Today it was bittersweet to say goodbye to our dear Europa #Clipper#spacecraft before it leaves for Cape Canaveral! We’ll be close to each other again for our last System Test in July at KSC, but sadly we probably won’t have a good view of it like we did today! 🚀
Citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt made these images using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying processing techniques to enhance the clarity of the images.
Image credit:
Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS
Image processing by Gerald Eichstädt
“The Falcon really is a millennium falcon, a nonhuman being that announces the possibility of a new age; a tool that isn't ever always just something to manipulate or be manipulated by; a vessel that's also a way of life; a well-equipped weaponized craft that is also a luxurious lounge, dirty and noisy as it can be…”
“… a synecdoche for a film about a truly non-hierarchical, spiritual but not religious, pagan way of life that is all about non-mechanical, telekinetic movement and causality. In short, magic.”
At 1:47 a.m. EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16, 2022, #NASA’s #Orion#spacecraft launched atop the #Space Launch System (#SLS) rocket from historic Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on a path to the #Moon, officially beginning the Artemis I mission.
“Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth, actual rockets explode over Texas while others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft, and just what can they teach us about imagination, ecology, democracy, and the nature of objects? Why do certain spacecraft stand out in popular culture? (1/3) #TimothyMorton #Spacecraft
If ever there were a spacecraft that could be detached from its context, sold as toys, turned into Disney rides, parodied, and flit around in everyone's head-the Millennium Falcon would be it. Springing from this infamous Star Wars vehicle, Spacecraft takes readers on an intergalactic journey through science fiction and speculative philosophy, revealing real-world political and ecological lessons along the way. (2/3) #TimothyMorton #Spacecraft
"A fresh, icy crust hides a deep, enigmatic ocean. Plumes of water burst through cracks in the ice, shooting into space. An intrepid lander collects samples and analyses them for hints of life."
Good news for the 47-year-old and 22.5-light-hour-away #Voyager1: #NASA sent a “poke” instruction and managed to get back a dump from the Flight Data System. Now they’re diffing it against a dump received before the #spacecraft’s Telemetry Modulation Unit started spewing a stuck pattern to Earth three months ago.
NASA Unveils Design for Message Heading to Jupiter’s Moon Europa
The moon shows strong evidence of an ocean under its icy crust, with more than twice the amount of water of all of Earth’s oceans combined. A triangular metal plate on the spacecraft will honor that connection to Earth in several ways.
Presenting DUST OF OSIRIS, watercolor and ink, 12x12”. Inspired by the Egyptian decorative motifs, the Egyptian Revival movement, and a high-res photo of the opened OSIRIS-REx sample container, containing dust from asteroid Bennu. This has been a labor of love for me, I hope you enjoy it!
As the first commercial #spacecraft lands on the #moon, for #SciFi readers this all looks rather familiar.... one of the dominant tropes of so much #sciencefiction is the issue of privatised space exploration.... whether its a celebration of #capitalism's move into #space, or more often a critique of what commercial interests bring to space missions.
In any case, looking back in 50 years time, I can see this being seen as an important milestone (for good or worse)
The lander, named #Odysseus, was built by #IntuitiveMachines of Houston. Minutes after beginning its landing sequence at 6:11PM ET the spacecraft touched the ground, making it the first privately built spacecraft to land on the #lunar surface.
Nearly done with the ink/gold portion of the #osirisrex#wip. Next up, decorative precious stone inlay (in paint, both figuratively and LITERALLY thanks to my Daniel Smith PrimaTek #watercolors), a golden center, and finally, asteroid samples!