🌓 When Big Meteors Strike the Moon, they Create Instant Lava Flows 🌗

Space rocks hammer the Moon at speeds faster than 12 km/s. Kinetic energy is converted into heat, melting rock into lava. It sprays onto crater walls and the surrounding area, then flows downhill like volcanic eruptions on Earth, spreading out across the surface of the Moon. In one impact, the lava flowed for 18 kilometers, measuring over 50 meters thick at some points.

http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/posts/1156

🚀 Splashdown! Orion Returns to Earth 🚀

On Saturday at 9:40 am PST, NASA's Orion capsule landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

It had completed a 2.2 million km journey around the Moon, sending home pictures.

When it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere, it was going 40,000 km/h and slowed down to 32 km/h when it landed in the ocean.

There will be a delay before we see Artemis II, but there'll be humans on board this time.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/splashdown-nasa-s-orion-returns-to-earth-after-historic-moon-mission

New Artemis I Launch Footage from NASA

The launch footage of Artemis I just gets better and better. Today NASA released a new supercut of clips from the SLS launch.

We see the initial launch from various vantage points, including the rocket itself. The separation of the boosters and upper stage.

We even see the Moon from the perspective of the rocket. This is what we were waiting for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDF4wCTZUHE

Is there an interface that lets you see #Mastodon in an RSS-like view? Instead of just scrolling back through all the posts, I'd love to see them in a way that's similar to RSS.

I am aware that every Mastodon account also generates an #RSS feed, so I'll probably do that, but I was looking for something more integrated.