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A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

stressed? breathe and look at our beautiful planet for a bit.

4 days ago 142 24 5 3
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A mission for everyone

#artemis2

1 week ago 49 9 2 0
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Welcome back to the Artemis II crew :) Such a huge relief watching them arrive safely!

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The top part of the Moon is illuminated. The gray cratered surface stands out against the blackness of space. The Earth appears in the far distance as an upside-down crescent moon shape. There is some lens flare in the top part and center of the image. Credit: NASA

The top part of the Moon is illuminated. The gray cratered surface stands out against the blackness of space. The Earth appears in the far distance as an upside-down crescent moon shape. There is some lens flare in the top part and center of the image. Credit: NASA

okay i change my mind, THIS is one of the best and most beautiful images from artemis ii

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Taken 3 April 2026, the Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.

Taken 3 April 2026, the Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.

THE ARTEMIS II CREW IS NOW CLOSER TO THE MOON THAN THEY ARE TO EARTH!!

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4x4” acrylic painting of Earth

4x4” acrylic painting of Earth

I painted the new image of Earth from Artemis!

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Earth as seen from the Orion capsule. It is divided sharply in half, with a line running diagonally from the 11 o'clock to the 4 o'clock. The lower left half is a bright pale blue. Its surface is covered with swirly, puffy white clouds, with texture indicating different thicknesses. The upper right half is dark, with no illumination from the Sun. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

Earth as seen from the Orion capsule. It is divided sharply in half, with a line running diagonally from the 11 o'clock to the 4 o'clock. The lower left half is a bright pale blue. Its surface is covered with swirly, puffy white clouds, with texture indicating different thicknesses. The upper right half is dark, with no illumination from the Sun. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

Earth as seen from the Orion capsule. It is divided sharply in half, with a line running diagonally from the 11 o'clock to the 4 o'clock. The lower left half is a bright pale blue. Its surface is covered with swirly, puffy white clouds, with texture indicating different thicknesses. The upper right half is dark, with no illumination from the Sun. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Earth as seen from the Orion capsule. It is divided sharply in half, with a line running diagonally from the 11 o'clock to the 4 o'clock. The lower left half is a bright pale blue. Its surface is covered with swirly, puffy white clouds, with texture indicating different thicknesses. The upper right half is dark, with no illumination from the Sun. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

One-third of Earth peeking through the window of the Orion capsule. The planet is a dreamy pale blue, swirling with white clouds and reflected sunlight. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image by far. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts, reminiscent of a heavy duty airplane window. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible. Brighter white components are visible in the upper right corner. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

One-third of Earth peeking through the window of the Orion capsule. The planet is a dreamy pale blue, swirling with white clouds and reflected sunlight. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image by far. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts, reminiscent of a heavy duty airplane window. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible. Brighter white components are visible in the upper right corner. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman

A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

A full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

the images of earth from artemis ii are absolutely gorgeous

2 weeks ago 221 62 1 3
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Beautiful.
This is why I think space exploration is worth it. When you compare it to the cost of everything else, it is relatively small. In the end, we get to marvel at the majesty of our home, and are reminded of the need to protect it.
#Artemis2

2 weeks ago 4 3 1 0
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Apollo 11 crew

Apollo 11 crew

Artemis II crew

Artemis II crew

same moon, new era 🚀🌕

2 weeks ago 108 21 3 3

Friend, seriously look inside yourself and consider if this is good to say.
I can't stand Trump either. Trump is not NASA. NASA is thousands of people who work hard to advance human understanding of the universe, do cancer research, and develop new technology.

They are not your enemy.

3 weeks ago 0 0 0 0

One of the main reasons I barely am on bluesky. Space posts here are mostly full of miserable people who want to depict spaceflight as evil and thus any who participate in it are viewed as reprobates.
Space Twitter is bad too but you can find some semblance of reason after whittling away the bad.

3 weeks ago 1 1 0 0

i can’t believe i have to say this, but even if you aren’t excited for artemis ii, DON’T WISH ILL ON THE ASTRONAUTS!!!

that’s incredibly disrespectful especially to those who lost their lives in previous years.

3 weeks ago 78 5 5 0

Despite problems, SpaceX genuinely has an incredibly successful rocket with the Falcon 9, and an incredibly successful crew capsule with Dragon.

All other companies are either lagging behind trying to get to SpaceX's level, or are desperately pretending the industry hasn't changed.

2 months ago 3 0 0 0

Can only fit so many capsules lol

2 months ago 1 0 1 0

Elon was always insane lol
He screamed "f*** it burns! At a hotel breakfast twenty years ago cause he couldn't figure out how to cook a pop tart.

Part of the reason for SpaceX's success though has been him taking the negative attention for risky but successful decisions, especially rocket reuse.

3 months ago 1 0 1 0
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I recommend you read Eric Berger's books Liftoff and Re-entry. They're an in-depth look at the history of SpaceX. Besides being very interesting they do provide an interest look at who Elon is. I think that he genuinely cared then about this.
Not sure now.

3 months ago 1 0 1 0

Sadly most of the good spaceflight servers are paywalled. The one I'm most active in is Everyday Astronaut's server, but really then only for big launch livestreams and such.

3 months ago 0 0 1 0

I'm sorry friend, but I just - I'm not sure that you understand the situation.
I've been following spaceflight news for about 15 years - the reason why we don't have a lander isn't cause of SpaceX, it's because congress never committed to giving the Space Launch System an actual mission.

3 months ago 0 0 1 0

Well I will counter that on reddit, you try to share something about SpaceX, even something that is a simple neutral fact (this SpaceX thing is happening soon) and your post will get removed or downvoted to oblivion.

It is very hard to have a sensible discussion anywhere but discord it feels like.

3 months ago 0 0 1 0

I don't understand what you mean by that, but alright.

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

It is a tough thing. I had a family member who worked at SpaceX (now works at Stoke) and so I have a bit more insight into the actual people there. I want to celebrate them and their efforts, but yeah, Elon just - it doesn't even feel like he cares about the past ideals of SpaceX anymore.

3 months ago 1 0 1 0

okay?
I'm not really sure what point you're making.

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

There is also of course, the matter that having any civil, reasonable discussion about SpaceX here is, well, let's say difficult. Twitter again is pretty bad for tribalism but there are still places I can find with reasonable people.

I still barely understand how to navigate this maze of a site.

3 months ago 4 0 2 0
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I tire of how awful twitter has become. I want to be able to talk about spaceflight stuff without all that around.

But I checked here again, and it still just feels so empty. So do I want to live in a town with crap everywhere, but tons of people, or live in a clean ghost town?

It's rough.

3 months ago 21 0 4 0

I'm still shocked no one has made a Mir horror game

4 months ago 5 0 1 0
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/

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Habitat module on top of a lunar lander, sitting on the surface of the moon. Earth hangs above the horizon in the distance

Habitat module on top of a lunar lander, sitting on the surface of the moon. Earth hangs above the horizon in the distance

NASA's First Lunar Outpost at lunar morning. The pressurized element is derived from Space Station Freedom's laboratory/habitat modules. In the distance, a set of deployable experiment packages have been set up for astronomical and geological observations

4 months ago 14 1 0 0
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BlueCrew
#blueorigin #newglenn #art #spaceflight

5 months ago 9 0 0 0
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NEVER
TELL
ME
THE
ODDS

5 months ago 75 9 7 4
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🙏Soon we'll finally be able to launch the Tritium rocket🙏

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