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Three successful launches! 🚀🚀🚀Thanks to and their intern-built sport rockets for the ride! #BIRST2021 #StudentsRockIt #Ballinterns
Go behind the scenes at Ball Aerospace with and at a #JPSS1 #NASASocial! Apply here: nasa.gov/social/jpss1_s
Sine-d, sealed, delivered! The first rocket named “Sine” took flight! 🚀
Color in the Kuiper Belt! 🎨
These images are among the first released from ' historic Kuiper Belt flyby. Many more spectacular shots to come! 📸
More from : ow.ly/YPsQ30nasO7
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI #NewHorizons #UltimaFlyby
Spacecraft separation and solar array deployment are CONFIRMED. #JPSS1 is power-positive and on its own in orbit!
One of our optical engineers took this photo to verify line of sight for testing purposes. Worth a late share for #SelfieDay!
#NewHorizons is one accomplished spacecraft! 🛰️
🚀 Fastest spacecraft ever launched
📸 1st mission to explore #Pluto system
🎯 1st flyby of object discovered after mission launched #MU69
🥇 Record holder for most distant exploration of worlds
...and more! #NationalComplimentDay
Mission update ✖️3⃣!
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Sunshield pallets stowed
3 more testing milestones have been completed for #NASAWebb! The world’s most complex & powerful space telescope is making big progress for its launch & million-mile journey later this year. go.nasa.gov/3ihiquc
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3 more testing milestones have been completed for #NASAWebb! The world’s most complex & powerful space telescope is making big progress for its launch & million-mile journey later this year. go.nasa.gov/3ihiquc
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🚨 BIRST ALERT! 🚨
Rocket launch day is here! 🚀
Follow here for more updates and give a ❤️ to show support for our interns! #BIRST2023 #StudentsRockIt
The launch webcast is live! See ’s #IXPE head to space! ⤵️
Are you watching along with us? 👍🏽 #IXPElaunch
Another mission milestone unfolds! ☑️
is a step closer to launch with the final unfolding of its primary mirror on Earth. Ball proudly designed & built #JWST's advanced optical technology & lightweight mirror system!
📰: go.nasa.gov/3bmmpmO
📷: NASA/Chris Gunn
Excited for the launch of 's Green Propellant Infusion Mission? Check out these educational materials for students of all ages!
✂️ Paper Model: bit.ly/2XkKxAt
🎨 Coloring Page: bit.ly/2Fnkn5F
#STP2 #GPIM #STEM
Forever our favorite selfie! #NationalSelfieDay
📸 Ball engineer Larkin Carey is reflected in 's secondary mirror during a test of the observatory's optics: go.nasa.gov/2Y1PScQ
.’s IXPE is on its way to space, but the launch broadcast continues. Ball Aerospace’s Sarah Lipscy is speaking on Ball’s role on the mission and the exciting science it will uncover! youtu.be/21X5lGlDOfg
Thank you, for honoring Lisa's extraordinary scientific contributions. Her memory lives on at Ball. nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s
It's #NationalSelfieDay! Our all-time favorite selfie stars ✨ and marked an important testing milestone for NASA's next great observatory. #JWST nasa.gov/feature/goddar
❤️ this throwback! Ball Aerospace designed and built the advanced optical technology and lightweight mirror system that will enable to look 13.5 billion years back in time! ✨ #JWST #ThrowbackThursday
More on our role: bit.ly/3bKjval
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Here's a #ThrowbackThursday to when #NASAWebb's flight mirrors were undergoing cryogenic testing @NASA_Marshall!
Testing took place in a huge, helium-cooled vacuum chamber, which took Webb's mirrors from room temperature all the way down to -379 degree F, or -228 degrees C! 
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What an amazing year-end update! This milestone brings yet another step closer to launch. ✨
Our role on #JWST: bit.ly/37wVWkL
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With the end of the year just days away, we're excited to announce #NASAWebb has cleared one of its most important milestones to date. Its 5-layer sunshield has been successfully deployed & tensioned into the same configuration it will have in space! go.nasa.gov/3mtYG6J
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The mission team honored Lisa Hardaway's life and contributions last year by dedicating the spectrometer she helped to develop—which brought the first color close-up images of #Pluto to the world—in her memory. More from : ow.ly/6Cp930jSewT
That's a solid packing job right there! 🎒
Ball Aerospace proudly designed and built the advanced optical technology and lightweight mirror system for !
Learn more: bit.ly/2tkMQ92
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A million mile trip into space requires careful packing. 
