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.
Please support federal funding for research. It's the engine that drives new technologies, startups, security, workforce. It's invisible to most people but foundational for our nation. The proposed cuts will hurt us in coming decades...when we can't make up that deficit.
Sharing this link here (and please repost) for those who want to support @NASAJPL and @Caltech communities impacted by the devastating fires: https://t.co/8ygtyOloZx
Thanks, @smtikoo & Anton Ermakov, for inviting me to do the Planetary Science & Exploration Seminar @stanforddoerr on the first day of the quarter. Paid my respects to the mascot of the @Stanford Sensitive High Res Ion Microprobe (SHRIMP) lab, of course.
I don’t normally comment on politics but Candace Owens’ apparent support for the Deccan Traps hypothesis over the Chicxulub impact was definitely not on my bingo card. MVGA (Make Volcanism Great Again)?
Possibility of Lunar Crustal Magmatism Producing Strong Crustal Magnetism. https://t.co/bl1JphqTjX Study finds subsolidus reduction of ilmenite under lunar conditions creates magnetizable products; some swirl magnetic source bodies may be caused by cooling high‐Ti basaltic dikes