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spaceflight-insider · 7 months

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What's next for NASA's Artemis program?

The Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at Kennedy Space Center’s (KSC) Launch Pad 39B, on the morning of March 18, 2022. Credit: Scott Johnson / Spaceflight Insider KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Late last year, NASA successfully launched its first Space Launch System rocket, propelling an uncrewed Orion capsule on a flight to a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. That was Artemis…

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#Artemis 2 #Artemis 3 #Artemis program #Human Space Flight #Kennedy Space Center #Marshall Space Flight Center #NASA #Orion #Space Launch System #SpaceX #The Range #United Launch Alliance

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humanspaceflightday · 16 days

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UNITED KINGDOM -Yuri’s Night – London.

Yuri’s Night, a project of The SpaceKind Foundation, is a nonprofit organization that leverages the wonder of space to inspire and educate the next generation of explorers. Its flagship event, Yuri’s Night: The World Space Party, takes place annually in April. It represents a unique fusion of space-themed celebration and educational outreach. Each year, around April 12th, the organization honors the milestones of human space exploration: Yuri Gagarin’s historic journey into space on April 12, 1961, and the inaugural launch of the first Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981.

The goal of Yuri’s Night is to increase public interest in space exploration and to inspire a new generation of explorers. Driven by space-inspired artistic expression and culminating in a worldwide network of annual celebrations and educational events, Yuri’s Night creates a global community of people committed to shaping the future of space exploration while developing responsible leaders and innovators with a global perspective. These global events are a showcase for elements of culture that embrace space including music, dance, fashion, and art. The event celebrates the richness of humanity’s endeavours in music, art, science, culture, and collaboration, utilizing space as a unifying force to bring people together and illuminate the path ahead. Yuri’s Night parties occur worldwide, ranging from techno-infused gatherings at NASA Centers to cozy stargazing sessions at local colleges or casual gatherings with friends in different cities and countries.

Yuri’s Night is coming to London this year after a long wait! Join us on April 12th at Dockside Vaults to celebrate the International Day of Human Space Flight with fellow space enthusiasts, artists, musicians, scientists, engineers, and leaders. Attendees are encouraged to bring their space festive spirit and join the world space party!

Date And Time 2024-May-10 @ 06:30 PM to 2024-May-10 @ 12:30 AM Registration End Date: 2024-May-10 Location: Dockside Vaults, Ivory House, London E1W 1AT, UK

#united kingdom #yuri's night #human space flight #Networking #outer space #ukspace #12 april #International Day of Human Space Flight

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appalachianfuturism · 1 year

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“The goal of this essay is to persuade you that we shouldn’t send human beings to Mars, at least not anytime soon. Landing on Mars with existing technology would be a destructive, wasteful stunt whose only legacy would be to ruin the greatest natural history experiment in the Solar System.”

#mars #mars mission #human space flight

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anumberofhobbies · 2 years

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fut-Mars_v_bw_o_n (Martin Co. photo & NASA-S-64-3916) by Mike Acs Via Flickr: "CREWMEN ASSEMBLE MARS VEHICLE" THIS is what I'm talkin' about. All kinds of improbable but way cool things going on in this image. Although this is a “vintage glossy photo”, closer examination reveals a grainy appearance, indicating that NASA whoevers may have reproduced it from a book or a lithograph-like version of it. Wonderful: twitter.com/tempest_books/status/1277149736953356288 Credit: 'Tempest Books'/Twitter AND...it's by Dick Locher! Prior to my below linked Apollo CSM depiction...familiar to a few I hope...I had absolutely no idea who “Locher”, was, or that he was a fellow veteran…a USAF test pilot at that…let alone a Pulitzer Prize winner…or even the Dick Tracy thing 😉 , until I saw Dan Beaumont’s photos! Thank you Mr. Beaumont! Understandably, there is no shortage of information on Mr. Locher online. Just a few: www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-dick-locher-obi... Credit: “Chicago Tribune” online website www.tcj.com/the-locher-legend/ Credit: “The Comics Journal” website As if all of the above weren’t enough, per the following link, Mr. Locher “devised a device used on the Apollo mission to the moon”, according to a woman by the name of Marilyn K. Nash. While I’m dubious of such, if there’s someone that could’ve pulled it off, Mr. Locher would’ve been a good candidate: www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=LOCHER,_Richard Encyclopedia Dubuque website Thank you for your service Mr. Locher, in many different ways…Rest In Peace.

