Nick Penev

Sharing my love of space and astronomy.

[Bob Waszak @nilwxreports]

Illinois has broken the state record of tornadoes in a given year. So far in 2026, Illinois has a confirmed 143 tornadoes breaking the record set back in 2024 of 142. #ilwx

[Bob Waszak @nilwxreports]

Tornado Alley of Illinois and nobody can change my mind. So many notable tornadoes in this area especially south and southwest of Chicago. #ilwx

The lake has to play a major role in this with warm front/lake breeze/out flow boundary setups.

So many strong tornadoes have occurred in this zone in my lifetime.

[Kazukii @Ohthatkazuki]

Hey!
Here's "For Myself".
I wrote this one as a reflection on the way I've been feeling these last months, how I can fix it, and knowing I'm the only one who can really make things better in my life.

I hope you all like it!
link will be in the replies

[Paddy Galloway @PaddyG96]

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[NASA @NASA]

On Tuesday, June 9, we’ll announce the four astronauts who will orbit Earth aboard the @NASAArtemis III mission!

Watch our live event at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) to find out who will test the docking capabilities necessary for crewed Moon landings: https://t.co/TyU7StKGxH

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Counting down to our second launch attempt, the 90-minute test window opens at 5:30 p.m. CT with live coverage starting ~30 minutes before liftoff. Weather is currently 85% favorable for flight → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[Nick Penev @NickPenev]

@PaddyG96 What's the best strategy for getting a regularly livestreamed YouTube video podcast to see growth in viewership?

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Now targeting launch as early as Thursday, May 21 → https://t.co/2gZQUxS6mm

[XBOX @XBOX]

Reminder: just because you're not personally into a game, doesn't mean it's a bad game

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

There's nothing better than seeing an SLS rocket stage vertical! 🏗️

Technicians at @nasakennedy have completed operations of lifting the largest section of the core stage for NASA’s Artemis III SLS rocket into High Bay 2, where it will be connected to the engine section.

Learn more about SLS: https://t.co/4KofTtzsiK

[Nick Penev @NickPenev]

@Xbox @Halo "Wake me.... when you need me... "

[Reid Wiseman @astro_reid]

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.

I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.

[Wolf359 @RikerHadron]

New Horizons blasted off on January 19, 2006—**20 years and about 3 months ago** as of now. That’s two full decades of this plucky little probe rewriting the outer solar system playbook.

It’s currently cruising on a **hyperbolic escape trajectory**, flinging itself out of the Sun’s grasp forever through the scattered fringes of the Kuiper Belt. Think of it as the ultimate one-way road trip: no looping back, just straight(ish) into interstellar space eventually. Right now it’s sitting around 64-65 AU from the Sun (roughly twice as far as Pluto was during the 2015 flyby), still collecting unique data on the distant heliosphere and particles while mostly napping to save power.

Its **heliocentric velocity** (speed relative to the Sun) hovers right around **14 km/s**—that’s about 31,000 mph or a cool 300 million miles per year. Slowing ever so slightly due to the Sun’s gravity, but still hauling at a pace that makes most rockets jealous.

As for future targets? The team has been hunting hard for another Kuiper Belt Object it could swing by with its remaining fuel, using big telescopes like Subaru and soon the Vera Rubin Observatory. So far, no dice—nothing reachable has turned up. The mission is funded through at least 2028-2029 as it exits the Kuiper Belt, shifting focus to heliophysics science in the meantime. After that, it’s quiet cruise mode until the plutonium runs too low in the 2030s or beyond. This little spacecraft that could is still healthy and teaching us about the solar system’s edge long after its “retirement” was supposed to happen.

It’s the gift that keeps on giving—proof that bold missions can keep surprising us for decades.

[NASA @NASA]

Artemis II may have splashed down, but our photos and videos from the mission are still rolling in! Keep an eye on the latest: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[NASA @NASA]

HOME.

The Artemis II crew has arrived back on Earth, ending a nearly 10-day journey around the Moon. The trip took them farther into space than humans have ever gone before, and now they're safely home with us.

https://t.co/XmDQwNlCPR

[NASA Artemis @NASAArtemis]

The eclipse from Orion.

On April 6, external cameras attached to the Orion spacecraft's solar array wings captured the Moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse.

[NASA @NASA]

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.

Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[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.

[Nick Penev @NickPenev]

@MrBeast Ryan vs Dorkman (Lightsaber duels)

[Nick Penev @NickPenev]

Can't wait!

[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman @NASAAdmin]

NASA is leading the greatest adventure in human history, and it has only just begun.

On Tuesday, we’ll share our plans for the future of NASA across many of our programs.

We’ll see you tomorrow morning for Ignition.