"Deflector Shields Up!"

Actual things you know, not like in the movies but impressive if made to work...

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Deployed Electromagnetic Radiation Deflector Shield Creating a Zone of Minimum Radiation and Magnetic/Plasma Effects for Spacecraft - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

Spaceflight outside of the Earth's protective magnetic field is dangerous from a cosmic radiation perspective. Inside Earth's magnetic field, where the manned International Space Station (ISS) orbits, the radiation encountered is minimal and almost all is deflected by our planet's magnetic fields. However, outside that protective shield, the Sun's solar wind (high energy radiation, solar energetic particles or SEPs) consisting of protons, electrons, alpha particles and plasmas continuously bombards the spacecraft for the months or years of spaceflight. On occasion the Sun produces a CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) that vastly increases the energy and volume of this radiation. These particles damage human DNA as well as living tissue and can destroy sensitive electronics. The Deployed Electromagnetic Radiation Deflector Shield (DERDS) provides a magnetic field that will deflect SEPs and CMEs and other harmful solar and cosmic rays away from a manned spacecraft, robotic spacecraft, or manned extra-planetary base stations using an electromagnet that is deployed between the spacecraft/station and the source of radiation and creates a magnetosphere or zone of minimal radiation in which the spacecraft or base station would reside.

Artemis II Lunar Crescent View

April 8, 2026: the Artemis II crew captures a thin lunar crescent as they travel back to Earth. Credit: NASA.

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We’ll see how things go but it seems that #Integrity will end up being the second fastest ever crewed vehicle in the history of humanity. The fastest will remain #CharlieBrown, the #CSM of #Apollo10 commanded by #TomStafford.

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Artemis II Flight Day 10: Crew Completes Final Burn Before Splashdown  - NASA

At 2:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 8 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 4.2 feet-per-second and pushing Artemis II toward Earth. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen reviewed procedures and monitored the spacecraft’s configuration and navigation data.

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A U.S. Navy CMV-22 Osprey is seen as it approaches the flight deck of USS John P. Murtha with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, as NASA and U.S. military teams prepare for the return of the Artemis II mission to Earth, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

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Big takeaways from the Triple‑i Initiative: Windrose is finally heading to early access on 14 April 2026, and Brotato is getting the dinosaur DLC Primal Dread this summer 🦖

They also dropped SpaceCraft (early access 20 May 2026), a new expansion for Barotrauma (September 2026) and a pile of indie reveals, Romestead, Solarpunk, Castlevania and more. TL;DR: trailers, dates and lots of stuff to wishlist.

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Artemis II Flight Day 10: Crew Sets for Final Burn, Splashdown - NASA

The Artemis II crew — NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen — began the final phase of their journey home to the songs “Run to the Water” by Live, selected by the crew, and “Free” by Zac Brown Band, as they prepared for their third return trajectory correction burn and shifted into full re-entry and splashdown preparations. When they woke up, they were 61,326 miles from Earth.

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