A bit of a different take on the amazing Artemis II launch footage. Here I stitched clips from the four Solar Array Wing Cameras to make this panoramic video. This is during the later part of the Core Stage burn until MECO and stage separation, sped up to 10x. 🔭🧪 #Artemis

Solar array wing camera view of the Moon (credit: @NASAArtemis). We produce some nice imagery in #StarCitizen, but sometimes reality is just next level.

Eclipse.

Earthset, 6 April 2026.

I just saw this. Artemis II astronaut Reid Wiseman named a newly discovered moon crater after his late wife, Carroll, who died in 2020 following a 5-year battle with cancer. #ProudBlue #ArtemisII

I love this Nasa shot, released today.

Stunning Artemis II launch shot. Photo credit: @AJamesMcCarthy on X.

Beautiful Artemis separation shot!

Artemis service module separation was so pretty.

First Rush performance with their new line-up. I secured a 2027 tour ticket.

I decided to make some plots of my body mass over the last decade or so. 2024 was the year I "made an effort".

I nearly spat out my drink reading this Terence Eden blog, which claims investigating VR in 2023 was "getting in early". I co-founded a VR research group at the University of Manchester in 1991.

Never leave a hat unattended.

Both of my Facebook birthday reminders today are for people no longer with us. Also a third friend of mine (my age) passed away this week, and the coming weekend sees me at a remembrance event for a fourth. Human mortality is very much on my mind right now. 😢

What a great screenshot from @RobertsSpaceInd on X - the production quality really shows. I continue to work on the graphics technology for #StarCitizen and #Squadron42.

Jupiter at 19:53 UT this evening. This is my first image of 2026, and also the first I've taken since replacing the telescope mount. #Astrophotography

54 years ago tonight I was drawing a map of the Philippines, copied from a world atlas. It was a Monday. I showed it to my mum. It was the last time I ever saw her. Some memories remain for ever.

I've been replacing my home office radiator today. I secured the brackets and applied some reflective insulation then checked that it mounts as expected. I still need to plumb it in.

I thought they'd never tour again, but I've just booked for 2027.

I think they're doing it wrong.

Five years ago #Mars #Perseverance 🧪🔭

An interesting read.

Tatiana from #Jinjer suffers a wardrobe malfunction. Lovely singing from the Manchester crowd though. 🇺🇦

A great Jinjer gig at the Ritz Manchester last night.

Starling murmuration: whale, seal and fish.

No shortage of birds outside my house this evening.

Yesterday I had the huge honour of giving a eulogy for my wonderful aunt Joy, who passed away at Christmas. A stand-in mother to me for over half a century.

I spotted some impressive displacement mapping on my trip to Orlando, FL.

I'm wondering if there was just a fireball in the UK sky (at 00:09 UT)? Lying in bed with the curtains closed, but there was an intense environmental brightening with the right sort of profile and duration. I'll check the news tomorrow...

Some birds seen while out walking in Sarasota.

Visiting the Ringling Museum of Art.

Christmas afternoon on the beach. Quite a change for Brits like me expecting snow.

Anhinga (Florida seabird) photographed on Christmas Eve.

Osprey. Breakfast time walk, Sarasota FL.

Tonight we will drink a toast in memory of my dad Jack, who we lost 25 years ago today.

I just spent the day at the Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral. Apollo 14 command module.

I just spent a few days fixing my observatory shed roof which was starting to lose its integrity after 15 years. Hoping to get another 15 to 20 years from the patched version.

Some have the social ambition to have a bar at which they can ask for "the usual" and the server knows what they want. I walked into my local pharmacy today, and without any words being spoken they handed over "the usual". 😅

I had the honour of studying under him. A lovely man.

Relieved to find that my new telescope mount fits in my observatory, thanks to careful measuring and some 3D modelling done ahead of its purchase. It replaces the old Meade fork mount which had become unusable.

I spent some time renovating my boiler room. It was my first attempt at floor levelling and tiling.

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), Souter Lighthouse, Whitburn, UK. 25 October 2025. #Astrophotography

Cleanly removing my 12" Meade LX200 from its old fork mount was tricky. I'm now waiting for a dovetail plate to arrive so I can attach it to its new Sky-Watcher mount.

We are skipping our #CitizenCon in-person annual event this year but will be showcasing our ongoing developments in a livestream on YouTube (Saturday, 8:00pm UK time).

I just attended a great talk about interstellar asteroids at Jodrell Bank given by Prof Chris Lintott.

Current DIY project: renovating my boiler room which includes levelling the concrete floor.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

My 20+ year old telescope mount has finally become unusable. It's been temperamental for a long time, but is now worse than ever. I am looking into alternatives

Saturn at opposition (21 September) and Rhea transiting Saturn (22 September). 12" Meade LX200 / Player One Uranus-C. #Astrophotography

I gave a tech talk to my work colleagues today. This wasn't the real topic, but maybe I fooled them for a moment. 😅