Senator you and your colleagues need to be back in DC right now.

Artemis 2's Earthset

Trying to focus on the beauty of our world today amidst the horrors.

Thank you Artemis 2 crew for these stunning views.

Top image with Jerry saying, "You're crying because of Artemis II?" Bottom image with George saying, "The spirit of space travel got to me." Jerry then says, "Alright."

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Speaking of Threads, this one got me in the feels.

Absolutely.

The Artemis II crew grinning and laughing together while floating in the Orion capsule, getting ready for their press conference.

I just love seeing how happy they all are 🥲 #Artemis

Yeeep glad I turned off the feed. No thank you.

What a truly glorious day. For science!

She is a beautiful girl! Wishing you and Freyja the very best <3

Same here. Ugh.

Uh oh, VIP event? I’m… thinking it’s time to head out.

I still haven't seen this movie and I really keep meaning to!

Hahaha I love seeing the scientists literally happy dancing as they hear the descriptions

The Artemis II crew just reported several impact flashes—explosions from hypervelocity impacts of meteoroids with the Moon—during the solar eclipse.

We make a big effort to see a handful of these from Earth with telescopes.

That astronauts flying by the Moon saw >4 in tens of minutes is AWESOME.

THEY SAW IMPACT FLASHES ON THE MOON omg here is hoping we get pics of that, can’t imagine how they’d look so close up!!!

Someone with the handle @velocity69.bsky.social is sharing a video with the caption:

"The highest quality video of the moon was just released…
so beautiful

* Artemis II"

It's gone viral, but it's not from Artemis II. If you've shared it, you might want to un-share.

That was my take on it when I heard it anyway. YMMV.

I know it feels icky to some folks but to me, it was an invocation to Christofascists of hey, stop being dicks to our neighbor and crew mate’s home nation? Because Jesus literally tells you to, remember?

To me the message from Victor was a reminder to those who claim to be Christian that they are currently being horrendous to our ACTUAL neighbor, Canada, as well the more general sense of neighbor being our fellow humans around the world. That invocation of Jesus’ words was pointed.

It was incredible hearing the voices of two women when Integrity re-established comms with Earth. Just wow!!! #artemis2

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

Me showing off my Earthrise earrings and NASA necklace

Been wearing my NASA necklace since launch last week and today I’ve also been wearing my Earthrise earrings.

Can’t wait for them to reacquire signal and for us all to experience Earthrise!

(They’re Gen X, if they were Millennials I’d be ready with a “we get signal. What!! Main screen turn on…”)

Godspeed Artemis II! See you on the other side - can’t wait to see Earthrise!!!!

(And now we have dinner as we wait.)

Earth set!!!

Hello Earth!!!! Nice to see us!

(Is this Earth set or Earth rise?)

The back and forth between Integrity and the NASA Science team in Houston is fantastic. Real-time science and observation happening with excellent questions and answers from both sides! Ahhhh!!! So happy! Science!!! #ArtemisII #Orion #NASA #MoonJoy 🚀💕

Hertzsprung crater

They’re talking about Hertzsprung and my globe is letting me know about crash sites…

moon globe with the actual moon via Artemis 2 video behind it

I’m out of my office and moved my Moon globe to the living room

Red Bull gives you wings but Nutella gets you to the f*****g moon

View of the NASA livestream of the Artemis II mission. There is a box in the corner with a photo of a woman, with text: "Voice of Christina Koch, Artemis II Mission specialist"

"I had an overwhelming sense of being moved by the moon...it is a real place, and when we have that perspective and we compare it to our home of the Earth it just reminds us how much we have in common - everything we need the Earth provides, and that is in and of itself somewhat of a miracle."