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01 Jan 1970
May the 4th Be With You!
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01 Jan 1970
Swipe for a close look at the Artemis II mission patch 🚀 —>
The crew explained the symbolism of their patch: “The Artemis II test flight begins when a mighty team launches the first crew of the Artemis generation. This patch designates the mission as “AII,” signifying not only the second major flight of the Artemis campaign, but also an endeavor of discovery that seeks to explore for all and by all. Framed in Apollo 8’s famous Earthrise photo, the scene of the Earth and the Moon represents the dual nature of human spaceflight, both equally compelling: The Moon represents our exploration destination, focused on discovery of the unknown. The Earth represents home, focused on the perspective we gain when we look back at our shared planet and learn what it is to be uniquely human. The orbit around Earth highlights the ongoing exploration missions that have enabled Artemis to set sights on a long-term presence on the Moon and soon, Mars.“
📸: NASA/Robert Markowitz
Patch designer: Greg Manchess
#Artemis
03 Apr 2025
Caught a fish! Hope you enjoy this round of space fishing for beautiful auroras. If you’re wondering what the reflections in the lower left are, I made a rookie mistake of not having the shroud completely cover the window so you can see some crew activity (the cupola is located adjacent to one of our exercise devices).
20 Jun 2025
We flew over Hurricane Erick this morning (last night for those on Earth), and I caught some of the lightning in the storm. I shoot these at 120 frames per second, and this bolt of lightning stuck around for over 40 frames!
In these pictures, you can see the clear bolt outline, the flash from the discharge, and then another bolt show up just below it. Our Earth, even when storming, is incredible. 🌎 ⚡
18 Jun 2025
So, when I took this aurora, at first I thought that my settings were not correct because the aurora appeared white. I thought maybe the ISO was off, or I picked the wrong lens. Turns out, what I thought was white is actually light pink, and this led me down a path of learning.
Aurora colors are the result of solar particles (think: microscopic sun bullets) interacting with Earth’s magnetospheric electrons (think: a bunch of charged particles which act like a force field around Earth that protect us from direct hits from the sun bullets). When there is a strong solar storm, which is basically a grouping of solar particles headed in our direction, the magnetospheric electrons get bombarded.
While they still do their job of protecting us, they get super energized and are accelerated toward our poles. These now high-velocity electrons then hit different gases in the Earth’s atmosphere, mainly oxygen and nitrogen. When this happens, the gas molecules get excited, jump to a different energy level, and emit light at different wavelengths when they return to their original state. The color of that wavelength depends on the collision impact, type of gas molecule, atmospheric density, and altitude.
Green is the most common aurora color, and it occurs when the electrons hit oxygen molecules between 60-150 miles altitude. If the solar particles hit oxygen but at a higher altitude, above 150 miles, the resultant color is red. This only happens under intense solar storm activity because of the lower density of atomic oxygen at higher altitudes. At lower altitudes during these intense storms, below 60 miles, auroras can appear purple or blue due to electrons hitting nitrogen molecules or pink when they hit slightly higher nitrogen around 60 miles. Auroras can appear other colors due to mixing of these phenomena.
Now when I watch this video, I am amazed by the color variations. This one was very pink-hued!
17 Jun 2025
Sometimes we see lightning strikes that illuminate an entire city at once. This is Singapore last night, and that was a huge thunderstorm. It’s hard to believe, but these pictures were taken all in the span of 1/40 of a second!
16 Jun 2025
Space sushi isn’t quite the same as the fresh stuff on the ground, but it’s not bad! We had a crew celebration recently and one of our crewmates expressed how much they missed sushi (as do I). So we collected and pitched in our personal supplies of fish, spam and rice, coupled with a dash of gochujang and wasabi, which made for a great meal.
One thing you’ll notice that is different about our dinner table is that we orient tape such that the sticky side is facing up. This allows us to stick food, utensils and condiments to our table. Otherwise, everything would float away.
16 Jun 2025
Artemis II crew weekly update June 10–13, 2025. The whole crew – Victor, Christina, Jeremy, and I – spent time in sims refining how we’ll return safely to Earth, while the Air Force trained on how to rescue us if we have an ascent abort off the pad.
Proud to be in this with them. Cheers.
13 Jun 2025
Ground prep, space bound 🌎🚀💫
#Crew11
12 Jun 2025
M+62: We don’t work behind payload racks often, but sometimes maintenance calls for it.
In this case, cleaning out air filters and inspecting seals, and replacing chipsets in our servers, all with the assistance of Mission Control following along with live video.
One thing I’ve come to appreciate with maintenance in space is how much gravity helps keep things where they belong. For example, on the ground, I can simply set my pliers down and I know they won’t disappear. But in space, we have to think before every action, because setting pliers down is a recipe for losing them.
Space is one of the most humbling environments I’ve operated in.
12 Jun 2025
Good evening Toronto, Cleveland, New York, and everyone in between!
11 Jun 2025
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