The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA

A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA

The Moon viewed from the Orion spacecraft backlit by the Sun in a solar eclipse. Stars are visible in the background.

A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA

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Artemis II "Earthset" image. Credits: NASA

ESA's Moonlight logo

During #Artemis II's Moon flyby there were around 40 minutes without contact back to Earth📶 🌍️

@esa.int 's Moonlight aims to fill this gap by deploying a constellation of communication and navigation satellites around the Moon to never lose connection when most needed 🌑

@navigation.esa.int

LAUNCH of the US Space Force STP-S29A mission on a Minotaur IV from Vandenberg at 1133 UTC Apr 7

The Moon seen backlit by the Sun during the solar eclipse period on 7 April CEST, is photographed by one of the cameras on the European Service Module’s solar array wings. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon’s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars.

Graphic showing Artemis II position and trajectory

✅ #Artemis II update: Day 7, Orion now heading back to Earth at 2245 km/h, 367 530 km from Earth and 77 666 km from the Moon. Image is from early morning of 7 April, during the eclipse period (pic: NASA). Track at nasa.gov/missions/art...

@exploration.esa.int

A starfield filled with thousands of stars and shining clouds of dust. The Milky Way\u2019s elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Spanning more than 100,000 light-years, Earth is located along one of the galaxy\u2019s spiral arms, about halfway from the center. Credit: NASA

OH. MY. GOD.

THIS IS THE MILKY WAY SHOT BY THE ARTEMIS II CREW. LOOK AT ALL THOSE STARS!!!!

Seems Radiation shielding demo for FD8 is out, and OIG assessment is in but no exact timing except "before piloting"

Source: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

The dance of finding accurate info is still rather tedious...
app updated.

#ArtemisII

Deep space antenna 4 is now live! 📡

@esa.int's newest deep space antenna has entered operations at New Norcia, Australia, expanding Estrack’s capacity and powering future missions across the Solar System.

Curious about this next-generation antenna? Read more here: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

📹ESA

See you at @fosdem.org!
Read to find out how to meet up with us.

Transporter-16 Rideshare: VSFB SLC-4E : 2026-03-30 11:02 UTC Has anyone notice DISCO-2? While we expect a 9k6 signal, there is in several of its observations some signals which look like 4k8 ones. I’ve tried to check if they fit to other known satellites on thi...

The SatNOGS Network 📡 is tracking AMSAT-EA's #HADES-SA 🛰️ from the #Transporter16 rideshare.
An updated TLE set was generated by the #SatNOGS Community, and you can find more details at: community.libre.space/t/transporte...

Transporter-16 Rideshare: VSFB SLC-4E : 2026-03-30 11:02 UTC In total 968 observations have been scheduled for the first 24h after deployment of the satellites. We have used the TLE sets of the previous post. The difference in the number of scheduled observati...

📌 About 1000 observations 📡📡 have been scheduled over the next 24h to track some of the #satellites 🛰️ of the #Transporter16 rideshare.
Follow all the updates at: community.libre.space/t/transporte...

📌 Satellite #CANVAS by the @laspatcu.bsky.social of the University of Colorado Boulder is alive and tracked by the SatNOGS Network 📡.
community.libre.space/t/minotaur-i...
Check out the @grafana.bsky.social Dashboard too at: dashboard.satnogs.org/d/ffidyc406v...

•🛰️COSMO: dashboard.satnogs.org/d/bfhvxrnomp...

•🛰️UMKA-1 : dashboard.satnogs.org/d/ffc0ehd32q...

📌And here are some @grafana.bsky.social dashboards created by members of the SatNOGS Network and Community.
A big thank you to every single member for all your time and effort.
•🛰️QMR-KWT 2: dashboard.satnogs.org/d/efgl2md8ia...

Three-part series Binarly on Supermicro BMC firmware authentication bypasses

Part 1: www.binarly.io/blog/ghost-i...
Part 2: www.binarly.io/blog/broken-...
Part 3: www.binarly.io/blog/have-yo...

#infosec

An hour of data on NGC 281, Pacman Nebula - a first on this target, looking forward to adding to it with the #seesars50 #astronomy #astrophotography #nightsky

Together, two merging galaxies form a bean-like shape just below the center of this image. The cores of the galaxies are colored blue, and one is above and to the left of the other. These two cores are surrounded by bright tendrils of coral star-forming regions, which stretch above and below. To the right of the top galactic core is a particularly bright star-formation clump with faint diffraction spikes. The lower galaxy is a mostly regular spiral shape, while the upper galaxy has been distorted into a much more condensed bun. There is also a semi-transparent arc of pale dust above both merging galaxies. The background is black, and many tiny distant galaxies dot the scene.

