Colton

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship V3 landing burn over the Indian Ocean

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

First full stack of Starship V3

[Colleen @colleenadastra]

Starship 39 engines @NASASpaceflight

[Max Evans @_MaxQ_]

Talk about an upgrade!

Left: Flight 11 stack of Booster 15-2 and Ship 38
Right: Flight 12 stack of Booster 19 and Ship 39

📸 - @NASASpaceflight

Upcoming WDR coverage: https://t.co/mPHhk155F8

[Colton @ColtonPeterman]

@NASCAR @Kenny_Wallace @markmartin @DaleJr can yall tell Steve O’donnell that awarding 5 pts to who leads the most laps will fix a lot of the racing issues, especially at the plate tracks. Plus adds more strategy for stage pitting too.

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PHOTO OF ALL TIME HOLY SHIT

[Andy Saunders - Apollo Remastered @AndySaunders_1]

As soon as this first, stunning crescent Earth photo landed from Artemis II yesterday, it reminded me of one of the finest Earth shots from Apollo - taken during Apollo 4.
The composition - two eras uniting, making one Earth sprang to mind - but can Artemis help unite the world?

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

the astronomy community is getting FED today

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

THE ARTEMIS II ECLIPSE.
April 6, 2026.

Totality, beyond Earth. From lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few in human history have ever witnessed. Photo: NASA

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Earthset.

The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. The image is reminiscent of the iconic Earthrise image taken by astronaut Bill Anders 58 years earlier as the Apollo 8 crew flew around the Moon.

[The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder]

"We need Jesus, whether on Earth or circling the Moon."

—Victor Glover,
Pilot of Artemis II

[Project Finisher (garden pest 🌿) @veronicaschwzr]

Ok birders can you help me decide if this is a bald eagle watching Artemis II launch in my photo?

[NASA @NASA]

Even in darkness, we glow.

In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.

[Joe.B @JoeB_Photos]

Two twin solid rocket boosters and four RS-25 engines lift four astronauts to the moon.

📸 for: @WeAreSpaceScout

[Andrew McCarthy @AJamesMcCarthy]

The shots from my remote cameras are absolutely unreal.

Hopefully will have something mind-blowing to share tomorrow :)

[Dan Huot @danhuot]

Hell yeah

[What about it!? @FelixSchlang]

🚨Artemis II liftoff as seen from the crawler way.

The crew is now awaiting the TLI burn at 8:12 p.m. EDT tonight to fly to the Moon.

As a little Easter egg, you can see the emergency egress baskets sliding down the line in the image!

What a launch! 😍

📸 @rpg571 🔥

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

America’s next leap is underway..
Godspeed Artemis II 🇺🇸