J. Gaspard Mwazaz

"I was an experimenter around the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. And after they swept by the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune systems, it was possible to do something I had wanted to do from the beginning, and that is to turn the cameras on one of these spacecraft back to photograph the planet from which it had come. And clearly, there would not be much scientific data from this because we were so far away that the earth was just a point - a pale blue dot. But when we took the picture, there was something about it that seemed to me so - poignant; vulnerable, tiny. And if we had photographed it from a much further distance, it would have been gone, lost against the backdrop of distant stars. And to me, it - I thought there - that's us. That's our world. That's all of us - everybody you know, everybody you love. Everybody you ever heard of lived out their lives there, on a mote of dust in a sunbeam. And it spoke to me about the need for us to care for one another, and also, to preserve the pale blue dot, which is the only home we've ever known. And it underscored the tininess, the comparative insignificance of our world and ourselves." - Carl Sagan, Talk of the Nation : Science Friday

Only one chance in this lifetime… Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him. I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

Malheur à ceux qui détournent les religions et le nom même de Dieu à leurs propres fins militaires, économiques et politiques, en traînant ce qui est saint dans ce qu’il y a de plus sale et de plus ténébreux! #VoyageApostolique #Cameroun vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

In Northern Ghana, hundreds of women accused of witchcraft live in exile. Their voices are at the center of the exhibition 'Ghana: Branded for Life'. As many of them say: “I’m not a witch.” Explore their stories and experiences through this virtual exhibition.

“The Earth is the only world known so far to harbour life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit? Yes. Settle? Not yet. Like it or not, for the moment, the Earth is where we make our stand.”

El corazón de Dios está desgarrado por las guerras, la violencia, las injusticias y las mentiras. Pero el corazón de nuestro Padre no está con los malvados, con los prepotentes, con los soberbios; el corazón de Dios está con los pequeños y los humildes, y con ellos lleva adelante su Reino de amor y de paz, cada día. Donde hay amor y servicio, allí está Dios. #ViajeApostólico #Argelia

@Nath_Yamb Le temps ne s'écoule pas de la même manière pour tout le monde. Il est lent pour les enfants et accélère quand on prend l'âge, et s'arrête pour les endormis et peut-être aussi pour les morts, 🙄

On est déjà mi-avril alors qu’on vient à peine de fêter le nouvel an. J’en viens à me demander s’il n’y a pas une manipulation du temps ces dernières années… Quelqu’un a vérifié si les jours font bien 24 heures???

Now that the Artemis II crew is home, what's next for our Artemis program? We're preparing to launch Artemis missions every year. Artemis III is next up in 2027, with Artemis IV landing on the Moon in 2028. Learn more about the Artemis mission cadence: go.nasa.gov/4voiflP

“We are both clever and stupid in equal measure; capable of understanding the geometry of the universe and yet apparently incapable of managing our own small planet.” — Brian Cox

What the Artemis II astronauts did over the last 10 days was a testament to their bravery. And the fact that they traveled farther from Earth than anyone ever has, re-entered our atmosphere at more than 24,000 mph, and splashed down safely was a testament to human ingenuity. Thanks to everyone at @NASA for making this mission possible, and for taking us along for the ride.

LIVE: They are coming home. Watch as the Artemis II crew returns to Earth, splashing down at around 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11). twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.” — Albert Einstein

El astrofísico Neil deGrasse Tyson lo resume con datos que no admiten mucha discusión: En la época de las cavernas, un ser humano vivía en promedio 30 años. Para 1840, la esperanza de vida apenas había subido a 35. Y eso que todo era “orgánico”: aire puro, agua sin procesar y animales de libre pastoreo. Aun así, la gente moría joven. Lo que realmente disparó la expectativa de vida no fue la “vida natural”, sino la ciencia: vacunas, antibióticos, saneamiento, tecnología médica y conocimiento acumulado. Por eso las expectativas razonables deben alinearse con lo que muestra la evidencia científica. Y si algo enseña la historia es esto: cada vez que confiamos en la evidencia, avanzamos; cada vez que la ignoramos, retrocedemos.

“You can see the surface of the Moon…we just went sci-fi.” On flight day seven, images from our @NASAArtemis II crew amazed, turning science fiction to reality. From the lunar far side to a solar eclipse from the Moon, the views are EVERYTHING. No pressure to pick a favorite.

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One day, we will be out there, among the stars

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

‘Earthrise’ was captured by astronaut William Anders during the Apollo 8 mission, while orbiting the Moon with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. As they witnessed Earth rising above the lunar surface, Anders quickly asked for color film and managed to photograph the scene. The moment became historic, and Anders later reflected, “We came all this way to explore the Moon, and the most important thing is that we discovered the Earth.” The image went on to become a powerful symbol of Earth’s fragility, helping people realize how small and delicate our planet is, and contributing to growing environmental awareness around the world.

“We’ll see you on the other side.” — Houston to the astronauts as they lost contact with them This will last 40 minutes, during which the Moon will completely cover the Earth

Watch humankind break a record. On April 14, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts travelled farther from Earth than any other humans in history and captured this view of the far side of the Moon. Soon, the Artemis II crew will travel farther! Tune in: youtube.com/watch?v=I5Pd7h…