Two large galaxies (NGC 4038 and NGC 4039) appear to be colliding in the center of this image. Their collision looks like a sideways heart.

The Gemini North telescope captured a pair of galaxies, NGC 4567 (top) and NGC 4568 (bottom), as they collide. Nicknamed the Butterfly galaxies, they will eventually merge as a single galaxy in 500 million years. Caption credit: CNN

Pluto in a nearly full-disc view against the darkness of space. The planet has flat plains, mountainous regions, and craters in colors of muted tan and brown. One lighter, flatter region is roughly shaped like a heart symbol.

space hearts 💗🌌

RSP-03 re-entry RSP-03 is about to re-enter in the next 24h. Due to some issues the transmission of RSP-03 is very weak, so it will be a challenge to receive it. However due to re-entry conditions this may change, s...

📌The SatNOGS Network 📡 is tracking #satellite RSP-03 🛰️, as its journey to space is coming to an end.
Follow all the updates about the satellite's re-entry at: community.libre.space/t/rsp-03-re-...

Crew-12 Walkout with ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot

First Ariane 6 with four boosters launched

This false-colour image was processed using Sentinel-2’s near-infrared channel, which highlights vegetation in red, so that the Nile Delta and the Fayum Oasis appear in red – a red flower with a natural heart.

Hubble captures light show around rapidly dying star

📸 This was our #WeekInImages 09-13 February 2026.

🔗 esa.int/About_Us/Week_in_images/Week_in_images_09-13_February_2026

Jonathan's Space Report No. 853 published at planet4589.org/jsr.html
I have temporarily lost the capability to send this out as an email newsletter, so for the
time being you'll have to access this on the website.

ESA astronaut of French nationality Sophie Adenot during the Crew-12 news conference.

👩‍🚀 "I remember the launch of Claudie Haigneré very well. I was 14 years old, and that day something clicked in my mind. She was the first French woman to fly to space and she inspired me to think, 'Why not me?,'" says @esa.int astronaut Sophie Adenot during the #Crew12 news conference.

#εpsilon

Out of Mars, lost in space.

A new study reveals how some water disappeared from the Red Planet. The culprit: a rare, intense dust storm driving water vapour 80 kilometres up into the martian atmosphere.

blogs.esa.int/to-mars-and-...

Arianespace's official mission patch for the VA267 mission, dedicated to the first Ariane 6 launch of 32 Amazon Leo satellites into low Earth orbit, and the first launch of Ariane 6 in four-booster configuration.

🚀 Date/time for Ariane 6 #VA267, the first flight of Ariane 6 in four-booster configuration (64). Launch window opens 12 February, 16:45 GMT/17:45 CET.

www.arianespace.com/news/mission... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr

TIME’s new cover: Artemis II is poised for the first lunar mission since 1972

We’re proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with our international partners in Artemis. Our European Service Module is at the heart of NASA’s Orion spacecraft. Together, we're extending humankind’s presence in space and demonstrating that multilateral and inclusive cooperation is vital for our future.

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🤖 image processing for #JWST 🔭 data (URANUS). RGB Filters: 444, 356, 277
PI: El Moutamid, Maryame, program 06379. CRVAL: 50.546041, 18.249746
Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI.

Did you know...?🌐We have a new website!

It will be easier for you to stay up to date, know how to benefit from funding opportunities for satellite communications' projects and learn about career opportunities.

If you are not convinced yet...👇
connectivity.esa.int

Happy 10th birthday to EDRS-A🥳

Launched #OTD in 2016, our first laser relay node proved Europe can move data at incredible speed from space.

Now, @esa.int's HydRON is taking us to the next era: a fully optical satcom network connecting satellites across orbits, for secure and fast communications⚡🔏

Robotic arm and denture

Robotic arm at the University of Glasgow's SCENE facility at Loch Lomond

Drone dispatching medicine for the trial.

Over 60 years ago, sci-fi writer Arthur C Clarke predicted that a medical specialist could treat someone from the distance, using satellites 🛰️

Today, this has become a reality. A dentist in the UK ran a remote dental examination to a simulated patient in Scotland, using 5G and satellite networks 🌐🦷

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📌Join us this weekend at @fosdem.org for a two-day event dedicated to promoting free & #opensource software.
Both the Libre Space Foundation and the SatNOGS team members will be roaming the event.
Reach out to us via social media or via the contact form on our site.
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