Shane Draz

Aerospace Engineer

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

What’s up for September? 🔭

The Moon takes the spotlight this month – guiding you to stars, constellations, planets, and even a teapot!

Plus, join observers around the world on Sept. 19 for International Observe the Moon Night. Learn more: https://t.co/8akWX2pp5n

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What’s up for August?

A solar eclipse, one of the year's best meteor showers, Venus at its brightest, and a lunar eclipse!

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

take a minute to look at the beauty of the universe. i mean REALLY look at it. this is where you came from, this is what’s in your bones.

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

you are made of the same stars you admire.

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What’s up for July?

Planets on display, a familiar comet swings by, prime views of the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings shine at a new angle!

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

you ARE stardust.

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What’s up for June? 🔭

Venus at its best, summer officially begins, and deep-sky nebulas rise into view.

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

remember who you are, space girl.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

What’s up for May? 🔭

Look up this month to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower (May 5-6), a Moon and Venus conjunction (May 18), and a Blue Moon (May 31)!

[NASA @NASA]

It's our home.

This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Jesse, Steve, Laddy, and Vlad….such an incredible feeling to welcome you aboard Integrity after a nearly 700,000 mile journey. Forever thankful for your service to our crew and the nation.

[Joe Barnard 🚀 @joebarnard]

Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot - Carl Sagan

[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.

[Jessie Anderson @whoisheartbreak]

Wow what a day for human history! I cant stop watching the highlights - 4 humans flying by the moon, so close that they can see details of the lunar surface 🤯 experiencing views no human has ever had - and yet sharing the most human emotions with the rest of us 🥹

[NASA @NASA]

Liftoff.

The Artemis II mission launched from @NASAKennedy at 6:35pm ET (2235 UTC), propelling four astronauts on a journey around the Moon.

Artemis II will pave the way for future Moon landings, as well as the next giant leap — astronauts on Mars.

[John Kraus @johnkrausphotos]

If you were born after 19:45:58 UTC on December 19, 1972, you have not been alive during a time when a crewed lunar spaceflight was underway.

This is approximately 75% of the global population.

That could change as soon as Wednesday evening with the planned launch of Artemis II.

Hundreds of thousands of people near Kennedy Space Center will see the launch with their own eyes and likely millions will watch live online.

If you can't make it out in person, I hope you'll tune in and watch as NASA makes its first attempt to send Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen into space and around the Moon this week.

It is not often you have the opportunity to witness a historic moment in real time. Please watch and soak it in, and after launch, look up at the Moon and smile knowing that our great return to the lunar environment is well underway.

Godspeed, Artemis II!

[Everyday Astronaut @Erdayastronaut]

100 years ago today, Robert Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket engine! It only went 12.5m (41 feet), but it was where it all began. My favorite thing is the engine on top with the tanks below. This was the pendulum fallacy, and it in fact, is not more stable.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

What’s up for March? 🔭

A total lunar eclipse takes center stage TONIGHT / tomorrow morning. Plus, Venus and Saturn cozy up for a conjunction, and we celebrate the vernal equinox.

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

PROJECT HAIL MARY IS GETTING AMAZING EARLY REVIEWS AND PEOPLE ARE PRAISING RYAN GOSLING’S PERFORMANCE!!!

SPACE MOVIES ARE SO BACK!!

[Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astro_jaz]

HAPPY 5 YEAR LANDIVERSARY TO PERSEVERANCE!!!