I seem to be in a bit of a #space mood 🪐🔭 at the moment 😅, so I remembered that I once visited the #Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC and wrote a short blog post about it. I thought I would share it again here:
🌍 https://www.fabriziomusacchio.com/blog/2021-05-03-smithsonian/
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Artigos da Semana 301
Enquanto o mundo está o mesmo de sempre com arranca-rabo de todo lado eleições com novos parasitas mantendo as mesmas políticas de sempre e um festival de inutilidades postadas nos jornais, vocês devem me agradecer por trazer coisas que realmente importam,e elas estão aqui, nos artigos da semana: […]
If you're a bit of a space geek, or "of an age" where you remember the early Apollo flights, this might be of interest.
A creator put together an "ambience" video that is just the spacecraft and flight directors' NASA control room chatter from the undocking of the Apollo 11 lunar lander from the command module to the first step on the moon. No music.
It had me holding my breath from the "Go for landing" to the touchdown. I mean, I know the ending, but it still grabbed me by the ear holes.
Interestingly, the Apollo 11 mission patch, designed by Collins, is one of only two to NOT include the names of the astronauts; the idea was that the patch represented the thousands of people involved with the mission, not just the astronauts, and emphasised the mission's theme of "For all mankind".
Apollo 13 was the other nameless patch, and Lovell had a concept in mind: "Ex Luna, Scientia" emphasising the knowledge gained.
Humans first left Terra's gravity in December, 1968, onboard Apollo 8.
Now, 57½ years later in 2026, we've done it again. Most of the people involved with the Artemis program were either very young kids or not yet born in 1968, so it's the "first time" for them.
Ugh. I'm old. And looking forward to the next lunar landing.
A vez da irmã mais nova visitar a Lua
Se você cresceu achando que ir à Lua era basicamente “apontar o foguete e acelerar até chegar”, a NASA tem uma notícia ligeiramente desconcertante: nos anos 60, era quase isso mesmo. O programa Apollo, aquele monumento tecnológico erguido no meio da Guerra Fria, operava na base do que engenheiros chamam, com admirável eufemismo, de “brutalidade elegante”: gastar uma quantidade obscena de energia para resolver o problema rápido. O foguete Saturno V tinha a mesma sutileza filosófica de um rinoceronte em choque com um muro, mas chegava lá. Mais de meio século depois, a NASA olha para o mesmo destino e decide fazer algo que soa quase ofensivo para o espírito apressado do século XXI: dar uma volta maior, mais lenta, mais calculada. E não, isso não é regressão, é sofisticação; e a diferença entre as duas abordagens se esconde num detalhe que a maioria das pessoas nunca percebe no telão da transmissão ao vivo: o caminho. […]https://ceticismo.net/2026/04/11/a-vez-da-irma-mais-nova-visitar-a-lua/
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On the far side, an area of interest for me, is Tsiolkovsky Crater. Apollo 15 took photos of it.
Destination Moon
Earth from Artemis II.Every week, I leave for the gym at 5 AM. But this week was different. This past week, Artemis II was on its way to the Moon. It’s a space mission NASA hasn’t performed since Apollo 17 in 1972. With the Moon visible in the night sky and generally favorable weather, I found myself looking up every morning, wondering about this historic mission. Somewhere between Earth and the Moon, four astronauts were in a space vehicle the size of two minivans combined, taking mankind farther into space than any previous mission. After an epic journey around the Moon, the Orion space capsule splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean at 8:07 PM on April 10.
Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon.Ever since I watched the later Apollo missions in the early 1970s, I have been enraptured by the space program. From the sheer capabilities involved in launching a spacecraft to the technological advances civilization has enjoyed because they were either invented or perfected for the space program, NASA has been responsible for projecting what we, as a species, are truly capable of. Sending a human off the planet into space and returning them safely to Earth was enshrined in history by the late President Kennedy when he stated to a Joint Session of Congress in 1961, “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”
As the Artemis II crew flew over the terminator, the astronauts described this boundary between day and night as “anything but a straight line.”While I have seen the Space Shuttle land and have visited the Kennedy Space Center on two occasions, I have yet to witness a live rocket launch. It’s easy to understand what inspires people to pursue a career in the space program. When you see vehicles such as the shuttle or a Saturn V rocket (Apollo/Saturn V Center), you can’t help but appreciate the inspiration to accomplish such feats of engineering and the pride in one’s country that can harness the intelligence and willpower necessary to achieve what was only envisioned in science fiction movies (Destination Moon).
Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun.The Artemis missions will continue, with Artemis III scheduled for a mid-2027 launch, during which they will test two landers, one from SpaceX and the other from Blue Origin. From there, NASA plans to launch Artemis IV in early 2028, which will return humanity to the Moon’s surface. Artemis V is planned for the end of 2028, with annual missions thereafter, with the goal of building a Moon base. It would be grand if they called it Moon Base Alpha after the TV series Space: 1999!
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover pictured here in the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II lunar flyby.While I don’t foresee myself traveling into space (never say never!), I have channeled my fondness for the space program into fiction. When I created and launched the First World Universe with First World in 2007 and First Signal in 2021, I blended science fact with science fiction to tell a story that has now been watched by millions worldwide.
Earthrise captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 7:22 p.m. ET during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon’s far side.Whether one is part of the science fact or fiction community, one thing I have realized over the years is that we all imagine the impossible and either accomplish it with an actual space launch or write about it in such a way that it becomes believable. For as long as mankind has imagined what’s on the other side, whether it’s Leif Erikson discovering North America or writer H.G. Wells theorizing the internet, there is virtually no limit to what’s possible.
The Artemis II crew captures an image of a crescent Earth on their journey around the Moon.Thank you to the Artemis II crew and to the thousands of ground crew and scientists who made such a mission possible. In a world of conflict and challenges, all of us can look to space with hope and be…
Inspired.
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