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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
April 7, 2026
IC 4592: The Blue Horsehead Reflection Nebula
Do you see the horse's head? What you are seeing is not the famous Horsehead nebula toward Orion, but rather a fainter nebula that only takes on a familiar form with deeper imaging. The main part of the here-imaged molecular cloud complex is reflection nebula IC 4592. Reflection nebulas are made up of very fine dust that normally appears dark but can look quite blue when reflecting the visible light of energetic nearby stars. In this case, the source of much of the reflected light is a star at the eye of the horse. That star is part of Nu Scorpii, one of the brighter star systems toward the constellation of the Scorpion (Scorpius). A second reflection nebula dubbed IC 4601 is visible surrounding two stars just below the image center. The featured picture was taken from Sawda Natheel in Qatar.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdvGkhJ7Sk
Thats what I thought of too
Mystery Earth Hum, Gigantic Lightning Jet | S0 News
Apr.7.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYcGgXdUln4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAM-o9v-g4s (S0: Will Your Children Die?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBOWxvhQJ_k (Stefan Burns: You Won't Believe The Interstellar Signal Earth Just Received…)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0k4zVq8W3c (MrMBB333: Are we seeing signs of 'Planet X'?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWXIUNYRiF4 (Dobsonian Power: SEARCHING THE MOON FOR ANOMALIES)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCNqNvWOAbA (TheEarthMaster: Cascadia Slow Slip events way up today. 500 plus. Monday Night Earthquake update)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnyU2gWUC-E (Time For Truth: Middle East Storm Chaos: Floods, Hail and Rare Snow Hit Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Oman)
https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2041347215096967453
https://khmoradio.com/ixp/463/p/missouri-earthquakes-history/
https://meteoagent.com/schumann-resonance-forecast
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/quake-info/22886028/mag2quake-Apr-7-2026-Greece.html
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/news/ccor-1-captures-comet-c2026-a1
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
https://spaceweather.com/
https://x.com/StefanBurnsGeo/status/2041514376516022313
https://x.com/PaulGoldEagle/status/2041326473328673174
Forgot about Blucifer at the Denver airport.
NASA Spacecraft Captures Comet Exploding
Apr 07, 2026 at 07:45 AM EDT
A large comet has exploded as a result of thermal pressure while passing through the sun's atmosphere, images taken by a NASA spacecraft have revealed.
Comet MAPS, also known as C/2026 A1, was seen flying towards the sun on April 4by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)an international project between the ESA and NASA that has been ongoing for more than 30 years.
SOHO takes images of the space around the sun using a "coronagraph," a specialized telescope attachment that blocks out the light coming directly from the sun—essentially creating an artificial eclipse.
In the stunning new footage, Comet MAPS is seen flying into the sun's atmosphere on a course taking it to within just 99,000 miles of the star's surface.
While the comet entered the blind spot in the center of the coronagraph intact, only a shower of debris can be seen coming out from the other side.
The footage also shows a sudden brightening, which may have been the comet's nucleus exploding due to the thermal stress, before the emergence of the dust cloud.
The dust cloud is structured into a spray of narrow bands called "striae"—a common feature that results from high levels of material release from comets.
Comet MAPS was only discovered in January of this year, and while it was too far to confirm its size, experts believed it may have been big enough to eventually be seen in broad daylight.
According to Forbes, experts had believed that the comet might pass within 500,000 miles from the sun's surface, and emerge with a bright shining tail visible from earth.
However, later observations revealed it was in fact smaller than initially though, making it more at risk of being destroyed in its close pass to the sun, and that it was travelling closer to the sun's than initial estimates had predicted.
Some comets that pass this close to the sun become dramatically brighter and visible to the naked eye, however this wasn't the case for MAPS.
There is hope, however, that Comet PanSTARRS, also known as Comet C/2025 R3, could achieve this.
The long-period comet is expected to peak in late April, around 46 million miles from the sun, and will make its closest approach to Earth on April 27 when it will be at its brightest.
