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Libby Plummer retweeted
Sad, sad news that Bill Anders has died in a plane crash.
One of the first three humans to escape Earth & travel to the Moon & took one of the most famous & important photographs in history, Earthrise.
Never shared this 16mm image of him before, feels appropriate today.
Ad Astra.
Libby Plummer retweeted
Meet the crew of Artemis II — they will be the first humans to travel to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972, and will launch atop NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule as soon as late 2024:
Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen
Libby Plummer retweeted
There’s more festive episodes of #InsideNo9 on @BBCiPlayer - if you want to explore the series this quartet is a great starting point 🥚👹👻🚘
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Had a crack at astronaut selection. Amazing being in the process alongside some truly incredible people. So great to see @ESA push the boundaries with the para-astronaut programme. Only wish they’d been bolder still with their final class. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Meet Rosemary Coogan, one of ESA’s newest career astronauts. She will become the UK’s third ever astronaut after Tim Peake and Helen Sharman. 👩🚀
ALT Portrait of UK ESA astronaut Rosemary Coogan. Image credit: ESA
Libby Plummer retweeted
Indiana Jones and Short Round are reunited after 38 years. 🥹
(via Ke Huy Quan’s IG)
ALT A very cute photo of actor Ke Huy Quan hugging Harrison Ford in absolute joy. Ke's arms are wrapped around Harrison. They are in back stage setting and wearing dark greyish jacket and jeans. Harrison is holding some kind of green tin.
Libby Plummer retweeted
Remember that some are sad not directly because the Queen’s died but because it’s such a huge reminder of death itself. Maybe it brings back memories of the death of a loved one. If someone’s sad let them be rather than excitedly bringing out your “why I hate the monarchy” list
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Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s monarch for the past 70 years, has died aged 96 bbc.in/3ewsh18
Libby Plummer retweeted
Amazing pics to wake up to. NASA’s new moon rocket - the space launch system - is inching its way to launchpad 39b
Libby Plummer retweeted
We celebrate the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars.
ALT View of Star Trek actor Nichelle Nichols in the CAPCOM area of the Mission Control Center at NASA's Johnson Space Center in 1977. Image taken during filming of promotional movie designed to aid in recruiting minorities as candidates for Space Shuttle Astronaut positions.
Libby Plummer retweeted
Home. In fact it’s come home. A sentence I thought I’d never write. I’ve gone. Thank you Lionesses.
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I wrote an account of the utterly grim conditions people are facing on the Ukrainian side of the border as they try and leave the country bit.ly/3vpAWsv
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A century after Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank in the waters of Antarctica, resulting in one of the greatest survival stories in the history of exploration, a team of modern adventurers, technicians and scientists is setting sail to find the wreck nytimes.com/2022/02/04/clima…
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New issue day! You’d be batty not to buy it. If you were already excited to experience @mattreevesLA’s dark knight of the soul, wait until you dig into @mattmaytum’s all-access cover feature
Libby Plummer retweeted
….wow!🖖🤘 – at Kings Park West, VA
This year’s gingerbread!
The mirror is made with gold leaf and candy glass
#JWST
ALT A model of JWST made with gingerbread and decorated with white icing. The mirror is gold and shiny
Libby Plummer retweeted
Happy James Webb Space Telescope Launch Day (and also Christmas) #UnfoldTheUniverse
Launch window opens at 12.20pm GMT (7.20am ET)
You can watch live here:
nasa.gov/nasatv
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RIP legendary coolcat Mike Nesmith, much more than the Monkee with the hat. He was a brilliant songwriter, solo artist, video visionary, inventor of MTV, producer of REPO MAN & more besides! Here's CIRCLE SKY, a belter of a Nesmith number from cult classic HEAD. Farewell genius.