Thank you!
Way outside my normal style...

Setting and "regaloid" are Daz assets bought into LW.

NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating - NASA Science On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent commands to shut down an instrument aboard Voyager 1 called the

NASA Shuts Off Instrument on Voyager 1 to Keep Spacecraft Operating

The Low-energy Charged Particles experiment has been operating almost without interruption since Voyager 1 launched in 1977 - almost 49 years. 🧪🔭 #Voyager

science.nasa.gov/blogs/voyage...

Day of Remembrance for Victims of Famine of 1946–1947 marked in Moldova The victims of the famine of 1946–1947 are being commemorated today in the Republic of Mold...

www.moldpres.md/eng/society/...

The victims of the famine of 1946–1947 are being commemorated today in the Republic of Moldova. This was one of the greatest humanitarian catastrophes to strike the territory of today’s Moldova.

power point slide showing the camera locations on the orion spacecraft. For Artemis II, the vehicle-mounted OIS comprises: • 4 Solar Array Wing (SAW) cameras • 3 in-cabin wireless cameras • 3 external wired cameras • 2 human-health monitoring cameras • 2 camera controllers • 1 Fwd Bay high speed camera Other optical systems: • 4 wireless cameras for NatGeo payload (proprietary data) • 4 Portable computing devices (tablets) with webcams • 2 Nikon D5 DSLR camera bodies (+ lenses, batteries, etc.) • 2 ZCube video encoders (prime + spare) • 1 Docking Camera (DCAM) • 1 Optical Navigation (OPNAV) camera • 1 drag-on temp-mount camera to monitor crew ingress (KSC system)

Of course I only found this post-flight, but there is a good presentation of all the camera systems installed on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft. #Artemis

Recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJzU...
PDF: ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20...

"Bailkal" version of Buran, Credit Vadim Lukasevich,

"Baikal" version of Buran, Credit Vadim Lukasevich,

With the original name "Baikal", with which the first ship (11F35 product 1.01 by the Ministry of Aircraft and 1K1 by the Ministry of Social Affairs) was taken to the site of the OKI (fire control tests) in the spring of 1988.

Received an email inviting me to submit a “virtual feature” for a writers’ convention.

After MANY messages, I realised that I’d be paying to be the content which seems… bold… and opposite to most events.

I guess this is a paid advert but DUDE! Next time lead with “surprise, you’re the sponsor.”

A high-resolution image of the reflection nebula IC 2220, also known as the Toby Jug Nebula. The image features a central yellowish-white glow from a red giant star that illuminates the surrounding clouds of gas and dust. These clouds form a distinct, symmetrical butterfly shape, with translucent layers of orange and deep red stretching outward. The texture of the nebula appears wispy and atmospheric, set against a dark background sprinkled with numerous twinkling white stars and several prominent blue stars with sharp diffraction spikes.

This week’s image is of IC 2220! Gemini South’s GMOS captured this brilliant reflection nebula, whose unique shape earned it the nickname Toby Jug Nebula. Check out the 🧵 for another paper using GMOS data!

#Astronomy
📸 credit in thread

Misty Highlands (2023)
#fantasy #landscape #mountains #sky #natives #art #painting #mysterious #horror
This and many others in Mega-Pack 2023!
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‘Project Hail Mary’ Won’t Be ‘Streaming Anytime Soon’ as It Extends Run in Movie Theaters: ‘It’s an Experience to Share With Others’ 'Project Hail Mary' is extending its exclusive run in movie theaters and won't be available to stream anytime soon, says director Chris Miller.

“MGM is extending the exclusive theatrical window for ‘Project Hail Mary,’ so it won’t be on streaming anytime soon. This is a movie that needs to be seen on a big screen – and with a full return to IMAX screens for one week only starting this weekend, make plans to see it in a theater now!”

Luce nello spazio🎭

A slightly grainy, zoomed-out photo of the launch of Artemis 2, showing the rocket plume climbing into the blue sky.

I took this photo of Artemis 2 with a TLR film camera from the 1950s
@spacescout.bsky.social

New photos of the N1-L3 weight model. Well, some are new anyway...

The new Soviet Space Substack is out!
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/new-photos...

Covering the recently released N1-L3 1M1 photos. In this case with the text from the source document, plus the usual cool image, cool link, and special download.

Impressionist painting of a spiral galaxy in Orange & purple hues & a diffuse blue glow in the center with a computer monitor on the left middle with a photo of the galaxy from JWST

Second pass done. Shape is pretty much when I want it. Now just refine, refine.

Some of my Babylon 5 art to enjoy.

#scifi #scifiart #fanart #babylon5

4x4” acrylic mini painting of an astronaut tethered to a spaceship. The background has a vibrant burst of colors

a slightly larger astronaut

They way they fucked over their art department... I can't seem to summon up any enthusiasm for this.

Trump as a dirty toilet

Seems about right...

Early Evening (2020)
Kinda the second part of the one from yesterday
#fantasy #landscape #mountains #sky #climbing #art #painting #hiking #synthwave #retrowave
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Cancel Reply Forbidden Jay Bluesky is made with Al, the engineers and even some non-engineers use Claude code Can you ask them to stop?

Asking the forbidden question

Here's a color version of the Gamma poster, from a scan of Zemlya i Vselennaya

Golden robot does floating yoga...

Mucking about...

After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars Europe's first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy.

arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...

After a saga of broken promises, a European rover finally has a ride to Mars.

Europe’s first Mars rover mission is now on its fourth rocket: SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy.

New photos of the N1-L3 weight model. Well, some are new anyway...

The new Soviet Space Substack is out!
graphicsnickstevens.substack.com/p/new-photos...

Covering the recently released N1-L3 1M1 photos. In this case with the text from the source document, plus the usual cool image, cool link, and special download.

COVER REVEAL: CITY SENTINEL!

The Law looms large over Mega-City One in 2000 AD Prog 2479, out 22nd April with a cover by Steven Austin and Matt Soffe!

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My first episode of Megatropolis Book 2 is out today in this month's "Judge Dredd Megazine". I'm picking up the strip after the sad and premature death of original artist Dave Taylor and doing my best to make the transition as seamless as possible. @2000ad.bsky.social

Yeah, some of the best examples I have ever seen of unintended consequences that surprise.

This photo is a wide angle mosaic of two frames obtained the afternoon of August 13, 2026 in the vicinity of Joshua Tree National Park, California. Great dark masses of cloud roll overhead like a vast vat of liquid churning in slow motion. In the distance rain is falling in isolated pockets.

A visit to a friends house near Joshua Tree, California happened during a day of dramatically glowering weather. Rain could be seen in the distance but only a few drops fell nearby. The lighting in the nearby scenery was constantly changing as the Sun was intermittently covered by clouds.