Antikythera

𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗝𝗼𝘆𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘀! 🎉

​I hope you are having a truly wonderful day celebrating. It's a genuine pleasure to be alongside someone as dedicated and insightful as you. Your 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, and consistently 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 are truly inspiring to everyone around you.
​Wishing you the very best year ahead—one that is full of exciting personal and academical achievements, great health, and all the happiness you deserve. Thank you for all that you contribute to our club! Enjoy your special day! ✨

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐲𝐜𝐞
𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒌𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂 💙🩵

To our very dedicated and humble club member Jyared Soyangco Reyes, WE WISH YOU THE HAPPIEST BIRTHDAY!!🥳🎂

We thank you for all your hard work🤝 that you put into making our club👥 a better place💯.

We wish💫 for your over all well being and another year filled with success🎖️, joy❤️‍🔥, and more opportunities💌.

Here's to more open doors🚪 ahead, and cheers🥂 to another year filled✨ with inspirations☄️.

🔥Always remember that we are always here to look out👀 for you no matter what🎊.

Again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JYARED 🎂🥳

with love, Antikythera.
💙🩵

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘇𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗞𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝘆! 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗱𝗮𝘆!🎉

​It’s wonderful to look back at all you’ve accomplished and how much you’ve grown. You face the world with such 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕. Every year, you inspire us more and more.

​May this new chapter be your best one yet—full of new adventures, unforgettable moments, fulfilled dreams, and endless reasons to smile. Cheers to you, your journey, and all the wonderful things that are coming your way! 𝙀𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮!

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲
𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚🩵💙

𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗬 𝗕𝗜𝗥𝗧𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟 𝗘𝗩𝗔𝗡 𝗡𝗔𝗩𝗔!🎈🎂

It's hard to put into words how much 𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒌𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂 value having you in our club. You bring so much 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, and 𝐣𝐨𝐲 into every situation. Wishing you a year ahead filled with all the 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞. Thank you for being such an amazing unit head and today we celebrate not just another year, but the incredible person you are and the wonderful journey you're on. we are so excited to see all the amazing things you'll accomplish in this next chapter. May this year be your best one yet! 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔! ✨

𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒚~
𝑨𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒌𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒂💙🩵

Doppler and Fleming: The Science Icons of November 29

Two birthdays. Two groundbreaking minds. One day that changed science forever — a celebration of the innovators whose ideas continue to shape the world we live in.

Christian Andreas Doppler (1803)
The Austrian physicist who quite literally helped us read the universe. In his famous paper “On the Colored Light of Double Stars and Certain Other Stars of the Heavens”, he tackled a cosmic mystery: why do some stars appear to change color? His answer — the Doppler Effect — became a key to unlocking the motion of the heavens. Think of a passing ambulance: the pitch rises as it approaches, drops as it moves away. Doppler revealed that light behaves the same way. When astronomers studied the hydrogen-rich spectra of stars and saw the lines shift toward the red, they realized something astonishing… The stars are speeding away. The universe is expanding. All from a simple idea about waves and motion — a discovery that turned starlight into a cosmic speedometer.

John Ambrose Fleming (1849)
The English electrical engineer who pushed humanity into the electronic age. His invention — the thermionic vacuum tube — was the first electronic diode, a device that transformed AC into DC and powered early radios and radar systems long before transistors existed. But Fleming didn’t stop at machines. He also gave physics students around the world the iconic right-hand rule — that little hand gesture we all do to figure out electromagnetic directions. Peek into any physics class and you’ll see a room full of students doing the “Fleming salute” without even knowing it.

Today, we celebrate Doppler and Fleming — the man who revealed how the stars move, and the man who helped humanity transmit voices across the world. Two innovators. One historic day. Endless impact.

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Caption: Angela Palad

🌌🔴 Happy Red Planet Day! 🔴🌌
On this day, one of the greatest human fascinations is being paid tribute — the mars stunning Red Planet that continues to challenge our knowledge and stimulate our imagination. 🚀✨

The day November 28 every year is dedicated to the historic launch of NASA's Mariner 4 in 1964, the very mission that took to capture close-up videos and happened to be the first one to do so. 🛰️📡

These superb shots opened a window to a cold, cratered, desert lighted planet and altered our neighbor's view in the entire solar system convincingly. 🌠🌑

Ever since, Mars has symbolized exploration, discovery, and never-ending curiosity. Its thin atmosphere, huge volcanoes, deep canyons, ice caps at the poles, and signs of water in the past are factors that keep Mars on the list of the most fascinating planets studied. 🌋❄️🔍

Researchers are still after hints of past life, looking so to speak, into methane spikes, organic molecules, and the existence of frozen water layers under the surface. 🧪🧬 If not, these findings might prove our planet's case in terms of knowledge about its past and future together with that of Mars. 🌍✨

Today, it is also a reminder of the future dreams we have the respective organizations like NASA, ESA, and SpaceX are getting ready for the day humans will be able to step on the Martian surface, create shelters, and take the first step towards becoming an interplanetary species, not just an Earth one. 👩‍🚀👨‍🚀🪐

