This Week In Spaceflight, with Ryan Caton

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@dieworkwear.bsky.social should weigh in here. I think it would be brutal...

Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Live Updates from Senate

Update on Save the BWCA: vote scheduled at 11:00 AM tomorrow, Thursday, April 16, the Senate will proceed to a roll call vote on passage of H.J.Res.140.

Update: Alabama No Kings protestor arrested for “dick-tator” costume found not guilty on all charges. mynbc15.com/news/local/f...

Earth seen from Artemis II, reminiscent of the "Blue Marble" image.

The lunar surface occupies the left of the frame, while Earth in the background is mostly shadowed

Earthset as the Artemis mission travels around the moon.

Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. Credit: NASA

We’ll be tracking the aerial assets in place to welcome the Artemis II crew home on Friday, but for the moment, just enjoy some of the amazing images captured by the crew so far. See all of the images posted by NASA at www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2...

The real story is how easy and sad it is to play Trump. Just tell him what he wants to hear and he'll be talking about it, out of context, years later.

From its angled view, GOES-18 also captured the historic launch of Artemis II.

Artemis II is headed for the moon!

GOES-19 caught this amazing view of the exhaust plume from the rocket as it launched from Cape Canaveral.

I would donate an organ if Trump was forced to correctly name and locate at least three Middle East countries, that weren't Israel and Saudi Arabia.

I'd donate my entire body if he could maintain a 5 day Worldle streak.

RFK JR: One time, Trump grabbed a placemat, turned it over, took a Sharpie, and drew a perfect map of the Middle East. Then he marked the troop strength of every country along each border on that map. It challenged a lot of the assumptions I had been told about him.

Maybe Slipknot?

White America voted to elect this buffoon all three times he ran for president.

Cop grilled in Afroman defamation case hints he actually doesn't know if rapper had sex with his wife Sgt. Randy Walters did his defamation lawsuit no favors when he testified that the 51-year-old "Because I Got High" rapper had hurt his reputation with the steamy false assertion - then seemingly admitted she might have cheated with him after all.

Cop grilled in Afroman defamation case hints he actually doesn't know if rapper had sex with his wife

LANDERS: Why did the FBI seize election records in AZ?

TRUMP: They probably thought the election was rigged

LANDERS: It wasn't though

TRUMP: Oh really? How do you know?

LANDERS: Your own AG said it

TRUMP: If you say it wasn't rigged, you're a rotten reporter

LANDERS: Where's the evidence?

Figurines of Brady Bunch and Partridge Family fighting each other

I have created a diorama of the Partridge family attacking the Brady Bunch family. My life is very boring.

Jessie Jackson and Queen Camela in the 1988 movie, Airplane!

holy shit