Artemis 2 captures historic 'Earthset' photo | Space photo of the day for April 7, 2026
Artemis 2 captures historic 'Earthset' photo | Space photo of the day for April 7, 2026
Astronaut Victor Glover is the latest in a long line of Black American explorers − including York, the enslaved man who played a key role in the Lewis and Clark expedition
My life is roughly the era of #HumanSpaceFlight. Yuri Gagarin flew about 2 years before my birth. The first human #moonLanding was when I was 6. Now #ArtmeisII is doing the first human lunar flyby in over 50 years.
I wish they'd just stop. Go home to earth!
Human space flight has appalled me since before my teens, when I wzs first pushed to form a view. The species that wrecks earth should stay home and fix its own planet. The vast costs of space travel are a disgrace.
Stop it. Go Home!
Sometimes such flares ☀️ are accompanied by outbursts of high-energy radiation ☢️ particles, which can travel near the speed of light and would easily penetrate space vehicle shielding 🛡️. High energy #radiation particles can be a cause of malfunctions in computers and electronics, and they also pose #health risks for #astronauts 🧑🚀 https://www.surrey.ac.uk/news/solar-flare-prompts-close-monitoring-space-weather-ahead-artemis-ii-launch
#RadiationProtection #HumanSpaceflight #SpaceWeather #Artemis #NASA
☀️ 30 March 2026 The eruption came from a magnetically complex #sunspot group now rotating further into Earth's view — meaning any continued activity could have more direct impacts ☢️ on Earth and #Artemis 2 https://www.space.com/astronomy/sun/powerful-x-class-solar-flare-triggers-radio-blackout-ahead-of-artemis-2-launch

Le 15 janvier dernier, le tout premier retour en urgence de l'ISS a été ordonné par la Nasa pour raison médicale. On sait enfin ce qui est arrivé à 400 km au-dessus de nos têtes : un astronaute en excellente santé est devenu incapable de parler. Un cas inédit d'aphasie dans l'espace.
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