per aspera ad astra

amateur takes on space stuff sometimes

[cosmeretrek]

Above image is a pride flag with every color band represented by a NASA image. White is Earth clouds, pink is aurora, blue is the Sun in a specific wavelength, brown is Jupiter clouds, black is the Hubble deep field, red is the top of sprites, orange is a Mars crater, yellow is the surface of Io, green is a lake with algae, blue is Neptune, and purple is the Crab Nebula in a specific wavelength.

[kosmogrl]

let this be a reminder that even if it takes time your dreams can come true

[batsy-bueller]

Sometimes the internet is good because what do you mean Minifigs.me made the Artemis II crew as minifigs complete with a jar of Nutella

[kosmogrl]

[gay-hrithik-roshan]

[marshosaur]

“how long has it been?”

[finding-flight]

One thing I hope people take away from the Artemis II mission is that astronauts are all really nice.

This isn't new information. The ability to coexist for days on end with several other people in a tiny space with virtually no privacy has always been a major qualification for astronauts, but unless you're the kind of space nerd who watches ISS videos (where there's some privacy but still a small space and also it's potentially months on end), you probably have a more Hollywood idea of astronauts. Mavericks! Daredevils! Space cowboys!

But now we had a moon mission with a livestream, and I hope people now realize that their space heroes aren't John Wayne. Yes, they're competent, intelligent, cool under pressure, and courageous. But they also keep mission control updated on the pretty sunrises, and they tear up and hug each other, and they smuggle their zero-gravity indicator out of the capsule because they got attached to it. They talk about how much they love Earth and how much they missed their families while they were away.

Anyways, those are the heroes we need right now. In a world where brutality is rewarded in politicians, we need to remember that an essential astronaut qualification is love.

[feathert3ther]

welcome home! 🌍

[scphantom]

💫 We Can Go The Distance ⭐️

[integrise]

slam poetry event that makes you rethink life but instead of poets we just bring the Artemis II crew and ask them about space

[vulpe-astra]

Artemis II + Text Post Memes

[integrise]

no way to honor and respect the integrity astronauts who gave beautiful tear jerking remarks about the unity of humanity by saying in a live address that America’s going to fulfill trump’s goal to get to the moon before anyone else, HAHAHAH amirite?

[gemini-enthusiast]

Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch after a joyful recovery aboard the USS John P. Murtha.

[blond-shell]

"We will explore. We will build. We will build ships. We will visit again. We will construct science outposts. We will drive rovers. We will do radio astronomy. We will found companies. We will bolster industry. We will inspire. But ultimately, we will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other." —Christina Koch, Artemis II Mission Specialist

[charmingcaffeinatedartist]

Inspired by the Artemis II mission, here are some moon paintings 🌙💫🖌

[echoallegro]

@nasa i hope you know livestreaming this online for free for anyone anywhere in the world without ads and without any non-mission-specific commentary was the greatest part of this whole experience for me. It felt like i went there and back with you all. I’m so happy to be a human right now and i hope you know you’ve contributed to that greatly. I learned so much too. About space flight, about physics, about the moon, and so much more. Please do this again for Artemis III and IV and beyond. I’m so excited to see what’s next.

[sobcat]

[integrise]

lessons that I was surprised but happy to take away from the artemis II mission:

STEM cannot survive without the arts and vice versa

The crew needs to publish a book of poetry IMMEDIATELY

Science is unifying and should be funded instead of wars!!

Microsoft outlook and press-to-talk technology is even sometimes difficult for the smartest, most trained humans on (and off) the planet to manage