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For years I've been photographing the moon using @Space_Station's External High Definition Cameras. Yesterday, I was incredibly privileged to do the moon using @NASA_Orion's Solar Array Wing Cameras Ad Lunam y'all

The Artemis II crew captured this image showing the rings of the Orientale basin during their lunar flyby on April 6. At the 10 o’clock position of the Orientale basin, the two smaller craters – which the Artemis II crew has suggested be named Integrity & Carroll – are visible.

THE ARTEMIS II ECLIPSE. April 6, 2026. Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA

"We will always choose each other." Mission control has reacquired signal with the Artemis II crew after the mission’s planned loss of signal. Our astronauts are once again using the Deep Space Network to keep conversation and science data flowing between space and Earth.

REID WISEMAN: “The moon is about 3-4x the size of the Earth and it is almost full, and the Earth is just a small crescent. It’s a majestic view out here.” MISSION CONTROL: “Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! Thank you, Reid.”

"Amaze Amaze Amaze" - MCC-H.

Artemis II astronauts Jeremy Hansen and Reid Wiseman on seeing stars in outer space: "It's hard to see the constellations because there are so many stars out there and the coolest part of those stars is they do not twinkle at all, they almost look fake -- just perfect pinpricks of light."

@HamAG0NY Oh she’s precious 🥹

@KM4Ruth I'm so sorry! She was a cutie pie! This is my little stalker, she just turned 16 in January

I had to put Pattycake to sleep this week. She’d just turned 19, but unfortunately it was time. Doing HF radio won’t be the same without her there investigating what I’m up to or scolding me for not being in bed yet. 💔 I still have a pic from 2016 of her at my first station

@AJamesMcCarthy I had to put my 19 year old kitty to sleep this week and she was such a noisy, chatty one, so seeing this post made me smile that you got to come home to your talkative kitty 😍

He won’t stop talking to me now that I’m finally back home

This photo of Earth is EXTRA spectacular for a good reason... let me explain. Most images you see of Earth from space are the daylight side of the Earth, and it's obviously very bright (see my last image), this means stars are too dim to be seen with that bright exposure setting (low ISO, high shutter and / or stopped down aperture). BUT this image taken by the Orion crew looks so incredible because you can see the sun is BEHIND the earth, meaning it's night time on the side of the earth facing the crew in this image. So how do you expose a night time earth from space? Same way you do on Earth! A mixture of opening up the aperture (F4 in this case), cranking the ISO (51,200 here), and using a relatively long exposure (1/4 of a second). We can see the settings used by looking at the exif data from the camera. What this means is our camera is also sensitive enough to see stars in the background of Earth, leading to an extraordinary image!!! GREAT WORK!!! These are the kind of images I've been so excited to see!

Good morning, world! 🌎 We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon.

That's us! 🌍 The Artemis II crew captured beautiful, high-resolution images of our home planet during their journey to the Moon. As @Astro_Christina put it: "You guys look great."

Artemis II imaged a few minutes ago from my Bortle 7 backyard in southern Australia. The 29x30sec Live Stack shows a distinct pattern of brightening and dimming as the Orion spacecraft headed into a Sagittarius star cloud. The Full Moon added to the imaging challenge. #Artemis

You can actually track the Artemis II mission (and all of NASA's other missions) here, in a digital replica of the solar system from NASA: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-sys…

🚨 This was the Artemis II crew's view this morning from 41,756 miles (67,200 km) up No human has seen a crescent Earth in full since 1972

The Penn State Amateur Radio Club is still looking to fundraise meeting expenses, assistance with licensing exam fees, radio related field trips, and more. If you're interested in helping, we have a donation page active through 05/01! give.psu.edu/amateur-radio-… #hamradio #psu #stem

Pleaseeeeee go see #ProjectHailMary it is literal perfection, a stupendous adaptation of an already stupendous book. I adore Rocky and I cried off and on for the entire last hour of the movie 🥹🥰🥹🥰

RÜFÜS DU SOL TOUR ANNOUNCE 🚨 25 North American dates, starting with The Gorge from June 5 – 6 and including NYC, San Diego, LA, Chicago, and more All info: rufusdusol.com @RufusDuSol

@usernamerva @RufusDuSol Next Tuesday can’t come quick enough!!!!

@KM4Ruth @RufusDuSol And we’ll be there 🙂‍↕️💃

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