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Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Our A2 science team similarly had to simulate views for months to prepare the crew for shots like this. The beautiful point imho is that humans on crewed AND robotic missions are taking time to capture the wonder along with the baseline data.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The Artemis II mission reminds me of these 1960s photos of NASA astronauts training in Iceland because they felt the terrain would be similar to what they'd encounter on the moon. The outfits are so great, even some 60 years later.

Photo of three men standing on top of rocky terrain. One is wearing a blue zip-up jacket with a blue chambray shirt and tan chinos. One is wearing a green-black checkered jacket with red chamois shirt, white pants, and cowboy hat. The other is wearing a blue parka with with blue jeans.

Two photos. In the first, three men are wearing bomber jackets with blue or white jeans. In the second image, one man is wearing an off white (possibly chamois?) shirt with blue jeans. Another is wearing a blue denim trucker with blue jeans. A third is wearing a blue quilted parka.

Two photos of groups of men. They are wearing Nordic sweaters, olive bomber jackets, flight suits, black-green checkered jackets, cowboy hats, beanies, and jeans.

Two photos. In one, there's a man wearing a brown tweed with a checked shirt. In the other photo, men are wearing bomber jackets and high-waisted cotton pants.

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Nature @nature.com · 09/04/2026

On Monday this week, as four humans flew around the far side of the Moon, Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze sat at the heart of the Artemis II mission’s science operations. Here's what she saw. go.nature.com/4dE5gpv

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I was with Artemis II’s scientists during the Moon fly-by. Here’s what I saw

Nature correspondent Alexandra Witze describes the joy and tension at mission control in Houston.

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Two main types of rock exposed on the lunar surface. The dark maria are basalt, the same type of black lava rock that flows from Iceland and Hawai`i volcanoes. The lighter highlands are anorthosite, made mostly of gray plagioclase feldspar, labradorite. Lots of kitchens have labradorite countertops!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026

A few have suggested that some aspects of this mission--joy, international teamwork, diversity--are being played up to stick it to the hateful attitude of the administration. But I don't think it's that. I think it's just that those things are essential to and inseparable from a mission like this.

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barbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I am so thrilled to share this guide to the observations that the #ArtemisII crew will be making during their closest approach to the Moon!! I hope you'll follow along! science.nasa.gov/resource/art...

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Artemis II Lunar Targeting Plan - NASA Science

A guide to the Artemis II Lunar Targeting Plan (the astronauts' Moon observing assignment).

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SpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Science finds a place on Artemis 2 While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission.

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Science finds a place on Artemis 2

While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission.

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Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 07/03/2024

little fact: The Earth’s core (both solid and liquid) could fit 8 Earth Moons within it

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Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

As a Principle Component Analysis hater, I gotta admit that Spotify Wrapped’s sorting of the gays between Burlington and Berkeley is an actually good PCA application if that’s how they did it. Brava

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Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

My dream is to one day be described with the phrase “Like an ursine Sarah Connor” (Congrats to 128 Grazer for winning Fat Bear Week) www.npr.org/2023/10/11/1...

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