Andrew Fraser-Urquhart KC

@WMX_MEDIA Nice AI. This shows an F-18, so obviously not today’s incident.

لحضة اسقاط الطائرة الامريكية من قبل الحرس الثوري الايراني مباشر كيف تم استهدافها بصاروخ ارض جو مطور

@GBX_Press Very convincing AI. Shame it shows an F-18.

🚨‼️ BREAKING 💥 The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) announce the downing of an American F-15 fighter jet on Qeshm Island.

@RDPHistory No TV in Parliament back then. I well remember, as a 13 year-old boy, listening to the debate - exceptionally on a Saturday - on the radio. Extraordinarily dramatic. Wish the BBC would publish a full recording.

April 2nd 1982: Margaret Thatcher puts on a brave face and denounces the "illegal usurpation of British Sovereignty" in the Commons, receiving the full backing of Parliament to respond to the Argentine invasion. Tomorrow, the UK will lobby the UN for support to go to war.

@efeortega Actually, Apollo 9 was an earth orbit test of the lunar module.

Asi fue el proyecto Apollo (1967-72) que nos llevo a la luna en 1969 Apollo 1 (destruido en tierra) Apollo 2, 3, 4, 5 y 6 (pruebas no tripuladas) Apollo 7 (prueba con tripulación, orbita terrestre) Apollo 8, 9 y 10 (pruebas en orbita lunar) Apollo 11 (primer alunizaje) >>

@lookner You mean “trouble shit”, I think.

NASA says it will take a few hours to troubleshoot the Artemis toilet

@mrstevenallen Actually, the exchange was between M and Q: “My God, what’s Bond doing?” “ I think he’s attempting re-entry, “Sir”. So there.

The best space quote is... M: 007, what do you think you're doing? Q: It looks like he's attempting re-entry, sir.

@OnDisasters After a day of mostly very unfunny and often completely tasteless April Fools, this stands out as a very good one 👏

OTD in 1980: Trans American Flight 209, a B-707, lands safely in Chicago (US) after crew was incapacitated by food poisoning. An ex-fighter pilot traveling as a passenger, along with a flight attendant, took control, supported by an ATC specialist and a former USAF captain.

@NASA Shame you screwed up the launch coverage so badly

For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound. At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. go.nasa.gov/4tlRfRS

@astro_jaz Except without the drive of Apollo. It will be several years before another Artemis launch. The first manned Apollo (7) to the landing of Apollo 11 was about a year. And even this mission is far less ambitious than Apollo 8 - which did not just do a flyby but did 10 orbits

this is like apollo for all of us who weren’t alive during the actual apollo missions

@vikrambuilds @NASA @NASAKennedy Except those who delivered the coverage of the launch. Shockingly bad.

@NASA @NASAKennedy Congratulations to the whole NASA team

We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@Cyclone_Oz @NASA @NASAKennedy Disgraceful coverage. It’s like they’d never covered a launch before. Even missed srb sep to show us some bozos in deckchairs

@NASA @NASAKennedy That camera work is going to be criticized for the rest of human history.

@alexboge Except that Artemis won’t be entering lunar orbit, unlike Apollo 8. That’s a pretty fundamental difference.

Because this is reality and not a hoax, you don’t just land on the Moon on the very first flight with new equipment. So, just like the last time we went and eventually landed, NASA build up to it. Artemis I = uncrewed test (Just like Apollo 4 and Apollo 6) Test the rocket. Test reentry. Prove the system works. Artemis II = crewed lunar flight (Just like Apollo 8) First crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit. Navigate to the Moon. Enter lunar orbit. Operate in deep space. Return safely at lunar reentry speeds. This isn’t new. It’s how you don’t kill astronauts.

@RAF_Luton Could be the best April Fools of the day 🤣

Photo of the Day: Canberra PR9 from 39Sqn taking off from RAF Marham (Norfolk) on the 21st May 2002 using a Nikon D1 and a 70-200 f2.8 lens (125th/sec at f8) Photographed by RAF Photographer

@SangitaMyska Btw, if you’re heading down towards Hiroshima (or even if not) try and get to the Washuzan Observation site. The views across the Inland Sea are beyond spectacular - it’s about 3 hours drive from Kyoto.

@AFU_KC First full day of rain today. Otherwise it’s been fab!

Posting this incase you need a timeline cleanse or a little pick-me-up: Kyoto and surrounding area.

@RobBfromDerby My God, these people!

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@CcibChris Be aware that I have seen that hand signal used in France to denote the female genitalia, so be cautious about assuming it’s an OK symbol. He may not approve of spotters.l 🤣

Can anyone tell me what the French WSO is trying to tell us on the hill please? I'm used to rock horns! credit embedded

@SangitaMyska Looks like you’re having much the same weather we did! It’s very atmospheric in the mist.

@AFU_KC We’re off there tomorrow morning Andrew!

@SangitaMyska Btw, if you haven’t already, go and visit the hillside with the Shinto gates going all the way up … it’s stunning. Can’t remember the name but it’s very well known.

@SangitaMyska Yes, it’s beautiful!

@paulafr68963440 What a cretinous take on the situation

Starmer’s blown it with America so he’s running back to Europe.