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The International Space Station (ISS) crosses in front of the Sun’s roiling chromosphere, captured in extraordinary detail by photographer Andrew McCarthy. source

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"I mean, honestly, being human up here is one of the coolest things about this mission. We are just people trying to get by. And for example, we might go look at the far side of the moon and take in its awesomeness… and then go, "Hmm, maybe I should change my socks," and try to dig around for a pair of socks. So this is, uh, this is the dichotomy of human space flight." – Christina Koch, Mission Specialist (x)

@nasa ARTEMIS II SPACE MISSION ↳ RETURN TO HOUSTON (PHOTO 1, 2)

Christina Koch: "[...] a crew is a group that is in it all the time no matter what, that is stroking together every minute with the same purpose, that is willing to sacrifice silently for each other, that gives grace, that holds accountable. A crew has the same cares and the same needs and a crew is inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked. So, when we saw tiny Earth people asked our crew what impressions we had, and, honestly, what struck me wasn’t necessarily just Earth, it was all the blackness around it. Earth was just this lifeboat hanging undisturbed in the Universe. So, I may have not learned, I know i haven’t learned everything that this journey has yet to teach me but there’s one new thing I know, and that is: Planet Earth, you are a c r e w "

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Webb’s latest image is the clearest look at Neptune's rings in 30+ years, and our first time seeing them in infrared light. Take in Webb's ghostly, ethereal views of the planet and its dust bands, rings and moons. (Some of these rings have not been detected since Voyager 2 flew by in 1989!)

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI