White people saying "my ancestors came here the right way" = "I believe in and support racism and racial exclusion." Because either you know about immigration laws and think they were "right" and justify your family's existence. OR you are ignorant and making things up to degrade current non-white immigrants. (And I say this as a white person who's grandparents were immigrants so I grew up hearing that bs all the time)
Palestinian children were prevented from going to school by razor wire and israeli soldiers — so they sat down and studied right in front of them (via AndreyX)
#the fact that 'can prove access to an online account at least 12 years old' or even 'account to be verified is itself fully 18 years old'#AREN'T accepted methods of age verification is such a telling sign of what the real purpose of age-gating laws is:#data harvesting and deanonymization and the buildout of state-controllable ways to restrict both content and internet access itself en masse (via @shinelikethunder )
not to be insensitive but some of the salem witch trials were so funny bitches like “i saw her at the devils sacrament!!!” girl... what were YOU doing at the devils sacrament 👀
when i was a kid i decided that killing people was bad therefore war was bad therefore the military was evil. and adults would tell me it's more nuanced than that and i would understand when i grew up. well i'm a grown up now and idk i still think that killing people is bad and war is bad and the military is evil
This is one slice of an incredible high resolution, enhanced color image of Pluto, recently released by NASA. You can see the full, larger version here.
Did the Artemis II take parts of the Challenger or Columbia with them?
I heard this piece of information with no source and while I too have been very emotional about this launch, I also didn't want to share misinformation about a feel-good story, no matter how well-intentioned.
Short answer: Yes!
Long answer: Yes, but not for sentimental meaning. Parts of NASA's former space shuttle program were designed for re-use, NASA is re-using these parts for the first few Artemis missions
(NASA released a detailed flight kit of all legacy keepsakes they included in the spaceship and a press release explaining the sentimental meaning behind some of the items. Unfortunately, there wasn't mention about either shuttle.)
However, the 86-page reference guide NASA released about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket they used for the Artemis II mission did give a detailed break-down of the booster and engine parts they used.
One of the engines was used in a Columbia mission. Various booster-parts were used in different Columbia missions and one Challenger mission.
First, the engines
This is a bottom-view of the SLS rocket with it's four-main engines and all four have a cool history!
Engine 2047 (Engine Position 1) was used in 15 previous missions: 6 successful missions between 1998-2002, Columbia STS-109 flight in 2002, and then 8 more successful flights between 2002-2011, including STS-135, the last flight of the space shuttle Atlantis and the last mission flown for the Space Shuttle Program
Columbia flight STS-109 flew from March 1 to March 12, 2002 and performed servicing to the Hubble Space Telescope and featured five spacewalks. The Columbia Space Shuttle flew for 28 flights, with it's final one being fatal. Flight STS-109 was the Columbia's second-to-last mission and it's last successful flight.
Engine 2059 (Engine Position 2) flew on 5 successful space shuttle flights between 2007-2011, including STS-134 last flight of the Endeavour shuttle.
Engine 2061 (Engine Position 4) flew on two successful space shuttle flights between 2010-2011, including STS-134 last flight of the Endeavour shuttle.
Engine 2062 (Engine Position 3) is a newly built and assembled from STS heritage flight spares, this will be its first flight in space (Page 39-42).
The SLS boosters are re-designed space shuttle boosters, with upgrades such as additional segments to increase the volume of fuel, allowing for increased thrust. While the space shuttle boosters were re-usable, the SLS boosters are single-use, so this will be the last time these parts fly. NASA is using legacy pieces from their four remaining space shuttle boosters before the begin new parts manufacturing again. Each legacy piece and each has it's own history flying with multiple shuttle flights.
The boosters parts used in a previous Challenger mission are Cylinder 37 (left booster) and Cylinder 33 (right booster), which flew on STS-8 from Aug 30 to Sept 5, 1983. STS-8 was the first flight for Guion Bluford, the first African-American astronaut in space. The Challenger Space Shuttle only flew 10 missions, with it's 10th and final mission a fatal one. STS-8 was the Challenger's third mission. This is the only mission the Challenger flew that is re-using parts for Atremis II.
