Alain Mir retweeted
My favorite capture of the night: The moment the moon's shadow split the sunset in half, leaving a diamond ring in the sky and a breathtaking view. I call it "Shadows on the Balearic Sea".
I'll have prints available for this one linked in my bio for a few days only.
Alain Mir retweeted
Ejemplo a escala del cráter Barringer en Arizona, EUA.
🏙️ En el centro, la figura blanca representa la Torre Latino a escala.
🪨 La pequeña piedra junto a ella corresponde al tamaño real del impactador que originó el cráter.
Gracias a @alanmir por el gran trabajo.
Alain Mir retweeted
This is not an eclipse, but an even more rare sight: a crescent Mars as seen by NASA’s #MissionToPsyche spacecraft.
The unprocessed image — taken by Psyche today — shows the night side of Mars as the spacecraft approaches the Red Planet for a flyby on May 15. The glowing crescent is sunlight reflected from the day side of the planet's surface, as well as sunlight passing through its atmosphere. The irregularities in the crescent are likely caused by surface features, and dust and clouds in the atmosphere. 1/2
ALT A brightly glowing crescent against the darkness of space.
Alain Mir retweeted
NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Thebe, the second largest of Jupiter’s inner moons, during a close pass on May 1, 2026.
Thebe is believed to play a role in the formation of the planet’s “gossamer” ring through the shedding of dust. Read more: go.nasa.gov/4uIqWpG
Alain Mir retweeted
#Artemis II Crew / NASA JSC / ESRS / j. Roger
eol.jsc.nasa.gov/
ART002-E-8484 + ART002-E-25496 >> ART002-E-25518
Alain Mir retweeted
Auroras, Lightning & Starlink from 10.000 km 🌍🛰️ (Apr 3)
Camera setup by #ArtemisII Crew
Raw photos courtesy of the ESRS @NASAEarth @NASA_Johnson
ID ART002-E-25501 to 25518
Edit by Riccardo Rossi (ISAA)
Enjoy!
@astro_reid @Astro_Christina @AstroVicGlover @Astro_Jeremy @NASAAdmin
Alain Mir retweeted
Amigos ya pueden escuchar nuestro episodio 22 de #CocteldeRocas, en esta ocasión hablamos de la misión #ArtemisII. En esta ocasión tuvimos a @alanmir de invitado especial.
Episodio 22 Misión Artemis II go.ivoox.com/rf/172902686
Alain Mir retweeted
Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.
Alain Mir retweeted
#ArtemisII 🔥
Die @NASA hat heute eine der bisher beeindruckendsten Aufnahmen des #SLS-Starts veröffentlicht.
Werfen wir einen genaueren Blick auf die SRB-Trennung👀❗️
(Zoom, Tracking, 0,25x Slo-Mo🫡🔧)
Alain Mir retweeted
🌕🗺️ La historia de la Luna, en un solo mapa.
El mapa geológico más completo de nuestro satélite revela miles de millones de años de impactos y volcanismo en un código de colores fascinante.
📥 Descárgalo:
astrogeology.usgs.gov/search…
#Luna #Geología #Espacio #Astronomía #Ciencia
Alain Mir retweeted
On some SD card on the far side of the moon right now, there is a high resolution image of this view waiting to be downloaded. That image is about to become the 21st-century version of the Earthrise photo.
Alain Mir retweeted
La última vez que los humanos nos acercamos a la Luna fue en 1972, con la misión Apolo 17. Aquella generación vio cómo nos alejamos de nuestro satélite sin saber cuándo volveríamos.
Hoy, más de medio siglo después, estamos a punto de volver. O casi.
ALT Ilustración en dos viñetas. En la parte superior, un adulto joven observa a lo lejos el lanzamiento de un cohete Saturno V en pleno día. En la parte inferior, la misma persona, ahora anciana, con cabello canoso y apoyada en un bastón, contempla el lanzamiento de un cohete SLS desde Cabo Cañaveral, también de día. La escena transmite el paso del tiempo y el regreso de la exploración lunar entre generaciones.
Alain Mir retweeted
Some are saying "but we see this side" Most of it, yes. But, Artemis II sees more as they're approaching the flyby.
Here's a photo from astronaut Jessica Meir taken on Easter aboard the International Space Staion of the Moon vs. the photo from Artemis II
The visible % is different and Mare Orientale (the target looking landform🎯)is much more visible
Alain Mir retweeted
Let's all send a virtual fist bump to the #ArtemisII crew From Rocky and all of us "return to home Earth comfortable safe!" #ProjectHailMary
