Reposted by Taylor Anderson
More context on this #Artemis II image:
* This is the night side, lit by moonlight. You can see city lights in Spain & Portugal, & a sliver of day at lower right
* The Sun is entirely behind Earth, which makes it a kind of solar eclipse, but w/ Earth doing the eclipsing instead of the Moon:
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![MEMORANDUM OPINION February 11. , 2026 [Dkt. #2] United States Senator Mark Kelly, a retired naval officer, has been censured by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth for voicing certain opinions on military actions and policy. In addition, he has been subjected to proceedings to possibly reduce his retirement rank and pay and threatened with criminal prosecution if he continues to speak out on these issues. Secretary Hegseth relies on the well-established doctrine that military servicemembers enjoy less vigorous First Amendment protections given the fundamental obligation for obedience and discipline in the armed forces. Unfortunately for Secretary Hegseth, no court has ever extended those principles to retired servicemembers, much less a retired servicemember serving in Congress and exercising oversight responsibility over the military. This Court will not be the first to do so! Worse still, Secretary Hegseth contends that this Court is not yet competent to decide the issues in this case. He and his fellow Defendants argue that military personnel](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wovz3whdkughp6decczypkqq/bafkreibwrkcfdaslzaym44dyre4vicizh7yyo2225kprf3hjf4hycekoza)
![ORDER February ~ Civil Case No. 26-81 (RJL) 2026 [Dkt. #2] For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum Opinion, it is hereby ORDERED that Plaintiff Mark Kelly's [Dkt. #2] Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Stay under 5 U.S.C. § 705 is GRANTED in part; and it is further ORDERED that Defendants and their agents are preliminarily ENJOINED from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to the Secretarial Letter of Censure dated January 5, 2026 and addressed to Plaintiff ("the Letter"); and it is further ORDERED that Defendants and their agents are preliminarily ENJOINED from implementing, enforcing, or otherwise giving effect to the Department of Navy's Notification of Retirement Grade Determination Proceedings dated January 5, 2026 and addressed to Plaintiff ("the Notification"); and it is further](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wovz3whdkughp6decczypkqq/bafkreifaui2piyaag7mif6xe5vcnraelkogobobua7zaptrlfpkh6nt6ey)
