🔊Vega-C rocket launched Smile mission this morning on a quest to reveal Earth’s invisible shield against the solar wind. 🚀Liftoff from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana at 04:52 BST / 05:52 CEST (00:52 local time) on 19 May 2026 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...

With the first Ariane 6 with four boosters, our fleet of rockets is complete 🚀 We will continue to work on upgrades to reduce costs, make our launch systems more robust and launch more often. For example, the powerful P160C rocket motor will replace P120C on both Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets.

HyImpulse launched its suborbital rocket using paraffin as fuel from Australia. www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...

Zefiro-40 and Zefiro-9 fit together like a puzzle piece 🧩 The third stage of the Vega-C rocket, Zefiro-9, is the same as used on Vega and burns 10 tonnes of solid propellant. #VV29 🤝 @esa.int @science.esa.int @operations.esa.int

Ariane 6 just left its four P120C boosters behind! Now it's time for the Vulcain 2.1 engine to take the lead propelling the rocket further away from Earth.

The Helix engine was the first European engine to demonstrate staged combustion technology. This engine uses an oxygen-rich staged combustion engine cycle, to get the most out of every drop of propellant.

Meet Greta, a new European rocket engine 🔥 A 5 kN thrust class rocket engine fuelled by hydrogen peroxide and ethanol, which can be restarted several times. Greta fired for over 40 seconds continuously, multiple times, showing stable operations, including controlled shutdowns. 🎥 ArianeGroup

Women aren’t just reaching for the stars, they’re engineering the rockets that get us there. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, these are some of the faces of @esa.int Space Transportation.

Your package has arrived! 📦 We have confirmation that the 32 Amazon Leo 32 satellites have been delivered.

Way above the clouds we say goodbye to Zefiro-9!

#QP Cat Sculpture #aiart #caturday bsky.app/profile/joya...

Happy Friday from the Leicester Clinical Trials Unit! Here's this week's good news 👇 (2/2) @performtrial.bsky.social @kidtrial.bsky.social Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend everyone!

One more Poem For National Poetry Month. While the Poets may be forgotten to the Sands of Time, the Sentiment Echos across Generations. #booksky #blacksky #Poetry #may #blerd #staynerdy

⚽ 3ª Andaluza Sénior (Málaga) – Grupo 4 | Jornada 25 F.C. Marbellí "B" vs Peña Compadres "B" 📍 Polideportivo Santa María Chapas 🗓 12/04/26 | 20:00h 📺 Emitido por Marbella Directo 🎙 Narrado por Diego Partida Encuentro exigente en la recta final del campeonato. ⚽🔥

😲 The average worker has lost £65k since the financial crisis in 2008 📈 While CEO & directors’ pay has boomed, along with profits & dividends ✊ Facts & Figures, from Unite fuels the pay campaigns that are putting hundreds of millions back into the pockets of Unite members www.unitetheunion.org/fand

Sunday 4/12/26 Quick4Cast. 80s today with scattered rain and some rumbles of thunder tonight. What you need to know in 30 seconds. Check the First Alert 4 weather app for more forecast details #stlwx Full forecast -> firstalert4.com/weather

Transportation Secretary Duffy: "It fits any budget to do a road trip." Yeah, suppose that's true-since the taxpayers are paying for his gas bills. Guess he doesn't share the same reality as the rest of us.

Caseoh is a god amongst us all! lol 😂

The first flood warning sirens on the upper Guadalupe River are being installed and tested this week in Kerr County as nearby summer camps prepare to welcome children back nearly a year after flooding on the river killed more than 100 people. bit.ly/4uOMcKy

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Australia just walked away from US defense contracts and signed a $7 billion deal with Japan to build 11 warships. #CulturalPerspective #Australia #Japan #DefenseIndustry #Geopolitics

A very special 1st game: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

Boundaries create safety. Safety lets your nervous system relax. Communication keeps energy moving. When nothing is said, resentment builds, and attraction drops. Boundaries keep you whole. Communication keeps you connected. That balance is where passion flows instead of fades.

The Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus), native to C. America. Known for looking like it’s wearing three limp pieces of black candy and having a 100 decibels call that can knock other birds off a branch. #birds #nature #wildlife #biology

#OnThisDay 1966 Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys released Their 11th and most famous album tried to capture Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound by recording in the same studio with the same session musicians (now known as The Wrecking Crew) 100% vinyl mix👇 www.mixcloud.com/The_Vinyl_Ar...

Think your week was tough? Try sneaking into the British camp— and not getting caught. 😬🕵️‍♂️🇬🇧 Kep Westguard: Rebel Spy. #KepWestguard #RebelSpy #ThinkYourWeekWasTough #RiskItAll #BritishCamp #MiddleGradeAdventure #HistoryInDisguise 🕰️💣📜

Zionist at work

Namco's 1993 Japan-only arcade game, Tinkle Pit, features a barrage of characters and elements from their previous games. If players obtain the "Pac-Attack" power-up, they will turn into Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man, and all the enemies will become blue ghosts for them to eat.

My dog keeps going Drunken Master on my junk!

