NSFVoyager2I’ve had some questions about the FY26 budget. Here’s the proposed budget’s impact on the Heliophysics fleet. Bold red: canceled. Regular red: reduced. Orange: reduced & transferred. No mark: continues. Voyager will be canceled under this plan.
Dr. Jennifer Levasseur
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Public historian, curator of the Space Shuttle and ISS at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, mom of two awesome boys, lover of hockey and all things Star Wars
Dwight Silverman
Just devastating to see historians, colleagues, public servants, and preservers of the work and memories of government agencies, just be casually dismissed with barely a nod. It's now May, months into this "purge," and it's hitting home now how little value my field has in the eyes of some on the other side of the political gulf. That includes my own family members, who still have yet to make one mention of this assault on public service and research to me - the lack of empathy is horrifying.
NASA
Associated PressNASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-astronauts-all-female-spacewalk-d2dfe696bfaaef8bae8de27cd846355a?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk
An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later. NASA's Anne McClain emerged from the International Space Station on Thursday alongside Nichole Ayers. They launched to the orbiting lab in March to replace NASA's two stuck astronauts, who are now back home. During their spacewalk, the pair will prepare the space station for new solar panels and move an antenna. McClain should have taken part in the first all-female spacewalk in 2019, but there weren't enough medium-size suits. The latest was the fifth all-female spacewalk in 60 years of spacewalking.
The Oatmeal
jdmccafferty
Gotta love historians debating if something is or is not an embroidered penis:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapestry-historian-genitalia-dispute
Donncha Ó CaoimhThe Tree in Muckross Abbey
When you visit Muckross Abbey in Killarney, one thing that immediately catches your eye is the magnificent tree that grows right in the middle of the building. The tree is so large that it almost looks like it’s part of the abbey, as if the building had grown around it over time.
https://inphotos.org/2023/03/29/the-tree-in-muckross-abbey/
#photo #Photography #Ireland #Killarney #MuckrossAbbey #BlarneyPhotogrpahyClub
NASA Astronaut Don Pettit to Discuss Seven-Month Space Mission https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-astronaut-don-pettit-to-discuss-seven-month-space-mission/ #NASA #InternationalSpaceStationISS #Astronauts #HumansInSpace #ISSResearch #JohnsonSpaceCenter
