Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares Cabin for Lunar Flyby
The mission is more than halfway to the Moon.
#Artemis #Artemis2 #LunarFlyby #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news
Artemis II Flight Day 3: Crew Prepares Cabin for Lunar Flyby
The mission is more than halfway to the Moon.
#Artemis #Artemis2 #LunarFlyby #Orion #Integrity #OrionIntegrity #spacecraft #NASA #Moon #space #news
What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
What an amazing view of Earth from Artemis II.
The Sun is behind the Earth, illuminating a thin crescent. This low-light shot, taken by Reid Wiseman using a Nikon D5, shows auroras over the poles, city lights, and the glow of the atmosphere.
And yes, there are stars!
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hello-world/ #space #science #nature #technology
"Artemis II Flight Day 2: Crew, Houston Poll ‘Go’ for Translunar Injection Burn" by #NASA #Artemis - TLI burn scheduled 7:49pm Eastern/4:49pm Pacific and will last 5min 49sec. Once complete, the speed and direction (trajectory) commits the spacecraft to fly by the Moon. No turning back until the gravity of the Moon turns it around. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-day-2-crew-houston-poll-go-for-translunar-injection-burn/ #Artemis2 #Moon🌕 #Orion #space
"Artemis II Flight Update: Apogee Raise Burn Complete, Crew Looks Ahead to Proximity Operations" by #NASA #Artemis - Second orbit-raising maneuver complete. "Blinking fault light" on the toilet is being worked on. Preparation for "proximity operations" after detaching from 2nd stage, testing maneuverability of Orion as if the stage is a docking target like a future lander. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/artemis-ii-flight-update-apogee-raise-burn-complete-crew-looks-ahead-to-proximity-operations/ #Artemis2 #Moon🌕️️️️️ #Orion #space
"Artemis II Flight Day 2: Crew, Houston Poll ‘Go’ for Translunar Injection Burn" by #NASA #Artemis - TLI burn scheduled 7:49pm Eastern/4:49pm Pacific and will last 5min 49sec. Once complete, the speed and direction (trajectory) commits the spacecraft to fly by the Moon. No turning back until the gravity of the Moon turns it around. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-day-2-crew-houston-poll-go-for-translunar-injection-burn/ #Artemis2 #Moon🌕 #Orion #space
The new #season of #ForAllMankind is an excellent example of actual, for-real #ScienceFiction. #SciFi is at it's best when the backdrop of #futuristic #space and #technology is just used as a preamble to talk about today's #social and #political issues, and hot damn is this season EXACTLY that. First episode sets shit up magnificently, this is gonna be a good one. #Apple #TV #streaming #vod
The new #season of #ForAllMankind is an excellent example of actual, for-real #ScienceFiction. #SciFi is at it's best when the backdrop of #futuristic #space and #technology is just used as a preamble to talk about today's #social and #political issues, and hot damn is this season EXACTLY that. First episode sets shit up magnificently, this is gonna be a good one. #Apple #TV #streaming #vod
"Artemis II Flight Update: Apogee Raise Burn Complete, Crew Looks Ahead to Proximity Operations" by #NASA #Artemis - Second orbit-raising maneuver complete. "Blinking fault light" on the toilet is being worked on. Preparation for "proximity operations" after detaching from 2nd stage, testing maneuverability of Orion as if the stage is a docking target like a future lander. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/01/artemis-ii-flight-update-apogee-raise-burn-complete-crew-looks-ahead-to-proximity-operations/ #Artemis2 #Moon🌕️️️️️ #Orion #space
"‘Let’s go!’ NASA launches humanity’s first moon voyage in nearly 54 years" by GeekWire / @AlanBoyle - Successful launch of #SLS🚀 & #Orion so far to high Earth orbit. Comparisons made to Apollo 8 of 1968 which tested the Apollo systems around the Moon. This flight will fly around the Moon at a greater distance which means moving more slowly around it. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-countdown-artemis-moon-2/ #NASA #Artemis2 #Artemis #Moon🌕️️️️ #space
"‘Let’s go!’ NASA launches humanity’s first moon voyage in nearly 54 years" by GeekWire / @AlanBoyle - Successful launch of #SLS🚀 & #Orion so far to high Earth orbit. Comparisons made to Apollo 8 of 1968 which tested the Apollo systems around the Moon. This flight will fly around the Moon at a greater distance which means moving more slowly around it. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/nasa-countdown-artemis-moon-2/ #NASA #Artemis2 #Artemis #Moon🌕️️️️ #space
"Laser Ranging Makes GPS Satellites More Accurate" by @hackaday - Laser retroreflector on newest #GPS satellite is the first of what will be on all upcoming GPS satellites. Similar reflectors left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts allow scientists to measure distance to the Moon to the millimeter. Same use for GPS satellites will reduce error in their estimated trajectory, and improve #positioning, #navigation & #timing #PNT derived from them. https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/ #GNSS #satellite #space
"Laser Ranging Makes GPS Satellites More Accurate" by @hackaday - Laser retroreflector on newest #GPS satellite is the first of what will be on all upcoming GPS satellites. Similar reflectors left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts allow scientists to measure distance to the Moon to the millimeter. Same use for GPS satellites will reduce error in their estimated trajectory, and improve #positioning, #navigation & #timing #PNT derived from them. https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/ #GNSS #satellite #space
A new 225-meter (740-foot) crater appeared on the Moon while nobody was looking. NASA's lunar orbiter imaged the dramatic aftermath.
Such large impacts are once-in-a-century events. This one happened in the spring of 2024.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/moon-new-crater-nasa-orbiter #space #science #nature #nasa
A tale of two Saturns. The one from Hubble shows visible light, the one from JWST shows infrared.
They're taken 3 months apart, so they also show Saturn's shifting angle relative to Earth. A welcome double dose of beauty.
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasa-webb-hubble-share-most-comprehensive-view-of-saturn-to-date/ #space #science #nature
