Lex Strong

she/they, lvl 25, bi I'm a tall tired bean with the best bunnos ever

[astrolugo]

The Artemis II crew captured an impressive image of the Earth from 41,000 miles away this morning.

It is the first time since 1972 that human beings see an Earth in a growing phase in its entirety.

[soap-is-an-artist]

california girls we're unforgivable, sins so grave they can't be absolved!

[asteroidtroglodyte]

Me, tears streaming down my face, sobbing, as I stare at the stars: it’s just so beautiful

The medieval peasant I went back in time to give a bag of Doritos to, concerned: what terrible and powerful sorcerers they must have in your age, to be able to veil the vault of heaven itself from view, as you say

Me, sniffling: I didn’t realize, I can’t, it’s so much, I, I… are the chips good, at least?

Medieval peasant, trying to make me feel better: they’re… magical, strange traveler

[theconcealedweapon]

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 17 vs Artemis II

[mementochao]

Despite everything, it's still you.

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Also prev tags:

That's really cool actually

[stellar-appreciation]

Tears in my eyes.

Godspeed, Artemis crew!

[ateazure]

"and the stars look very different today..."

[without-ado]

"Return to the Moon" Artemis Ⅱ 2026

l Andrew McCarthy 1,2 l Alex G Perez 3,4 l Alexander Gerst 5

[hgedits]

April 6th, 2026 - Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Reid Wiseman become the first human beings to travel farther than 248,655 miles from Earth, breaking the record previously held by the Apollo 13 crew.

[skyline-sunset-in-my-veins]

ITS MOON DAY MONDAY

[yepthatsacowalright]

Am enthralled by this visualization NASA shared of Artemis II's path through space. The most mathematically accurate little dance. <3

[dduane]

(via @fizzydog at Bluesky)

[hgedits]

The Artemis II crew naming two previously undiscovered lunar craters (one after Commander Reid Wiseman's late wife).

[pinkmadnessing]

til Christina Koch (currently flying to the moon)(first all women spacewalk) was the first person to edit wikipedia from space. AND IT WAS TO ADD INFORMATION ABOUT SPACEWALKS. AS A SPACEWALKING ASTRONAUT

[cumposure]

Btw ​Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch is the youngest at 47yo with the most clocked time in space of the other crew, having set a record for the longest time in space in one mission for a female at 328 days. And is the first female on a lunar mission. As a biologist and engineer she dabbles in inventing tools, and has been awarded an honorary doctorate from her home state university.

Victor is 49yo and the first black man on a lunar mission. Overcoming systemic barriers, victor has obtained 3 masters degrees and 1 bachelor, along with flying over 40 aircraft in combat and peaceful missions.

Jeremy is 50yo and the first Canadian from the Canadian Space Agency on a lunar mission, and this is his first mission in space.

Reid is 50yo and was rejected the first time he applied to NASA, and is now Captain of the crew on his second mission in space. He has also served as chief of of the astronaut office for 2yrs. He and his two daughters have survived his wife (2020).

All four, about to make history on April 6th when they travel farther in space than any human has before, and see parts of the moon no other human has before.

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It is never too late to start and you can always overcome barriers.

Shoot for the moon and you’ll land in the stars, or in their case, fly past it💫

[orangepenguino]

(nyt)

No. I'm fine, really. I'm just ugly crying about Carroll crater. A bright spot on the far side of the moon. I'm fine. I'll stop crying eventually.

[mrtechlab]

Learned recently the Artemis II mission is carrying a 1in. x 1in. piece of the canvas used in the Wright brother’s Flyer, oohhh man. I love technology but I also adore beyond everything the sentiment for the past we attach to advancements, because a lot of people think there’s no need to remember the time we could barely figure out plane flight while blasting off to go briefly orbit the moon.

There’s sometimes a mindset of science purely for advancement, the next big thing, which feels both distinctly human and un-human (inhuman? Uhhhh) It’s our nature to go as far as we can, build until we hit something that can actually stop us. Learn and see it all. But we’re also the people that saw shapes in the stars; we have to give it all meaning. Artemis II is only one part of a much larger plan, but by itself it’s still an incredible feat. Every step of the way has meaning to the world, and taking a single square inch of fabric to make us look back is a really nice reminder of all of it.