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[NASA's Glenn Research Center @NASAglenn]

“We will always choose Earth. We will always choose each other.” – @NASAArtemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch

This #EarthDay, enjoy this view of a rainbow arching over our Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

The powerful and unique test chambers located here and across our NASA center help us transform aviation, revolutionize space exploration, and inspire new discoveries for the benefit of all. 🌎

[NASA's Glenn Research Center @NASAglenn]

At @NASA, we test like we fly 💪🔥

In 2024, the Orion capsule that flew around the Moon during the first @NASAArtemis mission returned to our Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, where experts put its forward bay cover through its paces.

Fast forward to April 10, when the Orion spacecraft with our four Artemis II astronauts aboard jettisoned its forward bay cover ahead of splashdown off the coast of San Diego.

This shell helps protect the spacecraft, but must come off before Orion’s parachutes can deploy and slow the capsule down for a safe landing.

[NASA @NASA]

It's not just a phase 🌕

Artemis II astronauts captured these views of the Moon as the Orion spacecraft flew around the far side of the Moon on April 6, 2026.

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Reid Wiseman told his two teenage daughters where to find his will before he got on this rocket. He’s raised them alone since their mom died of cancer six years ago. Right now, he is 252,757 miles from home, farther from Earth than any human being has ever been.

Wiseman grew up outside Baltimore. Got rejected from the Naval Academy, went to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute instead, studied computer engineering. Became a Navy fighter pilot, flew F-14 Tomcats (the jet from Top Gun) on combat missions over Iraq and Afghanistan. Two Middle East deployments by his mid-twenties. He saw a Space Shuttle launch in person in 2001 and couldn’t let go of it. Applied to NASA while at sea on the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower. They picked him. Nine people out of 3,500 applicants. His astronaut class, nicknamed “The Chumps,” included Jeremy Hansen, the Canadian who’s floating next to him right now.

Wiseman’s first trip to space was 165 days on the Space Station in 2014. Two spacewalks. Thirteen hours outside the hull in nothing but a suit. He climbed all the way up to Chief of the Astronaut Office, the person who decides which astronauts fly and which ones sit. Then he gave it up in 2022 to put himself back on the flight list.

His wife Carroll was a nurse in a newborn intensive care unit. She got cancer. Fought it five years. Died in May 2020 at 46. His mother died from Alzheimer’s just weeks before that. Wiseman raised both daughters by himself after that. NASA’s own bio says he considers being a single parent his hardest challenge and the best part of his life. Even while she was dying, Carroll told Reid not to step back from his career. She made him keep going. His brother is a Navy SEAL. His father is 83 and battling cancer too. The old man told reporters he wanted to stay alive long enough to see his son launch.

Before liftoff, Wiseman’s daughters snuck homemade cookies into his flight bag. He posted a photo with them in front of the rocket and wrote “I’m boarding that rocket a very proud father.”

The previous distance record from Earth belonged to the Apollo 13 crew. 248,655 miles, set in April 1970, and it was an accident. An oxygen tank blew up and the emergency route home happened to swing them farther out than anyone before. Wiseman broke that record by 4,100 miles, and his distance is on purpose. Today he flies within 4,600 miles of the Moon, photographs stretches of the far side that were too dark or at the wrong angle for any of the 24 Apollo astronauts to see, and watches a solar eclipse that nobody on Earth can see, only the four people inside that capsule.

Then he turns around and spends four days flying home to his girls.

[NASA Solar System @NASASolarSystem]

Here's what to expect:

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

I love this perspective as well

Really showcases how we are "catching" the moon with this trajectory

https://t.co/ezwNlFGEwX

[NASA @NASA]

We're going around the Moon. Come watch with us. Artemis II's four-astronaut crew is lifting off from @NASAKennedy on an approximately 10-day mission that will bring us closer to living on the Moon and Mars. The launch window opens at 6:24pm ET (2224 UTC). https://t.co/X27QJejNDt

[KeeOnSports @SportsKee1]

Bay defeats North Olmsted in a CWC battle.
https://t.co/LuwtzryAn5 @BayAthletics @bayrocketboys @NOBoysBball

[Columbia Athletic Boosters @raider_boosters]

Help support our Girls Basketball Program!! 💚🏀💚

[Bob Starkey @CoachBobStarkey]

Happy Birthday to the game of basketball — born 134 years ago today…thank you Dr. Naismith.🎂

[The Chronicle-Telegram @YourChronicle]

North Olmsted Police announce death of officer, North Ridgeville resident https://t.co/2fLOxQMULX

[Graig Bansek @graigbansek]

One of our students, Chase, is currently battling lymphoma. He and his family need our help. The fundraiser is set for Septmeber 13 and 14. More info is below. #onceaRaider #theRaiderWay @CHSRaiders @RaiderMiddle @CopopaElem @ColumbiaAth

[CFL @CFL]

Tyrell Ford is giving Dustin Crum his flowers ahead of tonight's matchup. 💐

@GoElks vs. @REDBLACKS @ 7:30 PM ET
🇨🇦: TSN, RDS
🌎: CFL+

[CHS Raider Hoops @CHSRaidersWBB]

Had an amazing time at Findlay Team Camp! Great competition and lots of fun was had. So proud of this group! We got better this week!!! #TOGETHER #WEoverME #ColumbiaGBB

[Michelle DiFranco @Michellee7115]

I never imagined even one day without you let alone 6 years 💔You are so loved and so missed. One day we will be together again 🪽

[Midview Athletics @MiddieUpdates]

Ryan Feierabend recommended to lead Midview Baseball program https://t.co/s7yckMoOAb

[rovery @MiddieCoachO]

This team is amazing!!! Jordan and Quentin Schwinn did an incredible job capturing the historic Orion ETA testing at NASA GRC Space Environments Complex! 🚀

[NASA's Glenn Research Center @NASAglenn]

Spend a day with Jordan Cochran, a scientific imaging specialist at our center! 📸 She uses a range of imaging techniques to document projects, tests, and experiments at Glenn, including infrared imaging, high-speed video, time-lapse, 3D laser scanning, and more.

[rovery @MiddieCoachO]

Congratulations Coach Lavender! 🥇🥎

[CHS Raiders Softball @chsraiderssball]

We had an unbelievable season that came to an end yesterday. This was a special team that should be so proud of their accomplishments. Along the way, some team and individual records were broken. To our 5 seniors, thank you for your commitment and leadership! You will be missed!

[Graig Bansek @graigbansek]

Great job ladies! #onceaRaider @ColumbiaAth