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redmarqar · 15 days

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catching stars

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 engineer #this one was for the international day of human space flight actually #aka cosmonautics day #the more you know lmao

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lovelesslittleloser · 2 years

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Alien: what are human’s instinctive reactions to danger?

Human 1: fight or flight!

Human 2, deadpan: run, hit, talk shit

Alien:

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gordopickett · 15 days

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Happy International Day of Human Space Flight from my favorite fictional astronaut. 👨‍🚀🚀🌕

#for all mankind #gordo stevens #michael dorman #international day of human space flight #astronaut #outer space #space #moon #jamestown 91 #nasa #space exploration

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fluffer5 · 1 year

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Reverse Summoning

Technically, this is my 7th Humans Are Space Orcs even though this is more of interdimensial summoning...

Anyways, more fun to think how terrifying we can be I guess...

So, I've seen one story prompt like this in the past but forgot where and who wrote it. This one would center more on the "what if we are summoned on a place kinda similar to Earth but seems more magical and is also stuck in the Renaissance or Medieval period?"

Cuz I've seen a post on TikTok saying "What if Earth had rings like Jupiter and other planets? What if those rings would be space rocks due to our close proximity to the sun? Our internet connection would go poof! and even if we have satellites, the transmission to Earth would buffer due to the magnetic disturbances possibly emitted by said space rocks".

Such is why I wrote this asking myself, what if humans are sorta classified into legendary creatures that could do a lot of things despite our weak looking bodies?

So, sorta like the usual isekai summoning but with the fact that they need to put certain "elements" to get the human familiar that they want though it doesn't translate well to our language, thus, they still get to have randomized humans qualities. Example: Earth, time, patience where they wanted someone as sturdy as the Earth, could manipulate time, and have patience for serving them equates to a farmer.

You get the gist of it lol.

Imagine this scenario… you are someone with an abnormal sleeping schedule due to a major project with an approaching deadline. You've been drinking caffeine and various energy drinks to the point that your stomach, liver, and kidneys would cry and curse you if they could speak. Your nerves are frazzled and your anxiety level is through the roof to the point that one wrong move could either send you through an enormous breakdown or a volcanic meltdown.

You were down to the last details of your project, the most crucial moment where you can finally end your torture and pass out on your bed for hours on end when suddenly, engravings appeared under your working area and a bright light was the last thing you saw as you cursed at the world for suddenly feeling faint (a side effect of the summoning) to the point that you felt as if you're hallucinating the bright engravings on your floor because ain't no way you have a shining marker anywhere near your table.

On the other side, a creature with humanoid features and chicken bird wings (nah, just kidding… the summoner have wings similar to a hummingbird) was feeling sweaty from the length of time it was taking for you to be summoned. Other people surrounding them was also waiting in anticipation.

Note that in their world, the longer the length of summoning, the higher the resistance force of the summoned being (yes, we can resist), and this means the greater the summon's capabilities are.

When the children (they look almost like us but due to their constant use of the leylines had certain additional features on their bodies, as featured with the chiken wings of the summoner) finally saw a body drop on top of the large summoning sigil.

They all held their breath as you gathered yourself from the disorientation.

They could see someone whose flesh isn't covered by scaled or hardened by muscles. No signs of any crystal either which is needed to harness the power of their leyline energy. To be honest, the summoned familiar looked as if its on the verge of death (looking zombified from the stress). They feel like you're about to keel over at any moment and instead of a summon, they'd have a corpse to clean up.

Of course, you, feeling delirious at the plethora of unique looking creatures, still sleep-deprived, and absolutely pissed off from suddenly being taken away from your work looked at them with bloodshot eyes and launched off a tirade of curse words that goes down to at least the 3rd generation of their family.

They know a few of our language given that they have attempted the same ritual over the past few years (though depending on the leyline used, time either goes too fast or too slow in our world, in other words it's more of a time travel hotspot).

They could understand words like "intestines" and "murder" and "deadline" and "kill" but the other words feel more different (the last summon that agreed to teach them was a pissed off Russian woman who was inwardly cackling as she incorporated a lot of random words that didn't match her place of origin as she's very happy to screw with people who are wasting her quiet time with her beloved wine).

The teacher though… the more he's looking at the translation orb in his hand, the more he feels the blood drain from his face.

They did summon someone important. Someone resilient and capable. Someone who's been able to go through harsh moments and still smile as they work through an entire cycle of hatred and cursing of their self, life, and world.

The greatest familiars usually come from what you call as "procrastinators".

Well, procrastinators are their own breed of legendary so it's not as if they're wrong.

