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[itsfullofstars]

Truly one of the all-time great launch photos.

📸 Steven Madow

[lonestarflight]

A better view of the launch of Artemis II from LC-39B at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

Date: April 1, 2026

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[nasa]

Introducing the Artemis II Moon Mascot!

With Artemis II just around the corner, it’s time to meet a very important member of the team.

Last year, the Moon Mascot design contest received thousands of submissions from over fifty countries for the zero gravity indicator for the Artemis II mission. This plush item serves a very important purpose — it indicates when the astronauts have reached space by floating around the spacecraft! The zero gravity indicator also reminds the astronauts of Earth when they are far from home.

Ultimately, the Artemis II astronauts selected “Rise,” designed by Lucas Ye of Mountain View, California, as the zero gravity indicator that will fly with the crew around the Moon. “Rise” was inspired by the iconic Earthrise moment from the Apollo 8 mission.

“Rise” has a little pouch that will contain the SD card with the names submitted to the Send Your Name with Artemis campaign — all 5.6 million of them! 

The other top finalists included: 

“Big Steps of Little Octopus,” Anzhelika Iudakova, Finland

“Lepus the Moon Rabbit,” Oakville Trafalgar School, Canada

“Creation Mythos,” Johanna Beck, McPherson, Kansas

“Corey the Explorer,” Daniela Colina, Peru

Artemis II is launching no earlier than April 1 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida and will fly four astronauts — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen — around the Moon and back to Earth. 

You can see “Rise” having a main character moment as the Artemis II astronauts flew to KSC to prepare for launch on Friday, March 27:

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[chimericgene]

smitten

[akuisinsane]

a message to my father

[galaxylover06]

Evil despicable hedgehog forces lab rat to touch nature

[darealsaltysam]

some of my favorite lines of dialogue i've overheard in marvel rivals so far

(keep in mind these are all paraphrased im going off of memory cuz i never have the reflex to screenshot these as they happen oops)

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"I never had kids, but I did have the Avengers. Same thing." - Iron Man spawning in

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"One for me, one for Steven, one for Jake." - Moon Knight after getting a triple kill

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"Can you teach me some of your magic-?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I think you've had enough chaos already." - Loki & Scarlet Witch interaction

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"You have made your father proud, Wanda, my dear." - Magneto when assisting a Scarlet Witch with a kill

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"No one breaks a bargain with me twice."

"So I can do it once?" - Hela & Loki interaction

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"When I said "No More Mutants" you were who I meant, Logan." - Scarlet Witch after killing a Wolverine

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"How did you learn magic?"

"A place called Kamar-Taj."

"Oh so you weren't bitten by, like, a radioactive sorcerer?"

"[Extremely exasperated] Peter, please..." - Doctor Strange & Spiderman interaction

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"Leave real magic to the grown-ups, Ilyana." - Scarlet Witch killing a Magik

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"Nerd win!" - Bruce Banner if he gets a kill in his non-Hulk form

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"Are you fast enough to stop a bullet, if I shot you?"

"Well, you won't be able to. I already dismantled the inner-mechanisms of all of your guns."

"Wh- What?!"

"Now if you behave yourself I might fix them." - Punisher & Magneto interaction

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"So you can talk to rodents?"

"Tippy-Toe seems to think so!"

"Can you try and convince Rocket to clean his bunk?"

"There are some things even I can't do, I'm afraid." - Star-Lord and Squirrel Girl interaction

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"We sense great darkness and chaos within you, woman."

"You're one to talk, Venom."

"No, we... Find it strangely... Attractive."

"...Somehow, that made me want to save this universe less." - Venom & Scarlet Witch interaction

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"It's good to be fighting side by side again, like in the old days."

"Back when you used children as soldiers for your cause?"

"When you put it like that, you make me sound like a terrible father."

"For once, we agree on something." - Magneto & Scarlet Witch interaction

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"[in the sassiest tone you can imagine] Your GOD is SUFFERING!!!" - Loki taking damage

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[i also dont remember the exact dialogue but there IS one with rocket asking to buy bucky's arm. so yes we won there]