The Red Planet Day nudges us to keep our eyes up, nurture our curiosity, and give our unwavering support to the fantastic venture of space exploration. 🌟🔭

Let the celebrations of the accomplishments of the past, the future awaitin, and Mars' ongoing mission to be bright.❤️‍🔥

Happy Red Planet Day, everyone! 🔴🚀🌌✨

Caption: Andrei Jan Dela Rosa
Layout: Carl Evan Nava

"The First Spacecraft To Hit The Red Planet"

The Mars 2 spacecraft was part of the 1971 twin Mars 2/Mars 3 space mission conducted by Soviet Union, marking one of the USSR'S major attempts to explore Mars during the early space race. It embarked on a 192-day journey to the planet after a successful quick orbit around Earth.

The spacecraft consisted of an orbiter meant to study Mars from space, and a landing capsule intended to descend onto Martian ground. These Mars probes weighed at a whopping 4,650 kilograms, with more than half of those weights being fuel to enter Mars orbit, all launched by the Proton booster launch vehicle.

During the flight to Mars, studies of the solar wind and cosmic rays were carried out. While en route to Mars, Mars 2 made three course corrections; the first was on June 17, when the craft was 7 million kilometers from Earth. The second was performed on November 20, a week before its arrival on the Red Planet. Before finally ejecting its landing capsule and entering Mars orbit on November 27, the spacecraft performed its third and final course correction using onboard sensors to measure Mars optically and to compute the duration of the engine burn.

The mission went according to plan until November 27, 1971, when the spacecraft dropped onto the surface in the midst of a planet-wide dust storm that engulfed the planet's surface. The entire planet was engulfed in layers of obscuring mists of dust, multiple kilometers thick, blown by winds at the speeds in the hundreds of kilometers. Four and a half hours weren't enough to endure and wait out the dust storm before the landing capsule ejected into Martian atmosphere. Due to the improper entry angle and failures on the parachute and retro-rockets never firing, the lander was speculated to have crashed, marking this as a failed landing attempt.

Despite the lander's failure, the orbiter was a huge success; it brought back images of the Red Planet, with it's clear views of it's huge dust storms and volcanic canyon structures. It had mapped large areas of the surface, and even measured the planet's atmospheric composition, surface temperatures, pressure profiles, radiation levels, and solar wind interactions. These images helped scientists understand and study the thin Martian atmosphere, the presence of massive seasonal dust storms, and more on this foreign planet. The orbiter then continued to operate until August 1972.

The legacy of the Mars 2 spacecraft is up there amongst the greatest events of astronomical progression and study, holding the title of being the first man-made object to reach Mars, albeit by crash, provided early data that guided future missions, and marked a major milestone in interplanetary exploration. This event was a foundational step in humanity's curiosity and efforts blossoming into fruition, paving the way for not only deeper and more detailed study of the Red Planet, but also for the eventual exploration of other worlds in the far future.

Caption: Lj Dullin
Layout: Jahzeel Laroco

“𝐈𝐟 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥” - 𝐏𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡, 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐲

IS THAT ᴍᴇʀᴄᴜʀʏ ʀᴇᴛʀᴏɢʀᴀᴅᴇ? 🫣 NO IT’S OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRMAN’S BIRTHDAY!

Once again, another 𝒮𝒸𝑜𝓇𝓅𝒾𝓊𝓈 🦂appeared near our 𝒸𝑒𝓁𝑒𝓈𝓉𝒾𝒶𝓁 𝒽𝑒𝓂𝒾𝓈𝓅𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒. 🌗 He is here to debug our life with joy, precision, and of course 𝓼𝓬𝓸𝓻𝓹𝓲𝓸 ♏️ energy!

Your intellect shines ✨ through in every line of code you write 👨‍💻, every decision you make, and every realm you conquer—so let’s level it up today on your special day. 🎂🎊

As a master of code and a gaming guru, 🎮 you bring a unique blend of innovation and strategic thinking to 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮. 🤖Today, we celebrate not just your birthday but also your incredible presence. May your day be filled with epic wins 🦾 , zero lag, and the best kind of fun 🤩. We're so lucky to have you!✊🏻

Happy Birthday, Julian! 🚀 Wishing you health, happiness, and success in all your quests.

𝔁𝓸𝔁𝓸,
𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲.

A warm greeting❤️‍🔥 to our dearest members, Priam 🥳Winzee Paguio and Angelica Saldi🥳.

🎂Celebrating two of the most genuine🫂 people in our club, and cheers🥂 to another year of fun and creativity.🪅

🍀We wish you the best days all year round🎊 and hope that your smiles😺won’t ever vanish from your faces.✨

May you guys continue to always be kind💕 as you take another step👣 towards your dreams 🎓that we know you’ll one day achieve.🏆

Remember that here in antikythera, we will always have your back no matter what.
Again Happy birthday PRIAM WINZEE PAGUIO and ANGELICA SALDI,

-Sincerely your family, Antikythera.💙🩵

🌌✨ “27 Years Since We Began Building a Home in Space” ✨🌌

Twenty-seven years ago, on November 20, 1998, humanity took a historic leap when the Zarya Functional Cargo Block launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome 🚀 — marking the very first step in assembling what would become the International Space Station (ISS). What started as a single module drifting above Earth has transformed into the largest and most complex international construction project ever completed in space 🛠️🛰️.

