In the midst of EXCITING trash stowage drama, there's now a mission status update:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs
#space #artemis

No course correction today, the TLI burn was dead on!
#space #artemis

You know there's something wrong with US politics when NASA is forced to communicate in Imperial measurements.

"Orion’s main engine provides up to 6,000 pounds of thrust, enough to accelerate a car from 0 to 60 mph in about 2.7 seconds. At the time of the burn, Orion’s mass was 58,000 pounds and burned approximately 1,000 pounds of fuel during the firing."

https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/02/artemis-ii-flight-day-2-orion-completes-tli-burn-crew-begins-journey-to-the-moon/

#space #artemis #nasa

NASA's use of Imperial measurements is similar to if US biologists started using species names in the Texas dialect instead of in Latin.

#science #nasa #artemis #space

I can't overstate this. NASA's use of pounds and cubic feet in its outreach efforts does not come across to science-literate people, inside or outside the US, as a sign that the country is a badass superpower that can do what it likes and ignore everyone else.

Instead it suggests that the US is a provincial nation of dungaree-wearing banjo players.

#science #nasa #artemis #space

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

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NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/artemis-ii-will-use-laser-beams-to-live-stream-4k-moon-footage-one-giant-step-beyond-the-s-band-radio-comms-of-the-apollo-era

#space #science #artemis #artemis2 #lasers #communication #moon

#artemis #artemisii #space #microsoft #outlook #clippy

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Artemis II rocket launching from launchpad. Clippy in foreground with speech balloon reading “I see you are trying to use Outlook in space. Would you like help?”

"We have over 900,000 lines of code"

That is not the statement of power you think it is, buddy.
#space #artemis

They are now walking astronauts thru getting into BIOS & resetting a PC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxzpVaiP6eg
#space #artemis

"Looks like a good burn, we are confirming."
#space #artemis

Live stream, only CGI & silence right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs
#space #artemis

#coffee #space #artemis

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CGI of Artemis They have 43 cups of coffee on board, different breakfast

The irony ...

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit."

Artemis (Diana) is Apollo's twin sister. Together the two are 'Lucifer'.

They are chief deities of the solar worship cult.

#NASA #AprilFools #Moon #Artemis #Apollo #Bible #Babylon #Lucifer #Gods #Demons #Worship #Religion #Space

The toilet saga on Artemis is *gripping*! They've managed to reboot & it seems to be nominal? But imagine if it wasn't! They'd have to do the Gemini/Apollo solution of throwing it out the hatch.
#space

Surprise visit from Dr Sian Proctor:
https://space2inspire.art

#space

Range is GO!
Hatch is sealing!
#space

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Wide view of SLS/Artemis

GO FOR LAUNCH

… I supposedly saw the last Moon launch when I was a toddler, I don't remember that. 54 years since.

Please just do it right.
#space

L-05:30 to Artemis II, live on NASASpaceflight stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c-GAkIzpGE
(update stream)

I keep the feed muted until it gets close, buncha vapid stuff right now. We'll hear from better NSF & NASA people in a bit.

Nervous as fuck about this launch, I don't trust SLS at all.

#space #nojoke

We have Astronaut Sign!
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Astronauts in pumpkin suits (orange crew survival suits) walking out of the launch building

What do we call a planet that is not a dwarf planet or a gas planet? We can't just call them "planet", because that would be confusing, stupid, and make no sense.

#space #astronomy #scifi

CCIA’s Yaswant Devarakonda participated in a panel at @SXSW discussing how the commercial #Space industry has been working with astronomers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to preserve the night sky while enabling greater access to commercial #Satellite technology. https://ccianet.org/articles/icymi-dark-and-quiet-skies-at-sxsw/