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Paul Byrne

Paul Byrne

@theplanetaryguy.com

Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science at Washington University in St. Louis • Planetary Data System Geosciences Node Director • Planetary Bastard • he/him/Sir

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This is a 24-second crop of @nasaspaceflight.com's live view of Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at around 9:00 pm Eastern. During a static fire test, the entire New Glenn 4 rocket exploded and was destroyed—seemingly taking much of the pad with it.

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Cool video of the Artemis II Orion capsule separating from the European Service Module. This footage is from the GoPro HERO4 Black cameras installed on the ESM's solar arrays. The wobble in the second shot is from the jolt imparted to the ESM as Orion separates. Credit: NASA

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This is a set of frames of the surface of Comet 67P taken by the Rosetta mission on 1 June 2016. The particles in the foreground are bits of dust and ice or cosmic rays effects. The "waterfall" of points moving in the background are stars.

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Oh my. Earthset, from the Artemis II Crew. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

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