This Artemis I launch photo goes hard 📷 SpaceFlorida

This is the Moon, seen outside the window of the Apollo 11 command module. Imagine looking out the window and seeing this with your own eyes.

As if we needed another reason to destroy the Sun

I will be there Wednesday afternoon. Which is probably going up guarantee it doesn't launch that day.

This is the Moon, seen outside the window of the Apollo 11 command module. Imagine looking out the window and seeing this with your own eyes.

I will be there Wednesday afternoon. Which is probably going up guarantee it doesn't launch that day.

As if we needed another reason to destroy the Sun

She had me at "there are so many things here on Earth to blow up"

We can. We must.

The icy giant moon Titan. Lurking behind Saturn's rings. Tiny Epimetheus in front.

See that bright, glowing object with a tail? That's not a comet. That's the planet Mercury.

The dinosaurs were still alive when this star went boom 70million years ago! The flash is brighter than the Sun by an amount equivalent to comparing looking at the Sun from the Oort cloud (1000AU) versus standing on the surface of the Sun!

This is what it looks like when a star goes supernova.

This is what it looks like when a star goes supernova.

The icy giant moon Titan. Lurking behind Saturn's rings. Tiny Epimetheus in front.

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

Remember, the system is working *exactly as the current administration wants it to* None of this is accidental. Nor is it incompetence.

This new #JWST image of Saturn is AWESOME

So for those that regularly follow along - during Artemis II, I can’t post while I’m on the job, I can’t share detailed technical data, but I’m happy to answer questions. In general, I’ll be on console the 2nd half of the crew day, which if we launch on 4/1, will be around 8pm CDT.

This new #JWST image of Saturn is AWESOME

Oh, my god

Maybe it's 25 years' training as a scientist, but I cannot for the life of me relate to being so fucking out of my depth and yet so confident about it. jfc

Congratulations to the ten people selected to join the (now-renamed) Science Team for the First Artemis Crewed Landing! This was an incredibly competitive solicitation, with only 5.5% of those who applied ultimately being picked.

There's a giant hexagonal storm at the north pole of Saturn. It's 29,000 km across. So here's Earth for scale.

Congratulations to the ten people selected to join the (now-renamed) Science Team for the First Artemis Crewed Landing! This was an incredibly competitive solicitation, with only 5.5% of those who applied ultimately being picked.

Maybe it's 25 years' training as a scientist, but I cannot for the life of me relate to being so fucking out of my depth and yet so confident about it. jfc

Summary of the new 10-year Moon base plan.

There's a giant hexagonal storm at the north pole of Saturn. It's 29,000 km across. So here's Earth for scale.

I don't yet* know who has been selected, but the selection *rate* for the Artemis III Participating Scientist Program seems to have been 5.5%. *I expect NASA to publicize these selections imminently

"What kind of TSA PreCheck Member are you"

the human body was not designed to know what the worst person in the world is doing every fifteen minutes

He will not be permanently damaged. Han Solo spotted on Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft, 20 September 2013.

The US-Israel war on Iran has emitted 5 million tonnes of CO₂ₑ in its first 14 days. The world currently has 0.6 million tonnes of novel and permanent CO₂ removal (CDR) capacity annually.

He will not be permanently damaged. Han Solo spotted on Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft, 20 September 2013.

Rocks! On Mars! (Photographed today.)

Rocks! On Mars! (Photographed today.)

This is the delta in Jezero Crater, Mars, photographed from orbit. Photographed from orbit on 18 February 2021. Just up and right of the very centre of this image is a tiny group of white pixels. Open the image up, and see if you can spot them. Then open the next post to see what you've found.

This is the delta in Jezero Crater, Mars, photographed from orbit. Photographed from orbit on 18 February 2021. Just up and right of the very centre of this image is a tiny group of white pixels. Open the image up, and see if you can spot them. Then open the next post to see what you've found.

Neptune. And its giant moon Triton. Out there, in the dark.

Refitted Lockmart CM-88B Bison M-Class star freighter towing a CYGNUS Tesotek 2100-B interstellar refinery added for pizzazz.

Neptune. And its giant moon Triton. Out there, in the dark.

Ever feel like just falling apart? Don't worry, comets do that too.

Ever feel like just falling apart? Don't worry, comets do that too.

A quarter of the entire House of Representatives just called for INCREASING NASA Science funding by nearly $2 billion: www.planetary.org/press-releas...

NASA grappling with planetary science funding shortfall NASA’s planetary science program, while spared steep cuts proposed last year, is still facing a funding shortfall that requires “strategic choices” about which missions to continue.

Lá Fhéile Pádraig, a chairde ☘️