Ben Helm

I’ll probably just be spamming space stuff. NASA Attitude and Pointing Flight Controller. Opinions are my own

[Ben Helm @BenHelm30]

Welcome to the future… and the past

[NASA Goddard @NASAGoddard]

To #UnfoldTheUniverse, we must first unfold the James Webb Space Telescope.

It will take @NASAWebb 29 days to reach its final stop at L2. But first, we will have two weeks to unfold the world’s largest telescope.

[Adenot Sophie @Soph_astro]

Jour 127, orbite 1968 – Cette aurore était absolument spectaculaire… Elle ondulait et dansait sous nos pieds, à perte de vue, et sa lumière était si intense qu’elle illuminait toute la Station de reflets verts 💚.

Nous avons eu la joie d’en observer plusieurs depuis le début de la mission, mais celle‑ci – bien trop lumineuse pour mes réglages habituels de photos d’aurores – nous a tous émerveillés !

Des moments comme celui‑ci ne perdent jamais de leur magie, même ici, et tout l’équipage se retrouve à chercher la meilleure place près d’un hublot 😊

📸 @esa / @NASA – S. Adenot

#εpsilon • @esaspaceflight • @esaspaceweather • @ESA_fr • @Space_Station • @NASAJohnson • @CNES

[Jessica Meir @Astro_Jessica]

Did you know that the Milky Way is even milkier when viewed from the Southern Hemisphere? This is because from the southern side of our planet, we get a clearer, more direct view of the dense galactic core.

Here’s a look at the Milky Way starting over the Southern Ocean (between Australia and Antarctica) from our @SpaceX Dragon window, complete with some aurora (Southern Lights) and fleeting Starlink satellites. Enjoy the view!

[Tiago Nugent, Composer @TiagoNugent]

Turns out the ISS did!

[Goose🏳️‍🌈 @megagoose11]

1968 - the arrival
1972 - the farewell
2026 - the return

[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.

[Lucid™ @cammakingminds]

If you are using the earth as a reference frame, the moon is actually doing a close flyby of Artemis II.

[Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs]

ARTEMIS II AS SEEN BY THE OFFICIAL NASA CESSNA

THIS IS THE BEST LAUNCH VIDEO AND IT ISN'T CLOSE

[Blobifi @Blobifie]

Everyone knows that the Space Launch System uses reflown Space Shuttle parts.

But I feel people arent able to grasp just how much history goes into the rocket set to send humans around the Moon for the first time in 53 years.

So heres a thread on the reused parts of Artemis II:

[Jack J @Jack_Frodo]

days since the last moon mission launched:

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[D Wise @dwisecinema]

Artemis II and four humans are on the way towards the Moon!
📸 @NASASpaceflight

[NickyX @NickyXPhoto]

This fuckin kid 🤣🚀

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

I'm honestly SHOCKED at how the general public has NO IDEA Artemis II is taking humans out to the moon and will be the furthest humans have ever flown. Every non-space nerd I've talked to has no idea. WE GOTTA GET PEOPLE STOKED!!!! THESE FOUR HUMANS ARE FLYING TO THE MOON!!!

[Zena Cardman @zenanaut]

The @Space_Station rarely makes big changes to its orientation, but we were lucky to experience such maneuvers (flipping around to fly butt-first, then flipping back again) before and after each @spacex CRS-33 reboost. This 60x speed timelapse was one of my favorites since it captures a little of everything - sunset, lightning storms, air glow, moon glint, stars, and sunrise - as we did one (actually very slow) orbital cartwheel from Atlantic to Pacific.

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

A “fake American citizen?”

Didn’t you MOVE to Puerto Rico to avoid paying your taxes while kids across America go hungry?

Meanwhile Benito actually funds low income kids’ access to arts and sports programs, while you defund them.

Of course you’re mad. He makes you look small.

[Jon Tweets Sports @jontweetssports]

“God Bless America.”

“The only thing more powerful than hate is love.”

“Together, we are America.”

And this was the anti-American halftime show?

[Peach @nerdylilpeach]

someone genuinely explain to me how this could possibly be considered offensive or divisive to anyone

[mac ꕤ ⋆.˚ @onlyangeleclerc]

art IS political.

[Joel Montfort @jmontforttx]

Democracy dies in ICE.