I’m gonna complain on the internet for a sec - TW for medical/blood: I fainted for the first time this morning! During an unsuccessful blood draw! It absolutely wrecked my day/me/my brain. I feel like a failure and an embarrassment??? I feel so fragile and like anything could trigger it again??

i just had a student at this university ask me if i believed that humans had been to space because according to this student there is no way it could have happened........... i..... i had to walk away from them

tax season

astronauts are the most incredible humans, listening to them on this press conference has me tearing up: www.youtube.com/live/DYY4nnf... (go back and start watching from when Reid Wiseman starts)

there are so many incredible real photos images.nasa.gov

What a great photo just added on the NASA Johnson Flickr page www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

there’s a public tour happening at the Burke-Gaffney Observatory tonight and I can see from the webcam that everyone gathered in our small office around the computer to watch splashdown 🥹 @smuscience.bsky.social

splashdown!!!!!

🛰️ Our European Service Module has successfully separated from Orion's crew module! 🚀 After propelling the spacecraft over 1 million km in deep space, it will now burn up in Earth's atmosphere, as the astronauts continue their journey home 🌍

Y’all if you are not tuned in to NASA’s live YouTube stream, now is the time to stop what your are doing and get over there. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...

The Artemis II crew will splashdown on Earth tonight - scheduled at 9:07pm ADT. I suggest watching the livestream ~60+ minutes ahead of splashdown. They'll be travelling >38,000km/h as they encounter the upper atmosphere and will slow down to ~30km/h as they land in the water off California!

Solar eclipse viewing - IN SPACE!!!! 🤩 #Artemis 📷: NASA ℹ️: images.nasa.gov/details/art0...

Oh this is great: there’s now an #Artemis II Lunar Flyby Gallery on the NASA images site: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna... (thx @dpmanchee.bsky.social for pointing it out)

they really said "they should have sent a poet"

And tiny dot VENUS! 🤯

dude we all just watched a solar eclipse start

As the astronauts go behind the moon, we all got to see the crescent Earth blip out of view - we literally can’t see them (or them us) anymore until they see Earth rise in ~40 minutes. 🥹

"Orion, the Moon, and the Earth. EVERYONE, in that picture" - #Artemis II Mission Control.

I just yelled “THAT’S EARTH!!” to no one else in my house but I’m tearing up, guys, LOOK 😭

THAT’S THE EARTH BEHIND THE MOON. That’s US! Wave!!!!!! www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxB...

It has been remarkable to watch and listen to the Artemis II crew during today’s lunar flyby. They’re getting closer and closer, watch here: www.youtube.com/live/z-j1uxB...

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

In terms of me trying to do any science communication, it’s been a terrible weekend to be so sick 🫠

Tomorrow afternoon and evening will be big for the Artemis II crew! They’ll FLY AROUND THE MOON and I’d recommend tuning into the NASA livestream through the day and into the night tomorrow (Monday, April 6). Two screenshots attached of timings, all given in Eastern Time!

I gasped in joy and awe when he said this

GO #ARTEMISII GO!!!! 🚀 Godspeed, humans!

wow

less than a minute now

Thanks for the reminder. These two links seem most useful! www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR...

not a joke - four astronauts, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, may be launching on Artemis II this evening - a 10-day mission to fly around the moon. There's a 2-hour launch window starting at 7:24pm (Halifax time). If today doesn't go-ahead, the next windows are April 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 30.

Happy Spring,everyone!

ok looks like only myself and a handful of other ticket-buyers had the presale code this morning so ticket-buying was WAY LESS STRESSFUL than i thought it would be!

Waye would have had great concerts come here

i'm feeling totally normal about this!!!!!!! totally normal fangirl definitely focusing on work today!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

guys guys guys GUYS GUYS GUYS!!!! GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it is soooooo dang nice for the skies to still be light when leaving work. I am a diehard fan of daylight time 4ever

great ideas in this thread

Start to finish. #LunarEclipse of the #BloodMoon as seen in #NovaScotia @yhzweatherguy.bsky.social @allisteraalders.bsky.social @themurphologist.bsky.social

Lunar eclipse early today as moon set over Halifax

If you missed this morning's lunar eclipse, the next one is the night of August 27! I think the timing is nicer, too: partial phase begins about 11:30pm ADT and ends about 2:50am ADT. (I prefer late nights to early mornings!)

beauty!

My full time job: moon sharer

FULL MOON JUST ROSE OVER DARTMOUTH, CAN YOU SEE IT??!!!

Lunar eclipse at moonset ~6:00-6:50 am Tues March 3rd here in Halifax (and anywhere in Maritimes). Sky looking favorable here. Situate yourself at a high point to possibly see it. Moon should turn orange/red especially in the upper left portion. timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/c...

Reminder:

There's a lunar eclipse tonight (better description: right before sunrise tomorrow morning!). This is where the moon goes into the Earth's shadow so the moon becomes a red-orange colour when under that shadow. Visible all across north america, if you've got clear skies (1/3)

Moon’s up, can you see it? The very bright spot near the moon is Jupiter. Photos taken through the Atrium glass ceiling windows as I’m leaving work just now.

everything is increasingly intolerable all the time.

I’ve been sitting on a bus at the corner of Barrington St and Spring Garden Rd for >10 minutes. At one corner! Waiting for space on the other side of the intersection! We’ve gotta get people out of single occupancy cars and into other modes of transportation. This… this doesn’t work. 😭

re: NS budget specifically noting $11 million decrease in funding to SMU 🫠