Still, the summoning teacher felt like quitting that very moment when said summon brandished a sharpened pencil as you charged towards them shouting how you'll rip them limb from limb with a fudgin pencil if you have to.

Violence was one of the things in your mind and spite was the only thing left fueling your deranged soul as you chanted, "You messed with the wrong person, b!tch!" before diving forward at the squawking student who immediately casted defensive shields...

That shield did help deter you for a bit before you heaved, rounded them, and internalized all hate in your soul and stabbed the pointy end of your pencil at their mighty shield, laughing like a wild hyena as you watch the barrier crack open like your last piggy bank when you're left with no money in your pocket.

Their screams were glorious!

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The school finally banned calling onto procrastinators until further containment considerations on their part after they sent home a crying, plucked humanoid hummingbird.

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barbielore · 14 days

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On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture into outer space on a spacecraft.

That was in fact his only space flight, as he was back-up crew for a later space flight which ended in disaster, and he was banned from participating in any further missions, lest he experience tragedy and Russia lose a hero cosmonaut.

April 12 is now the international observance of International Day of Human Space Flight, also known as Yuri's Day or, in Russia, Cosmonaut Day.

Barbie has herself been an astronaut many times. In fact, it's a top 10 career for her, depending on how you calculate the careers.

It's really no wonder - space flight has captured the imagination of the human race since well before Yuri Gagarin's initial flight, and continues to this day, more than 60 years later.

This year, 65 years after Barbie debuted, and 63 years since Yuri Gagarin's first space flight, another astronaut Barbie has hit shelves, and I hazard a guess that it will not be the last.

So onward and upward to Barbie, to her enterprising little sister Chelsea, and to Yuri Gagarin and all astronauts and cosmonauts that followed him.

#barbie #yuri gagarin #space flight #yuri's day #cosmonaut day #astronaut barbie #astronaut #international day of human space flight #barbie space discovery

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ultimatememeoverlord · 6 months

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Sci-fi Pilots

in sci-fi with space flight, you see a strange hybrid of terms, like you have a bunch of nautical terms, like "Hailing" and "Port and Starboard" but you have lots of Aeronautical terms like Pilot and just flying in general, and we know that the type of people who would be in space, would be the kind to have fun with it and probably take these to the logical extremes of either end of the spectrum, like I want a Spacer that is just fully larping as a 19th century Mariner, just like like they are still in like full futuristic space suit - completely white hair - mariners cap - thick blue peacoat - even a boatswain's call whistle and then you have the other end of the spectrum, where they just look like the stereotypical commercial pilot - aviators - short sleeved dress shirt - tie just like, you see so much of like independent space shipping crews that like i feel like would really just have some fun with it, like, you're in space with like 10 other people for months at a time, you're gonna come up with a bit eventually to pass the time

#humans are space oddities #humans are space orcs #space travel #sci fi #commercial space flight #space flight #space ship #space crew

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spaceflight-insider · 1 year

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The Orion Crew Module: A conversation with NASA's Jason Hutt

The Orion Crew Module: A conversation with NASA’s Jason Hutt

The Artemis 1 Space Launch System (SLS) rolls to Launch Pad 39B on March 17, 2022. Credit: Scott Johnson / Spaceflight Insider KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — In the lead-up to the first Artemis 1 Space Launch System launch attempt, Spaceflight Insider had the opportunity to speak with a number of people involved in its design, construction, assembly, and flight. One of those people is Jason Hutt —…

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#Artemis 1 #Artemis program #Human Space Flight #Johnson Space Center #Kennedy Space Center #Lockheed-Martin #NASA #Orion #Space Launch System #SpaceX #Starship #The Range

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humanspaceflightday · 1 year

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Yuri's Night 2023 in Richardson, Texas, USA.

UT Dallas is hosting the 10 year anniversary celebration of the ArtSciLab We are also celebrating Yuri’s night and the arts in space. Open to all space enthusiasts. Also, we are welcoming all space professionals to connect with UT Dallas members of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Deca-Dance and First Flight on Space at UT Dallas by AIAA and ArtSciLab.

2023-Apr-12.

04:00 PM (PDT) - 207:00 PM (PDT).

Edith O'Donnell Arts and Technology Building, W Campbell Rd, Richardson, TX, USA

#ArtSciLab #Yuri's Night #texas #space technology #innovation #First Flight on Space #Human Space Flight #Deca-Dance

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allpowerfulaxolotl · 3 months

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Something that freaking blows my mind is the realization of just how old humans are as a species and therefore how much human history is an empty mystery

The human history we learn in school and museums generally goes back to about 4000 BC

Neanderthals are often discussed as living 10,000 years ago during the ice age

Homo sapiens as a species are 300,000* years old. Three hundred thousand!!