Engineers have successfully folded and packed #NASAWebb's sunshield — a heat protector the size of a tennis court. Read more about Webb's latest update at @northropgrumman: go.nasa.gov/3g2x5Kz
Engineers have successfully folded and packed #NASAWebb's sunshield — a heat protector the size of a tennis court. Read more about Webb's latest update at @northropgrumman: go.nasa.gov/3g2x5Kz
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In just three days, this small/powerful camera 📸 will take high resolution images of icy ❄️ #UltimaThule (~4 billion miles from Earth! 🌏).
Learn more about Ralph: ball.com/aerospace/prog
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@NASA's newest X-ray observatory IXPE, the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, has unfolded its origami boom.
#IXPE is now one step closer to studying some of the most energetic and mysterious places in the universe in a new way. Learn more>> go.nasa.gov/3GQ8Qt6
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JPSS-1 is a collaboration between , , , , and with launch provided by . Shout out to the whole team! #JPSS1 ow.ly/Anpy30g8doV
Pre-launch for the #BIRST2022 rocket launches! Three 19.6 ft. tall sport rockets built by interns will take flight, each carrying a #Ballintern payload. #StudentsRockit
#DYK: 85% of our weather data comes from polar-orbiting satellites like ? #JPSS1 will launch later this year. #NASASocial
Relive the launch of #Landsat 8, which lifted off six years ago on February 11, 2013! 📽 ow.ly/MSFN30nFezi
Our role: ow.ly/4OOq30nFeAc
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As if we could get any more excited for the #MU69 flyby later this year... The @NewHorizons2015 #PlutoFlyby keeps paying science dividends!
The camera is the largest telescopic instrument ever sent beyond Earth’s orbit. It is powerful enough to identify objects as small as a coffee table from its vantage point above the Red Planet. ow.ly/BPup30hOyLo
Thanks for the visit! Acting Admin. Lightfoot heard from Ball's OLI-2 program manager, Leanne Presley. OLI-2 will fly aboard 9
Secondary mirror deployed! ☑
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Replying to @NASAWebb
CONFIRMED: “The world’s most sophisticated tripod” has not only deployed but also latched!
Each of the struts for this tripod, which helps #NASAWebb’s secondary mirror direct light into the instruments, is about 25 feet long (7.6 m)! blogs.nasa.gov/webb #UnfoldTheUniverse
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It's the final countdown! 🚀 5️ days out! 📅 #BallInterns' payloads will fly on intern-built rockets this Saturday. #BIRST2023 #StudentsRockIt
In 75 days, will make the farthest encounter of a planetary object in history! Learn more about this journey of exploration to #Pluto, #Ultima Thule and beyond: pluto.jhuapl.edu/index.php
IXPE has arrived! 🛰️
's IXPE is now at Kennedy Space Center in FL. We provided the spacecraft, some elements of the payload, observatory assembly, and integration and test. Mark your calendars for a Dec. 9 scheduled launch! 📅
📰: bit.ly/3D7vYBY
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Here's #JPSS1 leaving in Boulder, CO. This morning, in about 30 minutes, the spacecraft will launch into polar orbit!
It's #NationalCameraDay, so we would be remiss if we didn't mention one of our favorites: Ralph! #PlutoFlyby #Ultima ow.ly/gtBV30kJtk1
Thanks to and their intern-built sport rockets for the ride! 🚀 #BIRST2023 #Ballinterns #StudentsRockIt
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That’s a wrap for 2023 Student Rocket Launch! Congratulations on a 100% launch success! A special thanks to @Ballaerospace, the K-12 teams and our ULA interns and mentors.
We are proud of our interns and the skills they have developed along the way #StudentsRockIt
Cat's Eye Nebula by or Cat's Paw Nebula by , do you have a favorite? #NationalCatDay 😺
#Spitzer: ow.ly/Rfvb30mpU6e
#Hubble: ow.ly/R4kL30mpU7L
It's been 25 years since the first servicing mission! ✨
Look back on the historic mission with : ow.ly/2U0s30mQGNr
If you’re heading out to the rocket launch site tomorrow, make sure to check out the custom Snapchat filter and Instagram GIPHY created by .🚀 Search “StudentsRockIt” on Instagram and make sure to tag Ball Aerospace and ULA in your stories!🤳
#BIRST2021 #StudentsRockIt
Celebrate ' launch anniversary (1/19/2006) by downloading your own "Pluto in Pictures" poster! #PlutoFlyby ow.ly/r21I30hSHju
Spacecraft propellant is going green! ’s #GPIM spacecraft will demonstrate a new high-performance, non-toxic spacecraft propellant on-orbit. ow.ly/ewOk30iVpcl
Using data, scientists found the jagged landscape around Pluto's equator is made of frozen methane. ow.ly/7FyQ30fuPPS
The Telescope is the most powerful space-based observatory ever built, and will study the first stars and galaxies that formed in the early universe. #JWST #NASAWebb go.nasa.gov/33TOIDB
📸 : NASA/Desiree Stover
#JPSS1 will take 2x daily measurements of Earth’s atmosphere, oceans & land surface from every point of the globe.