It is unclear yet whether Comet PanSTARRS will be visible only via binoculars, or whether stargazers will be able to see the comet unaided in the night sky.
https://www.newsweek.com/nasa-spacecraft-captures-comet-maps-exploding-coronagraph-soho-11792110
other fireballs, meteors, and comets
https://spaceweather.com/archive.php?view=1&day=07&month=04&year=2026
https://www.astronomy.com/observing/the-sky-today-tuesday-april-7-2026/
https://dailygalaxy.com/2026/04/meteorite-morocco-mars-contains-water/
https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jaxa-plans-to-bring-back-pristine-early-solar-system-samples-from-a-comet
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/today-humans-are-going-farther-than-ever-before-7bf3f5458f77
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/%C3%BCbermenschen-on-exoplanets-ac285bdd40c9
Artemis II Flight Day 6: Crew Wraps Historic Lunar Flyby
April 6, 2026 11:46PM
The Artemis II mission wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby, marking humanity’s first return to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side.
After the lunar observation period concluded, the Artemis II crew was congratulated by President Donald J. Trump, in a live conversation that aired as part of NASA’s continuing live coverage of the mission.
They also spoke with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and answered questions from social media.
The momentous day began at 1:56 p.m. EDT as NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by any human, surpassing Apollo 13’s distance of 248,655 miles.
During a planned 40-minute loss of signal as Orion passed behind the Moon, the spacecraft and its crew made their closest approach at 7:00 p.m., flying at about 4,067 miles above the surface.
Two minutes later, the crew reached the mission’s maximum distance from Earth at 252,756 miles, setting a new record for human spaceflight.
As they flew over the Moon’s far side, the crew photographed and described terrain features including impact craters, ancient lava flows, and surface cracks and ridges formed as the Moon slowly evolved over time.
They also noted differences in color, brightness and texture, which provide clues that help scientists understand the composition and history of the lunar surface.
The crew witnessed an “Earthset” — the moment Earth dropped below the lunar horizon — as Orion traveled behind the Moon and an “Earthrise” as the spacecraft emerged from the opposite edge of the Moon.
As the lunar observation period ended, the crew witnessed a nearly hour-long solar eclipse as the spacecraft, the Moon and the Sun aligned.
With a view of a mostly darkened Moon, the crew analyzed the solar corona — the Sun’s outermost atmosphere — as it appeared around the Moon’s edge.
During the eclipse, the crew had an opportunity to look for some rarely seen phenomena that are only visible on an unlit portion of the Moon.
They reported six light flashes created by meteoroids impacting the lunar surface while traveling many thousands of miles per hour.
Scientists already are looking forward to the images, along with the many others taken during the flyby.
After the lunar data is downlinked from the spacecraft overnight, scientists will look at images, audio, and other data to determine better times and locations of the flashes and seek input from amateurs who were observing the Moon at the same time.
The crew will discuss their observations with the lunar science team on Tuesday, April 7, in a conversation that will broadcast in NASA’s live coverage.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-flight-day-6-crew-wraps-historic-lunar-flyby/
other Artemis II
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/this-is-really-big-stuff-trump-hails-nasa-artemis-2-astronauts-after-historic-moon-flyby-feat
https://science.nasa.gov/resource/artemis-ii-lunar-targeting-plan/
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-eclipses-record-for-farthest-human-spaceflight/
https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/
https://x.com/AstroVicGlover/status/1349493507384176641 (Dark To Light)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dS9qqzSF3mI (Day 6 Highlights)
Crew Kicks Off Week Prepping for Cygnus Cargo Mission
April 6, 2026 6:49PM
The Expedition 74 crew continues preparing for the next U.S. cargo mission due to visit the International Space Station.
The orbital residents also serviced spacesuits, configured scientific hardware, and studied how microgravity affects blood pressure at the beginning of the week.
NASA Flight Engineers Chris Williams and Jack Hathaway joined each other in the cupola on Monday and practiced maneuvering the Canadarm2 robotic arm to capture the Cygnus XL when it arrives to the space station.
After the cargo spacecraft’s capture, ground controllers will remotely command Canadarm2 to install Cygnus XL on the Unity module’s Earth-facing port.
Cygnus will be delivering advanced microgravity research gear to study quantum computing technology, test stem cell therapies, promote astronaut health, and more.
