Ben Katz 👨‍🚀

Esports Director at @RollinsCollege // 26 // he/him

[Ben Katz 👨‍🚀 @astrokatz_]

FINALLY STARTING TO BE HAPPY WITH HOW I LOOK AGAIN ‼️

[𝖬𝖸𝖪𝖤𝖫 ♰ @mykel_aGain]

Alan Ritchson says Hollywood action space needs more everyday protagonists like Indiana Jones who was a professor not just military or ex-military heroes.

Alan Ritchson: One thing I'm trying to do is hark back to the '90s, when you would get protagonists like Indiana Jones, who was a professor and an archaeologist. This was not a government-trained CIA operative.

My production company has deals split across town, and we're working hand in hand with a lot of studios to develop the future action space. Weirdly across the board, everybody is making content where the main character is former military or current military.

I want to tell stories with protagonists who are more on their heels, less invincible, and less trained. It'll create a whole new sea of content where audiences can see themselves on screen.

We need stories where protagonists are everyday people like plumbers or electricians caught up in extraordinary circumstances, but not necessarily prepared for it.

Maria Sten: Totally agree. Excellent.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Engine 4 has entered the chat🔥

The final RS-25 engine for Artemis III has made its way to @NASAKennedy where it will soon be integrated with the SLS core stage along with the other engines.

Together, they will provide around two million pounds of thrust at launch!

[NASA @NASA]

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the Moon.

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

One giant leap for mankind

History was made on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the Moon.

For more than 5 decades, the total number of moonwalkers has remained at 12. NASA will change that with Artemis IV.

[Ben Katz 👨‍🚀 @astrokatz_]

Huge day for me

[Pop Base @PopBase]

57 years ago today, humans landed on the moon for the first time.

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

Just a regular ol' rocket engine!

The third of four RS-25 rocket engines have arrived to @NASAKennedy to be integrated into the Artemis III rocket. Space Launch System uses four RS-25 engines to propel the Orion spacecraft, providing over two million pounds of thrust at liftoff.

[SAG-AFTRA @sagaftra]

Meta now lets anyone use your Instagram photos in AI images without your consent. SAG-AFTRA recommends that #SagAftraMembers (and all Instagram users) opt-OUT of Meta’s new AI image generation tool, Muse Image. Take action to protect your likeness.

[Malwarebytes @Malwarebytes]

Meta has enabled a setting that allows anyone to use your public Instagram photos to create AI-generated images of you unless you opt out.

To opt out, click your profile -> 3 bars in the top right -> scroll down to "Sharing and reuse" and toggle off for both Posts and for Reels.

[Ben Katz 👨‍🚀 @astrokatz_]

Genuinely what the fuck is our goalie doing bro what happened this game :-(

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

We cannot consider #AI to be morally neutral. In reality, every technical tool embodies choices and priorities through what it measures, ignores, and optimizes, and how it classifies people and situations. Ethical discernment cannot be limited to asking whether we are using a system for good or bad purposes. It must also examine how that system is designed and what vision of the human person and society is embedded in the data and models that guide it. #MagnificaHumanitas

[NBA @NBA]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 53 YEARS, THE KNICKS ARE NBA CHAMPIONS 🏆

New York defeats San Antonio 4-1 in the NBA Finals, capturing their third championship in franchise history!

[NEW YORK KNICKS @nyknicks]

job’s done ✅

[Ben Katz 👨‍🚀 @astrokatz_]

@FrowzySquirrel This season was the first time I played the game, genuinely what hooked me on Rocket League so intensely! We need another Radical Summer 🙏

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

I was excited for today…excited to cheer on the Agency and my friends as we named the Artemis III crew.

What I didn’t expect was the feeling of complete, unbridled happiness in my soul as @Astro_Jeremy (from afar), @Astro_Christina, @AstroVicGlover and I ceremonially handed our baton to the next crew.

We did it, and we did it well. @AstroKomrade, @astro_luca, Frank Rubio, @Astro_AndreD — you have the controls!! You will do it, and I know you will do it well. Godspeed, Artemis III

[NASA @NASA]

Tomorrow, we're announcing the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test rendezvous and docking capabilities with commercial lunar landers in low Earth orbit.

If you could ask the Artemis III astronauts any question, what would you ask them?

[NASA @NASA]

Coming soon: one of history’s most complex missions

Tune in on Tuesday, June 9, at 11am ET, to meet the astronauts flying aboard Artemis III, the mission that will test docking capabilities with commercial landers in low Earth orbit — an important step to crewed lunar landings.

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Rolling down the rails🚂

Eight booster motor segments for @NASAArtemis III are on their way from Utah to @NASAKennedy, hauled by Union Pacific’s new locomotive honoring America’s 250th anniversary.

The SLS boosters will provide 75% of the thrust at launch.

MORE: https://t.co/l0MiahpVHz

[Rocket League @RocketLeague]

New Era. New Engine. This is Rocket League.

[Rocket League @RocketLeague]

What. A. Moment.

The crowd reacts to the new era of Rocket League.

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

Luthen Rael’s monologue in Andor (2022) is still one of the most powerful moments from any recent Star Wars project.