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New Objective Unlocked: Convince an astronaut to use the Fediverse from space
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this post was submitted on 06 Feb 2026
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Sure. The SETI account is https://mastodon.social/@setiinstitute
This looks like it might have been the NASA account, but I can't verify whether it was official: https://mstdn.social/@NASA (The unofficial one that is active and more popular is https://social.beachcom.org/@nasa)
Some people working in space, e.g. astronomers and astrophysicists. There are many more, these are just some examples
These people appear to be current or former nasa employees:
And here are some other space-related organisations:
This is just what I found looking around, I think it shows there's a strong space community on the fediverse.