The flightpath wasn't quite good, but I made it to the Moon... or the Mun in the Kerbal world. Now that I've achieved lunar orbit, time to work out how to get back to the Earth... or Kerbin.

#KerbalSpaceProgram #SpaceProgram #TheMoon #Moon #ArtemisII #Space #Gaming

The moon's oldest and darkest craters could be hiding the most water ice. That's good news for future astronauts

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.space.com/astronomy/moon/the-moons-oldest-and-darkest-craters-could-be-hiding-the-most-water-ice-thats-good-news-for-future-astronauts

Artemis II crew speak out at welcome home event: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/12/artemis-ii-crew-speak-out #ArtemisIi #Nasa #Science #UsNews #Space #TheMoon
Artemis II crew on their moon flyby: ‘Earth was this lifeboat hanging in the universe’

Astronauts make first remarks at jubilant welcome home event in Houston after their record-breaking mission

The Guardian

What did the world get out of NASA’s £2,900,000,000 Artemis II mission?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://metro.co.uk/2026/04/12/world-get-nasas-2-900-000-000-artemis-ii-mission-27945711/

Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-nasa-budget-cuts #ArtemisIi #Nasa #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #TheMoon #Space #UsPolitics #UsNews
Jubilant return of Artemis II shadowed by ‘extinction-level’ cuts to Nasa: ‘It’s discordant’

Even as a triumphant moon flyby primes agency for a 2028 landing, Trump’s proposed budget cuts cast pall on US space program

The Guardian
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking | Martin Rees and Donald Goldsmith https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/11/artemis-ii-moon-astronauts-space-robots #ArtemisIi #Space #TheMoon #Nasa #Robots #Science #Technology #UsNews #China #WorldNews #AsiaPacific
Congratulations to the Artemis II crew – but the case for sending astronauts into space is rapidly shrinking

Soon, thanks to the advance of robots, the only reason left to send humans to the moon will be as an ultra-expensive sport, say astronomer royal Martin Rees and astrophysicist Donald Goldsmith

The Guardian