Today, the ISS is a shining symbol of global cooperation, built piece-by-piece through more than 100 missions, countless spacewalks, and the combined efforts of space agencies across the world 🌎🤝. It spans roughly the size of a football field, travels at 17,500 mph, and orbits Earth every 90 minutes — giving astronauts 16 sunrises and sunsets a day ☀️🌄🌙.

Inside this orbital laboratory, astronauts conduct groundbreaking research that isn’t possible anywhere on Earth. From studying microgravity’s effects on the human body 🧬👩‍🚀 to growing crystals, plants, and even 3D-printed organs 🌱🧫, the ISS continues to push the boundaries of science and exploration. It’s also where we’ve tested technologies that will someday carry humans to the Moon and Mars 🌕➡️🔴.

The October 2018 image captured the ISS fully assembled — a testament to two decades of engineering, courage, and vision. What began as a single module has become a living, floating laboratory where humanity looks outward together, shaping the future of space exploration ✨🌌🛰️.

Here’s to 27 years of science, teamwork, and the incredible adventure of building a home among the stars. 🌍💫

Layout: Jillian Chloe Tajorda
Caption: Matt Jarell Esquadra

𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙈𝙖'𝙖𝙢 𝘼𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡! 🤯✨

This day, we hope that you'll be able to experience 𝐣𝐨𝐲 and 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 from your family and friends, and ofcourse to your loved club, 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮, Thank you for being such a responsible adviser 👩‍🏫‍ to us and we hope that you feel loved today. You are one of our 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 in this club and without you, Antikythera might feel empty. 💔

Us, 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗸𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 🫵 no matter what. Just remember to always be who you are, and be the best you can be. 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝑴𝒂'𝒂𝒎 𝑨𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍! 😎🥳

𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄
𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐤𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚🩵💙

𝓟𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷, 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓸𝓼, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓸𝓸𝓷 𝓓𝓾𝓼𝓽: 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓦𝓲𝓵𝓭 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓻𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓐𝓹𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸 12

If Apollo 11 made history, Apollo 12 said, "𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫." 😎🔥

It all started on November 14, 1969. The crew—Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, and Richard Gordon—launched into space during a literal rain shower. 🌧️ 36 seconds after liftoff… BOOM. 💥 The Saturn V was struck by lightning. ⚡️ Lights flickered, instruments glitched, and the mission was one switch-flip away from disaster. But thanks to their quick reactions, solid training, and one legendary call from flight controller John Aaron, the crew recovered almost instantly—and Apollo 12 kept flying as if nothing had happened. That moment alone could’ve been a whole movie scene. 🎬 🌌

Then came the main challenge: performing the world’s first precision landing on another world. 🌍 Their target was Surveyor 3, an unmanned spacecraft that had been quietly waiting on the Moon since 1967. 🤖 Landing near it would prove that astronauts could touch down exactly where they intended—not miles away like Apollo 11, which had to improvise its landing site. And guess what? They absolutely nailed it. 🎯🚀

Pete Conrad and Alan Bean landed the lunar module 538 feet from Surveyor 3. 🛰️👨‍🚀 That’s like landing from space and parking your car at the right house, in the right neighborhood, in the right crater—with no GPS and barely any visibility through all the dust being kicked up. Talk about iconic astronaut accuracy. 👏🌟

Once on the surface, the adventure continued as the astronauts stepped into clouds of lunar dust so thick that Conrad described the landing as flying “blind,” guided mostly by instruments. 🌑✨ Despite the challenging conditions, they deployed scientific tools 🔭, set up the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) 📡, placed sensors to detect moonquakes ⚡️🌕, and walked over to the dusty, sun-faded Surveyor 3 to inspect its condition after years of harsh lunar exposure. ☀️ They even removed its camera 📸 and parts to bring back to Earth 🌍 , helping scientists understand how materials age on the Moon—a crucial step in designing long-lasting space hardware. 🛠️✨

Throughout their stay, Conrad and Bean collected rocks 🪨, took photos 📷, cracked jokes 😆, and made space exploration feel both scientific and human. 💫 Their mission proved that NASA could not only land on the Moon—but land exactly where it mattered, opening the door for more ambitious and scientifically valuable sites in future Apollo missions. ☄️👩‍🚀

A lightning strike. ⚡️
A precision landing. 🎯
A reunion with a robotic spacecraft. 🤖🚀
And a legacy that pushed lunar exploration into a new era. 🌕✨

𝑨𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐 𝟏𝟐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄, 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒃𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒚. 🚀🔥

Layout: Herson Batac
Caption: Angela Palad