Here's the CORRECT information for today ( 5 April) The Crew is awake as of now 12:15 PM EDT they were awakened by a recorded message from Charlie Duke, Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 16's Lander which had the call sign "Orion." The mission to the Descartes Lunar Highlands launched 4/16/72

@godin.bsky.social @bellingcat.com @eliothiggins.bsky.social @theguardian.com Has it been confirmed that, like Gaza, Israeli soldiers are detonating entire villages in South Lebanon ? 🤮 No wonder US government wants to restrict remote sensing companies from providing coverage over some regions.

What will the #ArtemisII crew be going during the fly-by ? Read this article to find out more👇 What struck me during Artemis II briefing yes'y was the enthusiasm and excitement from Dr Kelsey Young, Artemis II’s chief lunar scientist. I hope she'll be an inspiration to all. youtu.be/O-KDKBCPrwA?...

Just had this from Planet Labs, the US government have asked satellite imagery providers for "voluntarily" restrictions on access to satellite imagery. Given a lot of them provide satellite imagery to the USG we can probably guess the outcome of not acquiescing to that request.

Easter weekend so I've been busy making some 🇺🇦 Ukrainian paska - sweet Easter bread. Mini ones - so if there are any left after a few days they can be frozen.

There are a lot of images now rolling out from the #ArtemisII mission - you can noodle through them in nice gallery formats at www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-m... 🧪🔭 I am off to Houston now to cover the lunar flyby on Monday! Stay tuned for reports from mission control.

Tonight's aurora was pretty extraordinary. Here is a real-time video showing the rapid motion and vivid colors. All I could do while watching this was smile and laugh.. it's a pretty unique feeling seeing the sky move like this. Good night!

Misinformation and disinformation can take many forms - including visual. Paging @visualisingdata.com and @profsanderlinden.bsky.social

Remember this when someone tells you ‘science isn’t political’.

Interesting lunar impact flash citizen science project for everyone to get involved with ... @drcrater.bsky.social @boslough.bsky.social @alexwitze.bsky.social @spacekate.bsky.social

More context on this #Artemis II image: * This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right * The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon: ☀️🌍🚀🌕

@petersbeaumont1.bsky.social Great article - you may need update it to say that Israel/US have also hit #Iran's #PasteurInstitute that provided research into infectious diseases👇 How can such attacks be justified under international law ? www.theguardian.com/law/2026/apr...

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right & bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun. 🧪🔭 #Artemis www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Meanwhile, on the moon...

Whew. Factchecked myself and were both right! Reid Wiseman fought for the Z9 since it will fly in later missions and good op to test it. Last minute addition to the manifest! petapixel.com/2026/04/02/a... #SpaceNerd

That trip to the Moon is paying dividends already www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#NASA #ArtemisII - An #Airbus graphic showing both the mission profile and some info on the European Service Module which Airbus has constructed. 2nd Placard is from @esa.int showing a comparison to the Apollo, Europe's ATV, which the ESM has heritage, and finally the ESM.

As we send a Black man and a woman around the moon for the first time, let’s remember the trailblazing Black woman Katherine Johnson, whose brilliant calculations were critical to the initial Apollo 11 mission. Her work spanned 33 years at NASA, including contributions to the Space Shuttle program.

Getting ready to talk Artemis II on Sky News - this with my new SLS addition to the back drop! 😁

The Artemis II crew are using their own bodies as scientific experiments. One of these is ARCHeR: Artemis Research for Crew Health and Readiness. Wristband devices collect date to provide deeper insights into cognition, behavior, sleep quality, and teamwork. 🧪 #ArtemisII

The European build service module powers #ArtemisII toward the Moon. The NASA Deep Space Network has ground segments in Cornwall, UK and Australia. So much for Trump's so called 'America First' lunar mission 😉

Great segment from @edconway.bsky.social In terms of sovereignty and political choices, why didn't successive Tory Govts ensure that we had adequate emergency storage capacity for oil, gas, and jet fuel ? And what will this Labour Govt do about it ? @profjacob.bsky.social @chrisgrey.bsky.social

So true - if UK Govt "believes that the reset process so far has shown that EU objections to ‘cherry-picking’ have disappeared, then that is a profound misreading." EU may supplement the TCA where they see it in their interest. They won't reduce any benefits they've already won b/c of geopolitics.

Amazing footage. Great view of the launch at 23:50.