It’s so freaking insane to me to think about the age of the history we discuss versus three hundred thousand years of humans existing before that, the magnitude of what we don’t know. It also puts into perspective the truely exponential rapidity of human societal development.

To put that growth a little further into perspective, we only began farming about 12,000 years ago, like 288,000 years after our species started existing. Fast forward and it took us 58 years to get from our first flight to outer space

*160,000-300,000 depending on who you ask, evolution being a gradual process

Edit because more than one person has now seen this post and it contains a mistake: the Neanderthals were 40,000 years ago, not 10,000

#my posts #anthropology #paleontology #text post #evolution #history #biology #humanity #human history #natural history #space #outer space #first flight #neanderthal #existential thoughts

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anumberofhobbies · 2 years

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fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (ca. 1962-64, LM&SC lunar logistics, habitat & LTV)

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fut-lnr_v_bw_o_n (1962-64, LM&SC lunar logistics, habitat & LTV) by Mike Acs Via Flickr: “Traveling about on the lunar surface will require a self-sufficient vehicle capable of traversing wide crevasses and irregular terrain. The Lockheed-designed exploration vehicle could provide life support for four men and carry them on a 200-hour, 1,000-mile round trip on its 19-foot diameter wheels.” Also: “The first ELO landings in 1969 would deliver two cylindrical cargo modules, each containing one Lunar Traverse/Traversing Vehicle (LTV) rover. Astronauts would then land nearby in one or more Apollo Lunar Excursion Modules. They would inflate toroidal "bumpers" girdling the top and bottom of each cargo module and tip it onto its side, then would uncap the modules and drive the LTVs out onto the moon. Lockheed called the LTV a "mobile station" for lunar exploration, but it would really constitute the ELO program's prime mover, since it would serve also to transport base modules and equipment. The LTV could cover 1000 miles in two weeks at five miles per hour. It would weigh 1700 pounds on the moon, where gravity pulls with one-sixth the force it does on Earth. Two 12-foot-diameter spherical compartments would provide living and working space for four men. Each compartment would include a 768-pound cylindrical airlock that would double as a solar flare shelter. The LTV's four 16-foot-diameter solid metal wheels - less likely than pneumatic tires to suffer damage from sharp lunar rocks, the company explains - would provide adequate traction in lunar gravity and enable the LTV to bridge crevasses up to eight feet wide. Eight bogeys would link each wheel to its sphere. Seven would be passive rollers, while the eighth would include gear teeth for transmitting power to the wheel from an electric motor inside the sphere. Steering would be through differential power application - that is, when less torque was applied to the wheels on the left side, the LTV would make a left turn.” The above extracted from the wonderful content at the following superlative site: www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAorig/MnBs_OrF/MnBs_OrP.html Credit: Paul Vreede/SPACEX: GOLDEN ASTRONAUT website Also: www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lockheed-moon-base.10309/ Credit: SECRET PROJECTS FORUM website Last, but NOT least...outstanding, although visiting the site might compromise your computer: epizodsspace.airbase.ru/bibl/inostr-yazyki/iaa/1997/Strou... Credit: Epizody Space website And, as if all of this isn’t enough, proof positive confirmation of the artist, the one & only Ludwik Źiemba, i.e. a WIN.

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macroglossus · 4 months

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trend of calling people npcs is genuinely unsettling. like do you actually believe that? these people live lives exactly as full as yours. they have inner thoughts and motivations! it feels like the time in high school when someone i’ve known since elementary told me very casually that she sort of thought she was the only real person in the world, which really explained the way she sometimes acted towards people. i feel like at the very least you could just not vocalize that you know. idk i just feel like if you think that way it becomes extremely easy to disregard the personal comfort and, like, sense of self of the people around you? which is why i think prank influencers are sooo Like That because i think they just really don’t consider the people they’re annoying in public to be People in the same sense they are. very strange to watch

#i really do just talk sometimes but it is weird!! it’s weird. i promise these are all human beings #yes even the cashier. yes even the flight attendant. yes even the people who took you parking space

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geoff-lyon · 15 days

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Wish to Everyone a Happy International Day of Human Space Flight! 🚀 On April 12, 1961

#International Day of Human Space Flight #April 12

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