Breaking: the astronauts say they only returned to pick up clean socks and underwear and have asked to leave again as soon as possible.

Shiny! Orion's heatshield and Thermal Protection System is reflective, but why? It's because of a coating called silicon oxide (SiOx). Learn more about it here technology.nasa.gov/patent/GSC-TOP… Pic credit: NASA & Fox News

Or one of those coded mechanical puzzles in Alien: Isolation

Hot take: I think a big part of the positive reaction to Artemis II is relief. Not just at the safe return, but that we didn’t peak, as a country or as a species, in the late 60s. We didn’t lose whatever that was. The positive parts of us that did that still exist

I get why everybody’s dunking on Starship rn (plus Elon’s revealed himself to be a garbage human, and the SpX cheer team can be annoying), but Starship is WILDLY more ambitious than SLS

Also this

Investigate Liberty Cathy Engelbert

can I interest anyone in 600lb of charred mylar tape

The US Navy Sailors on the USS John P. Murtha greeting the astronauts of Artemis II with a giant blow up Alien LMAO 😭😭😭🤣🤣

how are the Liberty doing this shit man

FFS if the Liberty can load their roster like this surely the Fever can land Alanna

Oh damn was not prepared for pic of CDR & his kiddos

The real space race right now is between SpaceX, Blue Origin and Axiom Space to see who can have their stuff ready for Artemis III.

Artemis II astronaut Victor Glover received a hero's welcome from his neighbors! 🇺🇸

NASM ☠️

WHAT

When you wake up and realize yesterday was not a dream. Sh*t happened fr.

Wake up babe, new N-1 photos just dropped (well, N-1 pathfinder, but still)

The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room. The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction. The Health guy collects raccoon dicks. It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.

My TL is all Aliyah Boston and her record $6.3M bag and I’m liking every GD post