Happy International Day of Human Space Flight, 12 April, 2025. This year marks 64 years since the first human space flight 12 April, 1961 by Yuri Gagarin. May human space flight continue forever until humanity reaches the stars, our dream, humanity's biggest dream
What if Earth had Saturn’s rings? Visible even during the day, best seen near the equator, potential climate shifts, and major impacts on satellites. A beautiful idea with cosmic consequences. #Space#Astronomy#Science#WhatIf#Saturn#Earth#SpaceExploration
In the late evening of 24 April 1972, Apollo 16 left lunar orbit carrying John Young, Thomas Mattingley II, & Charlie Duke back to Earth.
The Apollo Metric (Mapping) Camera took a sequence of still images looking back at the Moon, initially the lunar farside & then the nearside as it rotated into view.
Here's a 10 fps movie sequence showing 90 of those images without any processing or alignment.
Each #technological breakthrough brings us closer to realizing the goal of living on #Mars. Mars colonization is within our potential reach. This paper has outlined a feasible timeline 2020s: Continued #robotic exploration 2030s: Test missions for human life-support systems and #ISRU on the Martian surface https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10884476
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#Space Is Closer Than You Think: But What’s Real, What’s Hype, and What’s Next | April 10, 2025 | 10:00 AM PDT
The new space race is here—with promises of private stations, lunar colonies, and off-planet commerce. But what’s truly possible today? What’s years away? And what’s still science fiction?
Lauryn Williams Former Chief of Staff in the Defense Industrial Base Policy Office at the Pentagon and former Director for Strategy in the White House Office of the National #Cyber Director
Jim Free Senior Advisor to NASA Administrator at NASA
Chris Sembroski Chief #Astronaut & Founding Advisory Board Member at Titans Space Industries
Tim Fowler | Founder and CEO at ETHOS Labs, LLC
Moderated by Sean Martin, CISSP & Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founders of ITSPmagazine
Moderated by Sean Martin & Marco Ciappelli, Co-Founders of ITSPmagazine
NASA invites you to become a citizen scientist and collaborate on groundbreaking research. Explore the universe, search for extraterrestrial life, and contribute to protecting Earth—all from home. No science degree required, just your passion and curiosity.