Of the 28 Columbia flights, Artemis II is utilizing 17 different booster parts that were used on 14 different missions. The most significant of those are Frustum 22 and Fwd Skirt 19 (both right booster) which flew on STS-107, the final, fatal Columbia flight. STS-107 was 113th flight of the shuttle program and flew from Jan 16 to Feb 1, 2003. The shuttle itself was damaged on launch and did not survive re-entry. Since the boosters were only used during the initial launch phase, they were able to be recovered, tested, and re-used (page 44-47).
List of all booster parts being re-used from previous shuttle missions:
Left booster Cylinder 89 - STS-73 Columbia 1995, second mission for the United States Microgravity Laboratory
Left booster Cylinder 89 - STS-94 Columbia 1997, the only mission to have an identical crew of another mission (STS-83)
Left booster Cylinder 104 - STS-94 Columbia 1997
Left Booster Cylinder 37 - STS-8 Challenger 1983, First flight for Guion Bluford, the first African-American astronaut in space, it was also first night launch and night landing for the shuttle program
Left Booster Cylinder 92 - STS-52 Columbia 1992
Left Booster Cylinder 31 - STS-75 Columbia 1996
Left Booster Aft Dome 42 - STS-32 Columbia 1990 -- STS-83 Columbia 1997
Left Booster Frustum 16 - STS-35 Columbia 1990, this was the first shuttle mission that flew after the Challenger disaster - STS-50 Columbia 1992 -- STS-75 Columbia 1996
Left Booster Fwd Skirt 16 - STS-62 Columbia 1994
Left Booster Aft Skirt 21 - STS-52 Columbia 1992 -- STS-83 Columbia 1997
Right booster Cylinder 86 - STS-5 Columbia 1982, This was the fifth flight of both the Columbia and the shuttle program, they deployed satellites and it the first "operational" Space Shuttle mission
Right booster Cylinder 82 - STS-52 Columbia 1992
Right booster Cylinder 33 - STS-8 Challenger 1983, First flight for Guion Bluford
Right booster Cylinder 72 - STS-52 Columbia 1992
Right booster Cylinder 61 - STS-75 Columbia 1996
Right Booster Aft Dome 45 - STS-32 Columbia 1990 -- STS-83 Columbia 1997
Right Booster Frustum 22 - STS-52 Columbia 1992 -- STS-80 Columbia 1996, the longest Shuttle mission lasting 17 days -- STS-107 Columbia 2003, this was 113th flight of the shuttle program and the fatal Columbia flight
Right Booster Fwd Skirt 19 - STS-35 Columbia 1990 -- STS-94 Columbia 1997 -- STS-107 Columbia 2003, the fatal Columbia flight
Historical or significant artifacts that NASA included on Artemis II Orion spacecraft
Rise, the zero gravity indicator plushie, selected from a elementary design contest. It was created by 8-year old Lucas Ye to look like the original earthrise photo, with the moon as the face and the "baseball cap" as the Earth rising above the moon and the brim the galaxy and stars. It holds an SD card with 5.6 million people's names so everyone can fly with the Artemis crew
Piece of fabric from the original Wright Brothers plane, used in the first powered-flight in 1903, lent by the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. When returned to the museum, it will sit beside the piece of canvas that flew with the Apollo 8 mission, the first human landing on the moon.
Photo of the moon taken from Ranger 7, the first US spacecraft to land on the moon, it took the first close-up photos that helped identify landing sites for the Apollo missions, mirroring Artemis's mission to identify safe-landing sites near the south pole for the next missions
Maple syrup and maple cookies brought by Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hanson, that he shared with his three American crew mates. They ate the cookies together when they were on the far side of the moon experiencing a "loss of signal" to earth.
