I’ve collected some of my favourite pictures from the last 5 days of space, along with some thoughts about how it relates to what we do.
left to right: Flight Specialist Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, Flight Specialist Christina Koch and Commander Reid Wiseman
3 years claNASAsically trained
Nasa’s associate administrator Amit Kshatriya waiting to hear back from his bridgeton recall
These videos are awesome.
Koch leaving Earth behind
Day 3 in the Big Brother house, Victor is taking a photo while Reid watches Jeremy watching The Meg
There are many firsts: first woman, the first Black astronaut, the first non-american and the first toilet to travel around moon.
is it a swimming pool? non. spacecabin
Here are my takeaways:
Life is hard, but we get to pick our hard – and if you choose to head towards what is hard for you, extraordinary things often occur.
As we were waiting for lift off, we watched Apollo 13. Nasa turned potentially their greatest failure into one of their greatest achievements. Listening and watching the Artemis II astronauts (almost gleefully) problem solve, has made me think differently about how I problem solveat the moment (despondently) and reminded me about the potential glory my “failures” might turn into.
Any time praise is given to Commander Reid Wiseman he swiftly directs it towards the wins of his crew mates – his message is clear – This is not my achievement, it is the team’s.
It is impossible for 1 person to achieve all of this alone – when faced with doing something very hard, it makes very little sense to do it on your own.
Glover talks about unity (“from up here you all look like one thing“), Koch about the thousands of people on the ground who made this happen, and Hansen about gratitude for being able to be there.
Humans doing extraordinary things. We are capable of extraordinary things.
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In all of this emptiness — this is a whole bunch of nothing, this thing we call the universe — you have this oasis, this beautiful place that we get to exist together. I think, as we go into Easter Sunday, thinking about all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing, and that we’ve gotta get through this together.”
— Artemis II Pilot Victor Glover
Tonight as you look up at the Moon – know there a 4 of us up there working with each other, taking pictures, pooping on a toilet – pursuing something extraordinary in the face of it being incredibly hard.
Keep going.
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Here are the times to tune in to watch our guys going around the Moon in realtime (i’ve adjusted for GMT times). Watch it here
Rock and roll you human explorers
A
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