I love @bettinaforget.bsky.social's original Women with Impact series

we are all we've got in this vastness

Things that help calm the nervous system, quickly: - Box breathing (in for 4, hold for 4, out for 4, hold for 4, repeat) - Immerse your face in cold water (activates mammalian dive reflex) - Humming (stimulates vagus nerve) - Exercise (anything helps, outside even better) - Impeachment and removal

This little phrase stuck in my mind all day, so I cartooned it.

It’s time for Mike Johnson and John Thune to do their jobs and reconvene Congress. Recess doesn’t get to continue while Trump is threatening to annihilate 100 million people. If Thune and Johnson refuse to do their jobs, Schumer and Jeffries must bring Democrats back to DC to end this war.

🚨🚨🚨 Congress must return from recess and use every tool it can to stop Trump from committing war crimes and unilaterally launching a nuclear war. That includes impeachment. Call your reps. NOW. 🔥📞🔥 Info, numbers, and script @ 5calls.org

Ngl the other ones didn’t have a huge impact on me… But I’m never gonna be mad at the juxtaposition of the spacecraft we build with human hands to chase human dreams and the worlds that draw us onward

The Moon: oh wow you guys decided to come back Artemis II crew: earth’s haunted

Um OKAY. Breathtaking photos from the Artemis II crew's lunar flyby and eclipse viewing

Today was a joyful day to be a woman in science. May we all look forward to the boundless joy when it is over (and it will be over, someday).

Crying happy tears as the Moon guided me down to Johnson for my shift analyzing the data the Artemis II astronauts sent down after the flyby

I just realized it's Artemis II lunar flyby day AND International Asexuality Day! Confirmed: the Moon is a queer icon!

FULL MOON JOY STILL!

I cannot wait for the pictures 🤯 What a crazy experience to be an external observer to the motion of the earth, moon, and sun. Most of us can never separate from the Earth, but those astronauts are getting to watch this cosmic dance from a very special seat

“Something that’s really awesome up here…We now have the moon and the earth in window 3 simultaneously. The moon is a gibbous and the earth is a crescent, and I’m guessing in about 45 minutes we’ll have two identical crescents as we change our position in the universe” - #ArtemisII crew 🔭🧪

This is such a lovely little speech from NASA's Dr. Marie Henderson, Artemis II Lunar Science Deputy Lead Source: www.instagram.com/stories/nasa...

I love that NASA has basically scheduled “choose your own adventure” time for the crew during the lunar observation period.

Honestly my favorite part of the Artemis livestream is when they cut to the science team at mission control. Look at them running around their little nerd aquarium, scribbling down data, doing science! Hell yeah! Learn new things about the moon!

Artemis II crew describe and provisionally name a couple of craters on the Moon: the Integrity crater after their spacecraft and this historic mission, and the Carroll crater in honor of Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll Taylor Wiseman. ℹ️ www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio... #Artemis 🧪🔭

the breathtaking perspective from space contrasted with the devastating reality of earth really hits hard.

Some lunar vocabulary in case you're following along with the #Artemis II flyby: * albedo: reflectiveness (high albedo=very shiny) * mare/maria(plural): from Latin for "sea," dark regions on the Moon, which are dried lava basins * terminator: the line of the transition between sunlight & darkness

“I wanna channel everything that you guys are feeling right through my eyes and heart. It is awesome to see this side of the moon. You guys made us excited for this day and we couldn’t appreciate it any more.” - Christina Koch to science team lead Kelsey Young

Wow, that's Mare Oriental on the left, a huge impact basin surrounded by mutiple rings of hills (tyocal for big impacts). That's very difficult to see from Earth becaue it's on the lunar far side, but easy enough if you're on the way to the moon and heading around back.

I just realized it's Artemis II lunar flyby day AND International Asexuality Day! Confirmed: the Moon is a queer icon!

Going to start meetings with "youre pulling me away from the moon let's go!" from now on lol

Oh, cool. The Artemis II astronauts have a shot at observing the remnants of a sungrazing comet today when they go into eclipse. By Meghan Bartels www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa...

Follow along with the Artemis II astronauts as they observe the Moon during today's flyby. Here is the lunar targeting plan and a visualization of what they'll see: images.nasa.gov/details/luna...

And we have a new series of photos as well of the crew observing both the crescent Earth and the Moon, here.

Apollo lunar observation guide -> Artemis lunar observation guide

A step before I was born led to another and another until a path wore through the book on our shelf and I sat on the floor with black-and-white family portraits of the moon - Step, by @tychogirl.bsky.social

If you're following along today for the #ArtemisII flyby, here's some notes on what to expect. 🧪🔭🚀🌘

Want a excuse to skip out of your Monday meetings? Follow along with the #ArtemisII crew and Lunar Science Team as human eyes and human brains observe and discuss the lunar far side for the first time ever. 🧪🔭🚀🌘 Download a guide to the observation plan here! science.nasa.gov/resource/art...

pov: you're making history. you're working with the most advanced technology in the world. outlook still doesn't fucking work.

So excited that the Artemis II crew is excited to see and share their observations of the Moon! Lunar flyby starts around 1 pm ET on Monday. (from NASA Solar System on Instagram)

#NASA #ArtemisII And NASA Astronaut Christina Koch gets her chance at the helm of "Integrity", performing the same testing program. Canada's Jeremy Hansen is in the co-pilot's chair observing, she's reporting some similar behaviors that Hansen had encountered as well.

My Artemis II science team lead Dr. Kelsey Young answered questions about the upcoming lunar flyby and what the crew will see!

Our beautiful moon this morning.....🥰

It's fantastic that there is now a dedicated Science Officer position in NASA's Mission Control for all #Artemis missions. Kelsey, Angela and Trevor also happen to be the best scientists and human beings 😀 science.nasa.gov/missions/art...

FYI, this gallery has all the photos NASA is sharing from Artemis II in one place, with descriptions.

The #ArtemisII Lunar Science team spent yesterday refining our targets into a time-correlated targeting plan for the actual Moon we will see. 🧵 🧪🔭🌘🚀

New at @nature.com: what the #ArtemisII crew will see as they fly past the Moon on Monday 🧪🔭 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

For a fresh visualization of the #ArtemisII lunar flyby on Monday, see images.nasa.gov/details/luna... 🧪🔭

This view just hits different 🌍 @Astro_Christina and @astro_reid take a moment to look back at Earth as they continue deep into space toward the Moon. Original post

Artemis II is officially more than halfway to the Moon! Christina Koch said they can see more and more of the far side.

I painted the new image of Earth from Artemis!

There she is! We're almost halfway there! #ArtemisII

Since humans are en route back to Lunar space for the first time in decades, I've been thinking about our celestial companion a lot. So many of us photograph it, and often. A thread of some lunar pics (mine, and others) 1. Me from backyard. Middle image is using a R100 grating spectrum filter.

What does this mean? Instead of the isolated Spaceship Earth, floating alone in a sea of darkness, the #ArtemisII image shows Earth interconnected with the solar system and galaxy. We have a responsibility to the space environment that we’re part of – including the Moon. 🧪

For the first time, Mission Control has a SCIENCE console, and we have three science officers for #ArtemisII! Plus a Science Evaluation Room (SER) and Science Mission Operations Room (SMOR) to support them.