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Welcome Home, Explorers!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Artemis, inspiration, NASA, space exploration on April 11, 2026| Leave a Comment »
It’s That Time!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Artemis, Earth, moon, NASA, science, space, space exploration on April 10, 2026| Leave a Comment »
Today is the day, folks, when our friendly neighborhood astronauts make their (hopefully trouble-free) return to our home planet.
As we wait for splashdown, anticipated to be just after 8pm EDT tonight, here is an interactive look at What’s Inside NASA’s Mission Control.
And to save you from tracking down one of the many (many) space-themed Artemis links I’ve put up over the past couple of days, you can watch tonight’s homecoming here starting at 6:30pm EDT!
NASA’s Artemis II Crew Comes Home (Official Broadcast) | NASA+
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Fingers Crossed!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2026, Artemis, inspiration, NASA, science, space, space exploration on April 1, 2026| Leave a Comment »
NASA’s Artemis II mission is (as of right now!) still a go. Here’s a site with a countdown to launch and a tracker for when it happens.
Artemis II Mission Tracker | Live Orion 3D Timeline
And here’s a video on the mission in case you didn’t get enough background material yesterday.
And here are a couple of Artemis-themed games to play, just for fun: Artemis Game Hub
Just over six hours now if all goes well. Fingers crossed!
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An Astronaut’s Closet
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2024, astronauts, NASA, space, space exploration on May 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »
What’s in an astronaut’s closet? (And seriously, how do scratch your face in one of those things?)
All this and more answers to your space-suit-related questions below!
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The Labyrinth of Night
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, Mars, science, space exploration on October 20, 2023| Leave a Comment »
Today, a trip to a most excellently named location on Mars, courtesy of the European Space Agency’s Mars Express satellite program.
Fly across Mars’s ‘labyrinth of night’ with Mars Express
The video begins on a rotating full-globe of Mars, with white polar caps and mottled tan surface visible. It then zooms in on the westernmost part of the large Valles Marineris canyon system, a region highlighted by a white box, and swaps to a new Mars Express visualisation of Noctis Labyrinthus. The camera then flies slowly across a landscape that is broken apart by deep intersecting valleys and canyons.
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Space News!
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, NASA, science, space exploration on October 13, 2023| Leave a Comment »
In less than an hour, NASA is set to launch Psyche, a mission to an asteroid with lots and lots of bling, arrival date in 2029.
Set to launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Psyche will travel across the solar system to an asteroid of the same name, which has unusually high metal content. Scientists hope understand why this is so, and to help answer fundamental questions about Earth’s own metal core and the formation of our solar system.
— Psyche – NASA
All of those important fundamental questions, yes. But you know they are also going to look for the shiny shiny.
For more on the mission:
6 Things to Know About NASA’s Asteroid-Exploring Psyche Mission – NASA
Can’t wait until 2029 to get into all things Psyche? Get Involved Opportunities | NASA Psyche Mission
(I particularly like the examples of #PsycheSpaceCRAFTY.)
Watch the launch live:
(Good news from the future: New mission to metal-rich asteroid Psyche successfully blasts off!)
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A Bold Mission
Posted in Science!, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, 25% Canadian, Artemis, free fiction, genre fiction, inspiration, NASA, science, space exploration, Thoughts, Writers on April 4, 2023| Leave a Comment »
NASA recently released the Artemis II roster for the next crewed lunar mission. As one article put it, “this is not your grandfather’s moon mission” and that’s a good thing. The crew is 25% female, 25% African American, and even (gasp!) 25% Canadian! (Think you too have what it takes? Here’s a link to get started: Astronaut Selection Program | NASA. Good luck!)
Why go to space? There are a lot of potential answers. Given the complex, diverse and fascinating future of exploration, here’s a collection of stories and essays that address this very question.
Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures from ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination
Stories by: Madeline Ashby, Steven Barnes, Eileen Gunn, Ramez Naam, Carter Scholz, Karl Schroeder, Vandana Singh
Essays by: Jim Bell, Lawrence Dritsas, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton, Emma Frow, Roland Lehoucq, Andrew D. Maynard, Clark A. Miller, Deji Bryce Olukotun, Steve Ruff, William K. Storey, Sara Imari Walker, G. Pascal Zachary
Interview with: Kim Stanley Robinson
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How to Rocket
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2023, inspiration, research, science, space exploration on February 7, 2023| Leave a Comment »
And So We Wait
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Artemis, NASA, space exploration on September 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
You may have heard that NASA scrubbed the Artemis moon launch for technical reasons. The good news is that the launch will be rescheduled.
NASA could again try to launch Artemis moon mission as soon as late September : NPR
Until then, we wait.
Why Is NASA’s Hold Music So Catchy? – The Atlantic
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Because It’s Hard
Posted in Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Artemis, inspiration, NASA, space exploration on August 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »
This morning at 8:33 a.m. EDT (12:33 GMT), NASA’s Artemis rocket is set to launch for the moon.
Watch NASA’s Artemis 1 moon launch online today | Space
The space agency will host Artemis 1 launch webcast on Aug. 29 to showcase the uncrewed launch on NASA’s first Space Launch System megarocket from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
As of this writing, live updates have begun. Weather forecasts are good but there is an engine issue. Engineers are working the problem but some delays are expected.
The fact that humanity has been going into space, and to the moon, for decades doesn’t mean it’s easy. And that’s ok.
“I don’t need easy. I just need possible.”
— Katie Bone, 16-year old nationally-ranked athlete and Type 1 diabetic
Follow launch live updates or watch it on NASA’s livestream now.
Update: Today’s launch has been scrubbed. More later!
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