Soil samples and various seeds. The Artemis I mission took tree seeds on it's flight around the moon, mirroring the experiment that Apollo 14 did. The seeds were planted and grew into "moon trees." Artemis II is taking ten soil samples from the moon trees so it can complete the space exploration cycle of going "back to space." The Canadian Space Agency is bring their own tree seeds, to create the next generation of "moon trees." They are also taking Zinnia and chile peppers seeds to experiment with growing other plants.
The Apollo 8 flight patch Jim Lovell wore on the Apollo 8 mission, lent by Jim Lovell's family after his passing in 2025. Apollo 8 was the first human flight around the moon and the mission that gave us the iconic "Earthrise" photo. Jim Lovell was also part of the Apollo 13 mission, which famously experienced an explosion mid-flight requiring them to cancel the moon landing and "slingshot" around the moon to save the astronauts, Jim never walked on the moon. Jim Lovell recorded a message to the astronauts before his passing, which NASA played for them during their wake-up on Day 6, the "lunar-fly-by-day", Jim addressed each astronaut by name and welcomed them to "his old neighborhood."
The Innu Nation flag. The astronauts traveled to a meteorite impact crater site in Kamestastin, Northern Labrador, Canada to improve their lunar geology training. The crater is a site with cultural significance to the Innu Nation. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen spent time with the community and the flag was given as a gift from the Innu Nation to fly alongside with Jeremy.
Two historic American flags: 1. The flag that was supposed to go with the Apollo 18 mission, which never got to fly because the mission was canceled when NASA was defended in the 1970s. NASA kept it in storage and included it on this mission so the flag could be retired after waiting 50 years to go to the moon. 2. The "Legacy Flag," which was brought on the first shuttle flight STS-1 in 1981, and then left on the International Space Station (ISS) after the last space shuttle flight STS-135 in 2011, and was successfully retrieved again on the flight that re-started the US shuttle program NASA-SpaceX DE2 flight in 2020, and is now on the first flight back into deep space.
Other things listed in the flight kit:
"Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo badge" and "Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo leather back number", from the annual Houston rodeo "Space City," home to the Johnson Space Center in Texas.
Shavings from taken from the construction of the SLS (Space Launch System) that launched the rocket into space, Artemis flag signed by Airbus employees, Postcard signed by Orion employees
Artemis-branded things that will have "flown in space": rubber stamp, embossing discs, embroidered ribbons, holographic seals, pins, patches
Literally hundreds more memorabilia that will have "flown in space." There are at least 8 US flags, 8 flags for each US state/territory, flags for 136 countries, a UN flag, flags for the European Space Agency (ESA) and Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and flags of each country participating in the Artemis Accords (the future international moon base). There are multiple pins, patches, and stickers for the different space agencies, partners, universities, and space centers involved. And there are 50 Silver Snoopy pins, who is NASA’s official mascot for spaceflight safety.
hi!! this is really cool!!! unfortunately, it was so cool i had to fact check, and no, that is not real.
these photos were taken on earth by a ukrainian photgrapher named ildar ibatullin (reddit) (website) and edited to add colour, based on the placements of different mineral deposits, as you can see here. they're not even from the artemis mission!
looking over the spread of this myth, it doesn't look like anyone intentionally misrepresented anything. it's fairly easy to see a new moon image and connect that in your head with the current and relevant lunar mission, and the person linked in the original post seems to have simply misunderstood how the photos were made (google translate tells me they say they were taken with a "special lens" that revealed these colours, which is not true)
anyways, sorry to spoil the fun, but on the bright side, that reddit link from earlier has way more photos, and you can also buy higher quality versions of them on their website. have fun!
The first photos are coming in from Artemis II, and they are stunning. Photos of our home planet from humans we are sending further than anyone has gone before.
And now two more. The first of which being taken by Commander Reid Wiseman just minutes from the other Blue Marble picture seen above, showcasing the effect of different camera setting on space photography. Pictures of our home, where all but four of us are looking up from.
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