Cool #ArtemisII Q&A event with the press a few hours ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR... Just like the astronauts, the #ArtemisII mascot, designed by 8 year-old Lucas Yee from San Francisco, can be seen floating freely in Orion's crew capsule.

Trump is committing war crimes in Iran and is threatening more and worse ones. His entire war strategy at this point is war crimes. A functional Congress would be far down the road of impeachment and removal.

Anyways, here's your legacy, Bondi.

This is a SkySat image from @planet.com from Feb 22, 2026 showing the status of the B1 bridge that was bombed today. It's still very much under construction a week before the war started. According to @barakravid.bsky.social, U.S. officials say Iran was secretly transporting missiles over this?

I was so happy to write this latest piece for @ca.theconversation.com about yesterday’s successful launch of the #ArtemisII mission: @westernu.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social theconversation.com/i-watched-ar...

@chrischirp.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social 😡

Passengers on a flight from Costa Rica get an aerial view of the Artemis II launch.

The massive Saharan dust plume which turned skies deep red over parts of Greece on 1 April was very clear in the #CopernicusAtmosphere dust aerosol optical depth forecast, with another plume predicted to reach Cyprus on 3 April. 🔗 Latest charts can be viewed atmosphere.copernicus.eu/charts/packa...

We welcome the brilliant @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social to the studio for analysis of the coming food shock. Joined too by also brilliant @mjflepage.bsky.social m.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wxo...

Melting icebergs don't significantly affect water levels. 🧊 So why are sea levels rising? Oceanographer John Englander explains this with a simple yet brilliant visualisation. Watch the full talk: youtu.be/MvqY2NcBWI8

😍 @spacekate.bsky.social @simonsat.bsky.social

#Orion now running two instances of Microsoft Outlook, and no one know why 🤦 Just because the #Orion spacecraft has a high speed optical comms link to Earth why clog it up with Microsoft and other background traffic ... It's the 4K video from #space we really want to see.

I love this! The brilliant Holly Dunsworth is reviewing Sapiens, one page at a time, separating myth from fact… Let’s dive in! ecodevoevo.blogspot.com/2026/03/sapi...

A few years ago, using palaeoproteomics, we identified a tiny hominin bone from Denisova Cave and named it Denisova 17 (D17). A rather unremarkable sliver. At the time, I wondered, could it be Denny’s sibling (the Neanderthal/Denisovan hybrid we had just reported)? Well, turns out: no. 🧵1/4

It's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.

Many people simply don't comprehend the difference between millionaire and billionaire. This metaphor highlights it 👇 And with SpaceX IPO likely to make Elon Musk a trillionaire we're going to have to adapt that scale. @gilesyb.bsky.social @johnspringford.bsky.social @spacekate.bsky.social

Fully agree. The Iranian people have agency. Not everyone is part of the regime, or even support it. To say that that the US may bomb Iranian civilian infrastructure - essential for life - to send Iran back to the Stone Age is 🤮 It is an open statement to commit war crimes.

Our European Service Module solar arrays in orbit🌞 With these solar wings extended, Europe is now powering Artemis II ⚡

Great to have @nigella.bsky.social back. I too am a foodie - I enjoy cooking food, sharing & eating it. I learnt basics from my mum, then at school. Not everyone is able to heat and eat. When watching C4's Batch from Scratch I'm struck that not every one is able to budget, or make a simple meal.

Rising above. Today's cartoon by James Mellor. More cartoons: www.cartoonmovement.com #NASA #moon #humanity #future

Just listened to Trump's rambling 18 min speech ❗🙃😱 - He claimed Iran could not fight back, but they still launch missiles & drones - He dissed many past Presidents for not doing what he has done - He claimed US has no inflation - only in his mind He has no plan for how to reopen Strait of Hormuz.

Great to see what countries can do together to achieve a common goal - the #ArtemisII service module was made in Europe 😘 Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall is part of NASA's Deep Space Network & will help track the Orion spacecraft Orion spacecraft as it travels around the Moon and back to Earth.

Take advantage of this opportunity to ask a Real Lunar Scientist anything! ⬇️⬇️

Artemis II launch 🚀 to the moon! Live coverage NOW (1 April 2026) at www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...

Ed Barnhart and I discuss fake archaeology and how to pull people into more legitimate information in the latest Doha Debates See the full episode here: youtu.be/vs6iFDo3YSY?...