Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026We did a thing: science.nasa.gov/feature/arte...science.nasa.govArtemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report - NASA ScienceWhat did four NASA astronauts see, notice, and document as they traveled around the Moon? Here's your guide to Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report. 041
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026👀 sometimes congress thinks the whole first month should be a holiday 230
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 13/04/2026I don’t know if this helps, but on the Space to Space call between Artemis and ISS, the station crew *did* report they all went to the farthest side of station to be as far apart as possible! Maybe adds a couple meters? 051
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026On the science team, we knew just how important preparing for these views was because so many of us come from robotic missions and are right now preparing for the next bunch of robotic missions. 062
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Our 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. 27617
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I have faith you’ll take the throne back soon enough 😉 020
Reposted by Jacob Richardsonderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/04/2026The 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. 1154788556
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026😂 it was a team effort. Our whole lunar science team rocks 120
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Lmaoooo, this is the feed our science officer uses to see our room. So all my weird dances and stuff were so I could respond to her without clogging up the really tight comms. Turns out it was also live across the world! 😅 1180
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 10/04/2026That’s not half of it, she’s pretty much the most capable human I know and every day I get to work with her is my favorite day at work. 210
Reposted by Jacob RichardsonNature @nature.com · 09/04/2026On 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/4dE5gpvgo.nature.comI was with Artemis II’s scientists during the Moon fly-by. Here’s what I sawNature correspondent Alexandra Witze describes the joy and tension at mission control in Houston. 112439
Reposted by Jacob RichardsonEmily Lakdawalla 🏳️⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Two 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! 24710
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Hey just fyi if you were watching our room feed, it was actually a computer visualization I had our own Ernie Wright make so we could prepare for some opportunistic imaging. Real moon pics should arrive soon!! 120
Reposted by Jacob RichardsonKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 07/04/2026A 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. 17188401293
Reposted by Jacob Richardsonbarbylon @barbylon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026I 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...science.nasa.govArtemis II Lunar Targeting Plan - NASA ScienceA guide to the Artemis II Lunar Targeting Plan (the astronauts' Moon observing assignment). 424584
Reposted by Jacob RichardsonSpaceNews @spacenewsinc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Science 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.spacenews.comScience finds a place on Artemis 2While the Artemis 2 mission is primarily a test flight, the four astronauts on board will conduct some science during the nearly 10-day mission. 072
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 07/03/2024little fact: The Earth’s core (both solid and liquid) could fit 8 Earth Moons within it 010
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 29/11/2023As 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 100
Jacob Richardson @jacobrichardson.bsky.social · 12/10/2023My 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... 040
