TYB
I'd like to place an order for one pimped out Cybertruck.
That thing is awesome, kek.
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
May 30, 2026
Supermoon Versus Micromoon
What is so micro about tonight's blue micromoon? Just after sunset, a full moon will appear slightly smaller and dimmer than usual. The reason is that the Moon's fully illuminated phase occurs within a short time of apogee - when the Moon is farthest from the Earth in its elliptical orbit. In fact, tonight's micromoon will be the farthest, smallest, and dimmest Moon this year. But tonight's micromoon is notable for yet another reason: it is also a blue moon, meaning that it is the second full moon in the same month (moon-th). Pictured here, a supermoon when the full moon appears near its largest is compared to a micromoon as photographed from Kolkata, India in May and December of 2021. Although the next micromoon occurs next month, and the next blue moon at the end of 2028, the next blue micromoon will not occur until 2053.
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGOdsO_ITA8
Galactic Energy, Solar Reconstruction | S0 News and Saturday mornin' frens
May.30.2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtXk316PSIs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIA09h8UeMs (Ray's Astro: NEVER BEFORE: While Comet 3i ATLAS Approached, The Sun BROADCAST for 19 Days Straight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLhy8KC74n0 (Chuck's Astro: Live: Sunspots and Solar Flares)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41A6pd5jsPs (EarthMaster: Friday Night Earthquake report. A look at 2026 EQs So far, compared to average)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQx4tsFL-GM (MrMBB333: Your not going to believe THIS! LOOK)
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/experimental/cone/
https://newsonair.gov.in/philippines-death-toll-from-tropical-storm-trami-climbs-to-116/
https://meteoagent.com/schumann-resonance-forecast
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes-volcanoes/news/303701/Volcano-earthquake-report-for-Saturday-30-May-2026.html
https://weather.substack.com/p/may-29-2026-friday-tropical-update
https://www.tornadohq.com/
https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
https://spaceweather.com/
NASA Hosts SpaceX Crew-11 Astronauts for Public Event at Headquarters
May 29, 2026
NASA will host a public event featuring three crew members from the agency’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission at 11 a.m. EDT Monday, June 1.
The event, which takes place during the crew’s standard postflight visit, will be held in the Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in the Mary W. Jackson building, 300 E. Street SW in Washington.
The crew members, including NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, will discuss their recent 167-day mission aboard the International Space Station, where they conducted a wide range of science experiments to benefit life on Earth and advance human space exploration as part of International Space Station Expedition 73/74.
The Crew-11 mission lifted off on Aug.1, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The crew’s SpaceX Dragon spacecraft docked to the orbital outpost on Aug. 2.
During their mission, the three astronauts, along with crewmate Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, traveled nearly 71 million miles and completed more than 2,670 orbits around Earth.
The Crew-11 mission was Fincke’s fourth spaceflight, Yui’s second, and the first for Cardman and Platonov. Fincke has logged 549 days in space, ranking him fourth among all NASA astronauts for cumulative days in space.
The crew members returned to Earth on Jan. 15, splashing down off the coast of San Diego.
Along the way, Crew-11 logged hundreds of hours of research, maintenance, and technology demonstrations.
The crew members also celebrated the 25th anniversary of continuous human presence aboard the orbiting laboratory on Nov. 2, 2025.
Research conducted aboard the space station advances scientific knowledge and demonstrates new technologies that enable us to prepare for human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Media interested in attending the event must RSVP by 8 a.m., June 1, by emailing the NASA Headquarters newsroom at hq-media@mail.nasa.gov.
NASA’s media accreditation policy is online. Based on the crew’s schedule, NASA will not be able to accommodate interviews.
This opportunity also is part of NASA’s Frontiers Forum: Voices Shaping the Future of Space speaking series designed to convene bold thinkers and senior leaders at the forefront of exploration and innovation.
The series will spotlight mission-critical priorities from advancing the Artemis campaign and strengthening commercial partnerships to shaping the future workforce and accelerating breakthrough technologies.
The agency will share more details soon.
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-hosts-spacex-crew-11-astronauts-for-public-event-at-headquarters/
extra NASA
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/hubble-spies-faint-irregular-galaxy/
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/roman-space-telescope/nasas-roman-mission-preps-to-unveil-new-populations-of-faraway-worlds/
https://science.nasa.gov/image-article/nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-poster/
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/
https://keyt.com/lifestyle/entertainment/2026/05/29/spacewoman-documentary-spotlights-nasa-trailblazer-eileen-collins/
NASA Awards Contract for Johnson Space Center Infrastructure
May 29, 2026
NASA has selected seven companies to provide construction, revitalization, and infrastructure improvements at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
The Johnson Space Center Multiple Award Construction Contract supports up to $300 million in upgrades to mission‑support facilities, utilities, and equipment across the NASA Johnson campus. All funds must be obligated by Sept. 30, 2026.
The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award enables rapid execution of facility projects essential to sustaining astronaut crew training, engineering development, and mission readiness.
Task orders will be competed among awardees to ensure fair opportunity and best value to the government.