Earlier in the day, Williams and Hathway, along with NASA flight engineer Jessica Meir, worked on spacesuit maintenance.
Hathway and Meir took turns cleaning and flushing the suit’s water-cooling loops that regulate an astronaut’s body temperature in the extreme environment of space.
Williams swapped a pair of lithium-ion batteries that power spacesuits inside the Quest airlock’s battery stowage compartment to maintain optimum battery performance.
Meir began her shift powering up and replacing filters on the KERMIT fluorescence microscope, that supports biological, physical, and material science research in microgravity, inside the Destiny laboratory module.
Next, she set up a physics experiment that studies how particles attach to droplets and rearrange in microgravity that used KERMIT to image the phenomena. Results may lead to improved engineering designs for additive manufacturing and optical materials.
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) kicked off her shift inside the Kibo laboratory module powering down the TUSK technology demonstration, a small experimental robotic arm being tested for precise, sub-millimeter manipulation in weightlessness.
Afterward, Adenot cleaned portions of Kibo’s ventilation system then tested emergency communications with mission controllers from around the world.
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev, station commander and flight engineer respectively, took turns wearing a series of arm, wrist, and finger cuffs measuring their blood pressure for an ongoing cardiovascular study.
Afterward, Kud-Sverchkov inspected spacecraft docking hardware while Mikaev worked on communications and electronics maintenance.
Roscosmos flight engineer Andrey Fedyaev practiced European robotic arm maneuvers using computer simulation software at the start of his shift on Monday.
Fedyaev then moved on to a study using artificial intelligence tools to improve crew operations and communications. Finally, he adjusted the lens setting on Earth observation hardware for a visibility test.
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/spacestation/2026/04/06/crew-kicks-off-week-prepping-for-cygnus-cargo-mission/
extra NASA
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/drought-parches-florida/
Ed Buckbee, tapped by Wernher Von Braun to lead Huntsville’s Space and Rocket Center, dies at 89
Updated: Apr. 06, 2026, 5:26 p.m.|Published: Apr. 06, 2026, 3:41 p.m.
The U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s first director, Edward “Ed” Buckbee, has died. He was 89.
Space pioneer Wernher Von Braun selected Buckbee to be the center’s first director in 1970.
Hailed as a visionary, he assembled and managed the world’s largest space and rocket exhibition and founded the highly successful U.S. Space Camp and Aviation Challenge programs, according to his biography with the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Foundation.
“We are saddened by the passing of Edward O. Buckbee, founding Executive Director of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center,” the Space & Rocket Center said in a statement.
“In his 23-year tenure at the Rocket Center, he accomplished many things but perhaps none greater than opening Space Camp in 1982. The future engineers, scientists, and astronauts Space Camp inspires are his enduring legacy.
“Auspiciously, today Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch, a five-time Space Camp alumna, becomes the first woman to orbit the moon,” the statement added.
Retiring from the U.S. Space & Rocker Center in 1994, Buckbee continued to work as an advisor and consultant to NASA.
He produced and hosted numerous space anniversary events, acknowledging famous firsts in human space flight, honoring astronaut John Glenn and moon walkers Alan Shepard, Alan Bean and Gene Cernan.
He organized and hosted the 30th anniversary celebration of the astronauts who flew on America’s first space station, Skylab.
Buckbee served on the Space & Rocket Center and was an author, lecturer, space expert and director emeritus.
Buckbee began his NASA career in 1959 when America’s first Mercury astronauts were selected. He attended the launches of Alan Shepard and John Glenn and was present when the Apollo astronauts lifted-off for the moon landings.
https://www.al.com/news/2026/04/ed-buckbee-tapped-by-werner-von-braun-to-lead-huntsvilles-space-and-rocket-center-dies-at-89.html
https://256today.com/u-s-space-rocket-center-mourns-passing-of-founding-director-ed-buckbee/
NASA’s Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Mission Overview
Apr 06, 2026
NASA’s Northrop Grumman Commercial Resupply Services 24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24, will deliver approximately 11,000 pounds of science and supplies to the International Space Station.
