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Mike Fossum

@astro_aggie · joined 11 Dec 2010

Retired Astronaut, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Christian, USAF Col (Ret), Proud Texas Aggie, Eagle Scout, Scoutmaster, Former Commander of Expedition 29.

60 261Followers
852Following
3 255Posts total
8.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

@astro_aggie Remember when the green screen almost fell? 23 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →
@astro_aggie This shouldn’t make me feel as old as it does. I had an existential crisis yesterday realizing Randy Bresnik was on a shuttle mission. 41 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Seems like just yesterday! 1.4K views · 18 likes · 2 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
#OTD (Kazakhstan time) 15 years ago ✨ Soyuz TMA-02M launched on June 8, 2011, with ASE members Sergei Volkov and @astro_aggie aboard! https://t.co/7otZg5Hl9S
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I was not expecting this shout-out, but again express my personal thanks to the @GCPDTexas for their commitment to protecting our coastal communities and essential industries!! 687 views · 7 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →
Warm welcome from Texas A&M Galveston COO and former @NASA astronaut Mike Fossum @astro_aggie. We appreciate his support at today's Board Meeting and look forward to continuing to work with Texas A&M Galveston @AggiesByTheSea on advancing the #CoastalTexasProject. https://t.co/IM
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This will be fun! Join us!!! 685 views · 4 likes · 0 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →
Col. Michael Fossum '80 @astro_aggie at the #TAMU Physics & Engineering Festival! 🚀 📆𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 🕝𝟮:𝟬𝟬 -𝟯:𝟬𝟬𝗽𝗺 𝗖𝗧 📍𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 (𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗬) 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘀, 𝗥𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟯, 𝟮𝟬𝟰 & 𝟮𝟬𝟱 https://t.co/YiH4aWBrcO https://t.co/EOS5m3TFfh
PHYSICS & ENGINEERING FESTIVAL GUEST SPEAKER COL. MICHEAL E. FOSSUM '80 NASA Astronaut; VP of Texas A&M; COO/Executive
Professor at TAMU Galveston
"Aggie in Space"
SATURDAY - MARCH 28, 2026
2:00 - 3:00 PM
Link: physicsfestival.tamu.edu
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Cheering for our new graduates from the Galveston Campus of Texas A&M University!! @aggiesbythesea https://t.co/lwK1pBEzxl
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Today was the last formation of SST25. It also marks the end of an era as the last steam-turbine training ship, the TS Kennedy, has fulfilled her final mission. It was an honor to share a portion of this journey w 430 cadets from two schools: @texasmaritime and @maine_maritime.
803 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

1 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views23this account927median for 10K–100K
Reach, %0.04%this account3.63%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %4.35%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
MetricThis accountMedian for 10K–100KRatio
Median views per post239270.02×
Reach (views ÷ followers)0.04%3.63%0.01×
Engagement rate4.35%1.52%2.86×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

80326 Jul
1.4K9 Aug
8445 Mar
685
86913 May
68714 May
1.8K8 Jun
1.4K10 Jun
4111 Jun
2316 Aug

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

1.37%26 Jul
2.35%9 Aug
0.24%5 Mar
0.88%
0.35%13 May
1.02%14 May
0.62%8 Jun
1.57%10 Jun
2.44%11 Jun
4.35%16 Aug

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes81.0%81 in total
Reposts5.0%5 in total
Replies7.0%7 in total
Quotes3.0%3 in total
Bookmarks4.0%4 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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