Fear used to control me. Now it fuels me. This song is about turning anxiety into strength. #indierock #alternativerock #inspirationalmusic #mentalhealth

Sri Lanka Navy escorted Iranian naval auxiliary ship IRIS Bushehr to the Trincomalee port days after it returned from a drill in India along with IRIS Dena sunk by US off the Sri Lankan coast. The US has reportedly pressed Sri Lanka not to repatriate survivors from IRIS Dena.

🔴 ENTREVISTA | Enrique Santiago, portavoz de IU en el Congreso y diputado de Sumar 🗣️ "Estamos ante una clarísima operación de desestabilización al gobierno de España" ▶️ rtve.es/rneaudio

Im Iran rufen die Menschen auf Englisch: „Die Alternative für den Iran: Shah Reza Pahlavi.“ Selbst nach dem 8. und 9. Januar – und nach einem der dunkelsten Massaker in der Geschichte des Iran – gingen die Menschen weiterhin auf die Straße.

Loudoun County School Board hits the brakes on electric buses. Citing high costs and reliability concerns, they are pivoting to propane-fueled alternatives. What do you think of this switch? #LoudounCounty #ElectricBuses #SchoolBoard #EducationNews

IBM & Red Hat are investing $5B + 20k engineers in “Lightwell” to AI-secure open-source code. Early adopters: 10 major banks. 🛡️ #opensource Source: https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/28/1641221/ibm-red-hat-commit-5-billion-to-secure-open-source-supply-chains

New episode of the Gresham College Podcast, featuring Prof of Physic Robin May! 🎙️ We explore his lecture series this year, 'Why Do We Have Emotions?' Emotions govern our lives – but why do they exist in the first place? Watch: gres.hm/physic-podcast Institute of Microbiology and Infection

"My argument is simple… The party leadership had more power to dictate the end results of 2024 than ANY AND ALL the people/entities you all have made popular to blame." Via www.instagram.com/p/DY0cbRkNC3...

Say’s Phoebe having fun in the birdbath. #Birds #Arizona #Birding

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Attention isn’t the same as inclusion. If they never bring you into their real life, the connection may be staying in a bubble on purpose. #dating #relationships #boundaries

Verse for the Day: This isn’t hype. Not an empty 'Positive Thought' for a Monday morning. It’s a claim about reality. Some doors are quite simply opened by God - and only He carries the keys. Then the question is not can it be opened? Then the question is will you walk through it? (Happy Monday.)

#Iran shoots down U.S. #F15 fighter jet “They have no anti-aircraft equipment. Their radar is 100% annihilated,” “We are unstoppable as a military force.” #Trump April 1, 2026  “And we literally have planes flying over Tehran and other parts of their […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

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When my family fled Vietnam, a U.S. Navy ship found us adrift at sea. They stopped to save us, and that act of grace changed the course of my life. The freedoms and opportunities we enjoy today are only possible because of people like those sailors and others who served. Today we honor them.

It’s a process, and not to be rushed. “A Lessening” from David Gate’s book A Rebellion of Care. #poetry #january

Después de conmemorar el día del trabajo y no del trabajador, ahora festeja el día del HotDog y no día del completo ni la comida que comen los conecta con la gente

Some cases are solved with logic. Others… with less. Homicide & Seek Ep4 🗓 Coming May 27 #HomicideAndSeek #AudioDrama, #AudioFiction, #MysteryPodcast, #ComedyPodcast, #IndiePodcast, #NewPodcast ja #Storytelling #Whodunit, #DarkComedy, #CrimeFiction tai #CozyMystery

In the final episode of season 10 of the We Society podcast🎙️host Will Hutton is joined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof Philippe Aghion to discuss how innovation & economic growth is achieved through the process of creative destruction. Listen👂➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

Footage documents police officers detaining several Freedom Flotilla activists at Bilbao Airport. The activists were still wearing the prison clothes they had worn in Israeli detention after being intercepted by the Israeli navy while en route to Gaza. Text/source @eyeonpalestine.bsky.social

Did you know...the We Are America March departs April 11th? Join activists from across the country and fight injustice one step at a time. All core marchers receive food, housing and first aid support. Check out www.weareamericamarch.com for more information. @weareamericamarch.bsky.social

🎵 On est là, On est là, Même si les racistes ne le veulent pas, Nous on est là ! ✊🏾

Congratulation to the 2025 AD61 Woman of the Year - Linda Lucks.

NEW EPISODE - #Conscripted to a #WestGerman #nuclear #missile unit Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode457/ #coldwar #Westgermany #bundeswehr #pershingmissile

De'Von Achane signs extension with #dolphins - FREE Show, M-F, 12pm est, Fantasy Sports Daily - www.youtube.com/@eliteplusne... #baseball #fantasybaseball #football #fantasyfootball #nfl

Ole Miss has now eliminated Arizona State

https://Emergent.sh - Turns concepts into production-ready app & website.

A United Airlines flight bound for Spain was forced to return to Newark Liberty International Airport due to a "potential security concern."

Americans should not be forced to pay for Trump’s reckless war.

Ready to exchange ideas and build connections in Implementation Science? Join us at the 4th Swiss Implementation Science Conference «True IMPACT – Delivering Innovation for Patients and the Public». 🔗 Check out the program and register now: www.ifis.uzh.ch/en/impact.html

I think it’s a sad question with an even sadder answer