"It's a special thing to be a human and a special thing to be on planet Earth."

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman and his crewmates, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, have been sharing their insights and experiences of their trip around the Moon now that their feet are solidly back on terra firma. Scientific American has pulled some of their best quotes into a series of very short videos.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/A0Z-xO2igBc

#Artemis #NASA #Moon #Lunar #Astronaut #SCIAM #Science #Humanity #Earth

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Inside NASA’s audacious plan to save a doomed space telescope

NASA’s Swift space telescope is doomed to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere later this year. A daring mission to boost it to safety could have big implications for science
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/inside-nasas-audacious-plan-to-save-a-doomed-space-telescope/

26.3.2026

#astronomy #Astronomie #Katalyst #KatalystSpaceTechnologies #NASA #Pegasus #Raumfahrt #SpaceFlight #SpaceTelescope #Swift #Weltraumteleskop

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NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say
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"U.S. lawmakers are moving to delay the International Space Station’s retirement, giving more time for commercial replacements to be built"

".. a draft measure to the NASA Authorization Act of 2026 that would order the space agency to extend ISS operations through 2032, .."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-must-delay-deorbiting-the-iss-u-s-lawmakers-say/

6.3.2026

#NASA #ISS #Raumfahrt #Raumstation #SpaceFlight #USA

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NASA identifies which astronaut triggered the unprecedented medical evacuation of the ISS

This disclosure comes about a month after NASA made the decision to evacuate the four members of Crew-11 from the International Space Station
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"“I’m doing very well and continuing standard post-flight reconditioning at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,” Fincke said. .."

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-astronaut-mike-fincke-identified-as-suffering-a-medical-event-on-iss/

25.2.2026

#Crew11 #ISS #JSC #MikeFincke #NASA #Raumfahrt #Raumstation #SpaceFlight

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Scientists Denounce Trump’s Plan to Kill Crucial Atmospheric Science Center

The U.S. government is dismantling the National Center for Atmospheric Research, jettisoning key climate science projects in the process
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-decry-trumps-plan-to-kill-crucial-atmospheric-science-center/

17.12.2025

#Boulder #climate #climatechange #Klima #Klimakrise #Klimawandel #NCAR #science #UCAR #USA #Wissenschaft #Wissenschaftsfeindlichkeit

See #Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science in These Handy Charts

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-vaccine-recommendations-backed-by-science-in-these-handy-charts/

Because Bobby Brainworms is okay with you getting sick and/or dying of preventable diseases and has gutted US vaccine recommendations.

#RFKjr #CDC #WHO #SciAm

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Are We Ready for Death in Space?

NASA has quietly taken steps to prepare for a death in space. We need to ask how nations will deal with this inevitability now, as more people start traveling off the planet
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-nasa-ready-for-death-in-space/

3.6.2025

#death #HRCU #ISS #NASA #Raumfahrt #Raumstation #SpaceFlight #Tod