#space flight

[hagenlastkiss]

Artemis II photo album - NASA

[callisto-art]

I had to make some ARTemis! I know this isn't my usual fanart, but I'm a huge space nerd, and I've been watching the Artemis II mission all week, and I felt compelled to make some art for their last day in space.

The Artemis II crew are such incredible, kind, smart people, and they, along with everyone at NASA and CSA on the ground, reignited the spark for exploration of the cosmos and appreciation of our (comparatively) tiny, precious, "spaceship Earth" in so many people. Which I think is beautiful, and incredible, and EXACTLY what humanity needed, right now.

They sent us their love from the moon, and re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere is one of the most dangerous parts of their journey, by far, so let's send them our love from Earth, too! <3

[todaysdocument]

Watching flight of Astronaut Shepard on television.

Collection JFK-WHP: White House PhotographsSeries: Cecil Stoughton's White House Photographs 

Attorney General Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, President Kennedy, Mrs. Kennedy stand around a small television at the White House, Office of the President's Secretary.

[nocternalrandomness]

Artemis II Crew

Right to Left: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hanson

[beardedmrbean]

[vintagepromotions]

1973 Soviet poster celebrating Cosmonautics Day on 12 April, featuring Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who was the first man in space on 12 April 1961 when he launched into orbit on Vostok 1. Artwork by V. Viktorov.

The day is also celebrated internationally as the International Day of Human Space Flight.

[distantlydreamingofwater]

If we as humans can only see for approximately a mile due to the spherical nature of earth creating a horizon, how far can we see in space since it doesnt curve?

[the-football-chick]