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Add this one to the books! 📚
’s #IXPE successfully launched to space from . Ball Aerospace provided the IXPE spacecraft, mechanical and structural elements of the payload, observatory assembly, and integration and test.
📰: bit.ly/33gvJY9
The 's upcoming mission will provide data that will help to reduce methane emissions, fostering a more #sustainable world. Ball Aerospace is developing the advanced spectrometer instrument at the heart of
MethaneSAT. #WEF23 bit.ly/3Nt4trZ
Get excited! The flyby of MU69 will be 3X closer to the KBO than the spacecraft’s #PlutoFlyBy! nasa.gov/feature/new-ho
Spacecraft propellant is going green! 🛰💚
’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission will demonstrate a new high-performance, non-toxic spacecraft propellant on orbit.
Our role: ow.ly/CyUG30o5BtL
More, from NASA: ow.ly/dCjT30o5Bwd
The mission is shedding light on some of the most distant bodies in our solar system. #SpaceExplorationDay #PlutoFlyby #Ultima ball.com/aerospace/prog
Spacecraft propellant is going green! ’s #GPIM spacecraft will demonstrate a new high-performance, non-toxic spacecraft propulsion fuel on-orbit. ow.ly/Zwlw30iaNOT #SmallSat18
Happy anniversary, ! The pioneering probe launched #OTD in 2006! Next stop: #KBO 2014 MU69! #PlutoFlyby nasa.gov/mission_pages/
Save the date and remember the name!
’ next flyby target has a new nickname: Ultima Thule. #NewHorizons will explore #Ultima on January 1, 2019. ow.ly/q8px30iVaGB
2 days to go before launch! 🚀 There will be two #Ballintern BIRST payloads flying on this year’s intern-built rockets. #BIRST2023 #StudentsRockIt
BIRST ALERT! 🚀 The Ball Intern Remote Sensing Team (BIRST) is back in action. #Ballinterns are building payloads that will take flight on intern-built rockets and then a high-altitude balloon provided by Edge of Space Sciences. #BIRST2022
Ready for launch! The #JPSS1 spacecraft is encapsulated inside the fairing of its #DeltaII and ready for lift off from Vandenberg AFB on Nov. 14! ow.ly/NC4W30gsUWK
Fewer than 25 days until Ralph flies by Ultima Thule with !
Small and powerful, Ralph 📸 weighs just 23lbs and uses only ~7 watts, the power of a standard night light. 💡ball.com/aerospace/prog #Ultima #NewHorizons
Launched on August 12, 2005, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and its Ball-built camera have revealed the Red Planet in unprecedented resolution.
Learn more: bit.ly/2W8HN8C
📸: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Agreed! Shout out to our Ball Aerospace mentors who built a 'black box' data recorder that will fly in the intern-built rocket!
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ULA's Future Heavy towers at 53 feet tall, but we think the volunteer interns, mentors and payload teams stand even taller. #StudentsRockIt
Congratulations to the entire #TEMPO team! We can’t wait for the Ball-built instrument to start delivering data to better monitor #pollution impacting our planet.🌎
📰: bit.ly/419e653
📷: SpaceX
#JPSS1, built by , will increase the accuracy and timeliness of weather forecasts. #NASASocial ball.com/aerospace/prog
Congratulations to the New Horizons Ralph instrument team for winning the George W. Goddard award from ! #PlutoFlyby #GoBeyond
3 days until launch day! 🚀 On Saturday we’ll be in Pueblo, CO seeing the #BIRSTintern payloads take flight. #BIRST2023 #StudentsRockIt
ICYMI: The “Lisa Hardaway Infrared Spectrometer” will fly on as it journeys into interstellar space nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s
#NOAA20 (formerly #JPSS1) is our nation’s most advanced polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite. ow.ly/LDeP30hzqCm
Have you heard of BIRB?
