"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

"It's a special thing to be a human."

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Top climate scientist Kate Marvel just resigned from NASA. Here's why

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talked to Scientific American about her decision to leave NASA amid federal government turmoil and funding challenges

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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

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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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

NASA must delay deorbiting the ISS, U.S. lawmakers say

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

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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

NASA identifies astronaut Mike Fincke as triggering 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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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

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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NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft didn’t phone home as expected on December 6
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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-loses-signal-from-critical-mars-orbiter/

10.12.2025

#Mars #Marsorbiter #MAVEN #NASA #Raumfahrt #Raumsonde #SpaceFlight

NASA Loses Signal from Critical Mars Orbiter

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft didn’t phone home as expected on December 6

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SciAm usually does a good job explaining things but this is just so exceptionally well done I feel a need to boost it. #SciAm #fusionpower #greenenergy

How Three Fusion Reactor Desig...
How Three Fusion Reactor Designs Could Power Tomorrow

Inertial confinement reactors, stellarators and tokamaks each have pros and cons

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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.

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See Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science in These Handy Charts

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

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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

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Is NASA 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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