Saltburn beach as seen from the local pier. Lots of flat sand and blue sky and a line of rugged small cliffs spread along the coastline with houses above and a promenade below
#BlueSkyArtShow theme this weekend is #Edge so this view from the pier shows the edge of the North Yorkshire coastline as it meets the North Sea at Saltburn. #photography #coastline
From the new issue: scientists finally understand why birds were the only dinosaurs to pull through the end-Cretaceous mass extinction
This "Fuels for Spacecraft" infographic explains how rockets launch and move through space. The left side covers "Getting Off the Ground," detailing solid propellants like ammonium perchlorate and aluminum powder used in boosters, and liquid propellants like liquid oxygen and hydrogen used in main engines. The right side explores "Propulsion in Space," highlighting chemical propulsion via hydrazine decomposition, electric ion propulsion using xenon, and solar sails.
With #Artemis II blasting off to the Moon, here's a look at the different fuels used to get rockets off of the ground in this edition of #PeriodicGraphics in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/physical-che...
Recovery crew opening the hatch and welcoming the Artemis II crew home after a nearly 700,000-mile journey.
Video: Reid Wiseman
Issue 77 is out – it's a very special edition! 🎉
Every article comes directly from one of our funders: eight of Europe’s largest research facilities! Running through all articles like a golden thread is one theme: light.
Dive right in: scienceinschool.org/issue/issue-...
#EduSky
Picture of the century. 😍
📷 credit: Science Tube
Plain amber wall with black roof below which is a sculpture made of metal and cogs showing a representation of explorer James Cook bursting through the walls of the museum on a bike
New cycle route through Stewart Park Middlesbrough might need a bit of work!
Actually it’s a sculpture by artist Keith Peacock representing explorer James Cook bursting out of the museum and commemorating the Tour de Yorkshire cycling event in 2016. #BlueSkyArtShow #New #photography #cycling
Beige coloured sand on the beach at Redcar North Yorkshire with variety of footprints dog, horse, human
New footprints in the sand at Redcar on the east coast of northern England #BlueSkyArtShow #New #photography
☑️ Ground Systems
☑️ Orion Spacecraft
☑️ SLS Rocket
☑️ Mission Science
☑️ Flight Day Highlights
☑️ Astronauts
☑️ Launch
☑️ Journey to the Moon
☑️ Lunar Flyby
☑️ Return to Earth
☑️ Splashdown and Return
All the galleries:
www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-m...
#Artemis 🔭🧪
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA astronaut Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot, left, and NASA astronaut Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist are seen sitting on a Navy MH-60 Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 on the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha after they and fellow crewmates CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, were extracted from their Orion spacecraft after splashdown, Friday, April 10, 2026, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. NASA’s Artemis II mission took the quartet on a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon and back to Earth. Following a splashdown at 5:07 p.m. PDT (8:07 p.m. EDT), NASA, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Air Force teams are working to bring the Orion spacecraft aboard the recovery ship. Image Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
Happy astronauts back from the Moon
www.nasa.gov/gallery/arte...
#Artemis 🧪🔭
Robin feeding young bird in garden. Grey pebbles with old tree trunk and red cedar wooden fence
Robin feeding it’s fledgeling at 6:30 this morning. Bit more chill in North Yorkshire today after yesterday’s. balmy weather
#birds #photography #spring
Red ladybird perched on a green fern. Green and brown leaves of other ferns in the background
Bright and warm spring sunshine today . Spotted this Ladybird sunbathing on a fern #sunny #weather #photography
There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca
LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"
Wet sand reflects the clouds and blue sky amid the sand dunes of Redcar beach North Yorkshire. A lone figure searches with a metal detector
A lone detectorist and a few dog walkers visit Redcar beach on this cold and very blustery Easter Sunday in North Yorkshire #photography #clouds #beach
Map of the UK on which the BBC has superimposed its yellow and amber weather warnings . Looks like an Easter bunny
A novel Easter bunny from the BBC UK Weather warnings site yesterday #BBC #weather #Easter
Night picture with shadows of trees and fences with two lights in the dark sky. One is a streetlight and the other is the moon.
Local Streetlight doing its best impersonation of the moon . #photography #moon #Artemis
This planet — with all its troubles — is worth caring for.
That should be our single purpose, as a species: To be stewards of this magnificent world, ensuring it thrives long into the future.
I highly recommend putting this NASA #Artemis II mission livestream on and just leaving it playing as you go about your weekend. Live views of the spacecraft, occasional visualizations of the current config, views of the control room, space-ground radio audio. www.youtube.com/live/m3kR2KK...
On the banks of the river Tees a giant sculpture. Temenos, Two giant rings connected by wire. The old Middlesbrough town hall clock in the background and the local college
There are openings at either end of this giant Temenos sculpture erected in 2010 on the banks of the Tees next to the Riverside Stadium.
110 m wide and 50 m high it includes thousands of metres of wire and represents the industrial heritage of the Tees valley
#BlueSkyArtShow #Openings #photography
Blast off for Artemis II! 🚀 This is the beginning of a 10-day mission, and it is notably the first time humans have visited the moon in half a century. Stay tuned to follow the astronauts on their journey here: www.scientificamerican.com/report/nasa-...
LAUNCH! ARTEMIS II LAUNCHES WITH A CREW OF 4 TOWARDS THE MOON
NASA logo
NASA's live feed on the Artemis launch is here, and it's just started broadcasting:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_U...
I don't anticipate much happening for a while - the launch is currently scheduled for 11:24pm UK time. But keep an eye on the feed and share the link.
If you'd like to follow along with the #Artemis II launch, NASA has a live blog here: www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...
and you can watch the official broadcast on the NASA site here:
plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-vi...
or on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBM...
Foggy day in Stewart Park . Sun is dim in the grey sky with silhouettes of trees and green fields
On this misty North Yorkshire day , even the sun seems to fade into the background
#photography #Background
#BlueSkyArtShow
Dark river Tees with trees and bushes along the right edge , blue sky on a spring day in North Yorkshire
No need for flood gates at Yarm wharf today, just a glorious view along the river Tees in the North Yorkshire spring sunshine
#photography #spring #river
Small bird, a long tailed tit perched on the edge of a coconut shell in a garden next to a rose bush with garden fence and green bamboo leaves
Recent capture on the garden bird cam in Norrh Yorkshire UK was this long tailed tit enjoying the remnants of a coconut shell suet ball. #photography #birds
Trees laden with pink cherry blossom line the path to a local footbridge
A walk to the local shops is looking very picturesque at the moment in Middlesbrough North Yorkshire #photography #blossoms #spring
I know this has circulated with alacrity recently, so you may have already seen it, but if you haven't... WOW BOY HOWDY it's the most useful thing.
Thank you cardcatalogforlife.substack.com -- this is a very very very helpful public service:
cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
A bit of Saturday dog physics... have you ever wondered why dogs are such messy drinkers? They're actually using quite a clever mechanism to overcome a fundamental difficulty. (And cats, to no-one's surprise are a bit tidier) Yay for the ingenious physics in the natural world! 🐕🐾