It's not just a fun acronym.🖤 The Ball InfraRed Black (BIRB) paint made by is vital to regulating #Webb's temperature. 🌡 See how it works! 👇🏼
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No pets are onboard the Webb Telescope, but we do have BIRB 
BIRB, made by @BallAerospace, stands for Ball InfraRed Black. It’s a super dark paint on our radiator that helps keep our science instruments cool! Find our how in our latest “Elements of Webb” episode 
BIRB, made by @BallAerospace, stands for Ball InfraRed Black. It’s a super dark paint on our radiator that helps keep our science instruments cool! Find our how in our latest “Elements of Webb” episode 
Experience the #PlutoFlyby in 24 seconds! Images from @NewHorizons2015 instruments like the Ball-built Ralph camera. youtu.be/ds_OlZnV9qk
Just in time for the official start of #HurricaneSeason, has declared #NOAA20 fully operational! ow.ly/aWGm30kinVN
. has a ride to space! 🚀
Ball Aerospace is developing the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) Opto-Mechanical Assembly for Roman. More on our role: bit.ly/3yNv9yy
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Get in, Roman; we are going to L2! @NASA has announced that the Roman Space Telescope will launch on the @SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from @NASAKennedy. 
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This is for sure one of our favorite selfies! 🤳
and Ball Aerospace engineer Larkin Carey captured this image. #NationalSelfieDay 📸
More: go.nasa.gov/3zTwoL5
Our role on #JWST: bit.ly/2SQWJbO
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#ICYMI ➡ ’s sunshield is folded and packed for its upcoming million-mile journey. Up next will be the final mirror fold!
Our role on #JWST: bit.ly/2tkMQ92
📰: go.nasa.gov/3dLHbwn
📷: NASA/Chris Gunn
Ball Aerospace built ’ #Ralph instrument with and . Ralph returned the first ever high-res color images of Pluto and will investigate #Ultima later this year! ow.ly/5ZHl30iWGaP
NOAA’s JPSS-2 weather satellite is expected to launch on Nov. 1! Ball Aerospace built the Ozone Mapping & Profiler Suite (OMPS) for JPSS-2 to observe stratospheric ozone & measure its concentration as it varies with altitude. #AeroWeek #GoBeyond®
More: bit.ly/3eBaKEZ
We're proud to host/hire amazing 'Brookies' like Katie!
The offers paid internships & executive mentorship for exceptional undergrad women & gender-minority students in aerospace. Applications are open now! brookeowensfellowship.org #BecomeABrookie
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We all love a good #BrookeOwensFellow success story! Katie Melbourne just accepted a full time position with host company Ball Aerospace!
Katie will be Associate Systems Engineer in Boulder, CO! Congrats Katie! 
#BOF
#BOF
We're thrilled to host Kira Altman and Katie Melbourne as part of the incredible program!
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Introducing the Brookie class of 2019
Congratulations and welcome to the best family in the universe! 
brookeowensfellowship.org/class-of-2019🚨 BIRST ALERT! 🚨
Rocket launch day is here! 🚀 If our math is correct, it’s going to be a great launch with intern-built rockets Sine, Cosine and Tangent!
#StudentsRockIt #Ballinterns #BIRST2022
The spacecraft is homing in on the distant, rocky world it will visit on January 1, 2019. #NewHorizons #UltimaThule @NewHorizons2015
Kaitlin, a student, former fellow and current Ball intern, talks about why she loves the BIRST program! #StudentsRockIt #BIRST2018
Another exciting milestone for !
The primary mirror, in concert with other optics, will send light to Roman’s two science instruments: the Wide Field Instrument (WFI) and Coronagraph. Ball is providing the WFI Opto-Mechanical Assembly.
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FIVE WEEKS FROM TODAY, New Horizons flies by Ultima Thule in the Kuiper Belt, and makes the most distant exploration of worlds in history!!
Be there on line with us! Retweets please!
The GPIM spacecraft deployed at 3:57 a.m. EDT last night, during a successful launch of the #FalconHeavy! 🚀🛰
Watch the full launch here: youtu.be/WxH4CAlhtiQ
Will you be following the reveal of 's first images? At Ball, we’re powered by endlessly curious people. Paul Lightsey, Ball’s chief engineer on #Webb, says that curiosity fit perfectly with this groundbreaking mission. #UnfoldtheUniverse
At Ball Aerospace, we are scientists first, fulfilling an extensive portfolio of missions with science-minded engineering. Visit us at #AAS241 booth #815 to learn how Ball supports #ScienceAtAnyScale by delivering capabilities at all mission sizes and wavelengths.
Launching in ONE WEEK, #JPSS1 is the most advanced polar-orbiting weather and environmental satellite yet! More: ow.ly/YATR30fE4EN
Our interns get to do some pretty far-out stuff! ✨ Cristina Bryant, a Systems Integration & Test Intern, is seen here with the flight actuators. Roman will capture comparable quality images to Hubble, but with more than 100x the field of view!
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Two years after historic #PlutoFlyby, data from the Ball-built Ralph camera still yields incredible science returns! ow.ly/ZN3t30fuVyC
