Oxford professors, and industry leaders. Join us at Oxford University for the Oxford Summer Space & AI Course from 7–18 July 2025 Apply 👉 www.spacestore.co/oxford-summe...
Fascinating visit to @goonhilly.org Thanks for all the work you do to keep us in contact with our satellites, deep space missions, and each other. #Cornwall
Visiting the future launch facility 🚀 of the Cornish Space Agency 😉 – the @NationalTrust.org.uk Gribbin head daymarker, near Polkerris. But seriously, go learn about the #Cornwall Space Cluster www.cornwallspacecluster.co.uk
What a busy week! Monday – cycling #TheRidgway & Village celebrations for #VEday Wednesday – #BuckinghamPalace Garden Party & Space Based Solar Power #SBSP event Thursday – Yuri’sNight London at the BIS (with @libbyjackson.com !) Saturday – SCUBA at #Vobster Next week, with @airzerog.bsky.social!