This mission will be the second flight of the Cygnus XL, the larger, more cargo-capable version of the company’s solar-powered spacecraft.
The Cygnus XL will launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Following arrival, astronauts aboard the space station will use the Canadarm2 to grapple Cygnus XL before robotically installing the spacecraft to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port for cargo unloading.
Science Highlights
Along with supplies and equipment for the crew, Cygnus XL will deliver a range of scientific investigations to the International Space Station that helps to advance knowledge and technology in support of the Artemis program.
This research includes:
A new module for the Cold Atom Lab to expand its research capabilities and improve our understanding of general relativity, planetary composition, and dark matter. The Cold Atom Lab advances quantum research to improve technologies, such as solar cells, MRI scanners, and components that power phones and computers.
An investigation (InSPA-StemCellEX-H2) studying blood stem cell production in microgravity to create a larger number of therapeutic cells. Successful stem cell production could advance healthcare on Earth for patients with certain blood diseases and cancers.
An investigation (Nanoracks-ITSI) that measures how radio signals sent from Earth change as they pass through the upper atmosphere. These measurements could improve models that predict the impacts of solar activity and space weather, which can disrupt technologies like GPS navigation and radar tracking systems.
A study (CBIOMES) of how spaceflight impacts the relationship between organisms and their gut microbiome. Researchers will observe changes in roundworms down to the cellular level to identify ways to maintain microbiome stability and help protect astronaut health on future Moon and Mars missions.
Mission Hardware
A study (CBIOMES) of how spaceflight impacts the relationship between organisms and their gut microbiome.
Researchers will observe changes in roundworms down to the cellular level to identify ways to maintain microbiome stability and help protect astronaut health on future Moon and Mars missions.
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The European Enhanced Exploration Exercise Device is a compact exercise system that help preserve muscle mass and bone health in microgravity.
By enabling a broader and more adaptable range of resistance exercises, this device combines cycling, rowing, and resistance training in addition to the ability to perform rope-pulling and climbing movements, even when unpowered.
The device was jointly developed by NASA and ESA (European Space Agency).
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The Supplemental Heat Rejection Evaporative Cooler provides heat rejection for the orbiting laboratory in the event of dual thermal control system loop failures.
The cooler connects to the vacuum system and multiple onboard water sources to evaporate water through hollow fiber membranes.
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The Ocular Coherence Tomography is a noncontact medical imaging device that uses reflected light to produce detailed cross-sectional and 3D images to actively track the eye during imagery.
Tracking eye movement with simultaneous dual-beam imaging minimizes motion artifact, enables noise reduction, and allows the instrument to precisely track changes in crew eye health over time.
This unit will replace a degraded unit in orbit
Additional Hardware
8 hatch seal covers, to be installed over current hatch seals
2 batteries to support the operations of the Zarya module
3 resupply water tanks for the water storage system
1 nitrogen tank and 1 oxygen tank, used for recharging spacesuits and maintaining a pressurized environment on space station
1 pretreat and water dispenser, a spare unit for the Waste and Hygiene Compartment
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/nasas-northrop-grumman-crs-24-mission-overview/
NASA occult weirdness
couldnt find a good video clip of it
rosierosenkranz1
It seems that one of the people who work at NASA who is getting ready with the astronauts has some sort of satanic tattoo on their hands.
People are now saying that they didn’t even go to space
https://www.threads.com/@rosierosenkranz1/post/DWtzBo8lFoy/it-seems-that-one-of-the-people-who-work-at-nasa-who-is-getting-ready-with-the
https://x.com/happydogs2011/status/2040922386929992145
https://x.com/DutchSewerProd/status/2041324662991335618
Arizona aims to become America’s premier space state
Published: Apr. 6, 2026 at 9:22 PM PDT|Updated: 11 hours ago
Arizona is hoping to be a rising star in the space industry as Artemis II fuels new momentum.
A revived state Space Commission says the Grand Canyon State has the land, talent and infrastructure to lead. Could Arizona become the next major space powerhouse?
Zach Prelutsky reports.
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2026/04/07/arizona-aims-become-americas-premier-space-state/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmh47CjSaj4