Contract awardees are:
Coho Construction Management, LLC
Conti Federal Services, LLC
Healtheon, Inc.
HITT Contracting, Inc.
Ross Group Construction Corporation, LLC
Energy EPC Solutions, LLC, doing business as S&B Services
Sauer Construction, LLC
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-awards-contract-for-johnson-space-center-infrastructure/
extra NASA 2
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/honors/2026/05/29/two-nasa-scientists-receive-usgs-nasa-2025-william-t-pecora-award/
https://science.nasa.gov/blog/curiosity-blog-sols-4900-4907-pasadena-we-have-a-drill-sample/
https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/astromaterials/nasa-uses-mineralogical-marker-to-understand-ancient-martian-climate/
https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/notes-from-the-field/2026/05/29/a-holistic-perspective-on-floridas-wetland-emissions/
https://www.flyingmag.com/nasa-x59-weeks-away-first-supersonic-flight/
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/armstrong/nasas-x-59-prepares-for-first-supersonic-flight/
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/going-low-and-slow-in-testing/
United Launch Alliance Precisely Delivers Seventh Amazon Leo Mission, Advancing Constellation Toward Commercial Service
May 29, 2026
· ULA Atlas V launched another 29 operational commercial satellites, bringing Amazon Leo's total constellation to 331 satellites deployed. ULA has now launched 197 of those satellites.
· Trusted by customers, ULA is relied upon to launch commercial and government payloads directly, and accurately, to the desired orbit.
· Commercial customers encompass up to 50 percent of ULA’s business.
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., (May 29, 2026)– A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying the Leo 7 mission for Amazon lifted off on May 29 at 7:53 p.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
This mission continues to build on ULA’s increase in commercial launch services, now accounting for 50 percent of the overall business.
"ULA has been a trusted launch partner since the beginning of the Amazon Leo program," said Gary Wentz, ULA vice president of Atlas and Vulcan programs.
"Each mission we fly brings Amazon closer to enabling global connectivity, and we are proud to be a strategic partner launching the foundation of the commercial architecture for the Amazon Leo constellation.”
With today's launch, ULA has delivered a total of 197 satellites for the Amazon Leo broadband constellation representing the majority of all Amazon Leo satellites currently on orbit.
ULA’s next launch is the Atlas V Amazon Leo 8 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla., planned for July.
https://newsroom.ulalaunch.com/releases/united-launch-alliance-precisely-delivers-seventh-amazon-leo-mission-advancing-constellation-toward-commercial-service
https://spaceflightnow.com/2026/05/29/live-coverage-ula-to-launch-29-amazon-leo-satellites-on-atlas-5-rocket-from-cape-canaveral-2/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRddOJJzB7A
Today is an error message with Space Force. I don't know what is causing it.
I tried only the headline and links but even that is setting it off. Moving on.
The Blue Moon rises tonight: Where and when to see the second full moon of May
May 30, 2026
A rare "Blue Moon" takes to the eastern sky at sunset tonight! Here's what to expect from the second full moon of May 2026, as it rises close to the red star Antares in the constellation Scorpius.
When to see the Blue Moon
The Blue Moon reaches peak illumination at 4:45 a.m. EDT (0845 GMT) on May 31, as it sits opposite the sun in Earth's sky.
Viewers in the U.S. will get their first glimpse of the full moon as it rises above the eastern horizon around sunset on May 30.
You can check exact timings for your location using Time and Date's moonrise tracker.
Look out for the red light of the supergiant star Antares glowing close to the lower left of the moon. At the same time, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury team up to form a line above the western horizon in the glow of the setting sun.
What is a Blue Moon?
Exciting name aside, you shouldn't expect the Blue Moon to undergo any dramatic transformations in color this weekend — other than the mesmerizing orange-red hues seen around moonrise and moonset, as its light passes through the densest part of Earth's atmosphere.
Instead, we use the term "Blue Moon" to describe the second full moon that rises in a single calendar month.
This rare event occurs roughly once every 2.5 years, as a result of the difference in time between a month of the Gregorian calendar and the 29.5 days it takes the moon to cycle through its first quarter, full, third quarter and new moon phases.
To make things a little more complicated, Blue Moon is also the nickname given to the third full moon in a single season featuring four full moons — though this definition doesn't apply for the May 31 event.
https://www.space.com/stargazing/the-blue-moon-rises-tonight-where-and-when-to-see-the-second-full-moon-of-may
https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/usa/new-york
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1ZC6sZjIY
It is the first time nuclear power plant key equipment has ever been purposely targeted, Rosatom CEO Aleksey Likhachev has said
30 May, 2026 15:28 | Updated 30 May, 2026 16:22
The Ukrainian military attacked Russia’s Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), puncturing a hole in the machine hall of one of the facility’s units, Aleksey Likhachev, CEO of the Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has said.
The ZNPP – which has repeatedly been attacked by Kiev forces over the past years – came under a new attack on Saturday, with a fiber-optics-guided drone making it to the machine hall of the sixth power unit of the plant.
Given that such munitions are guided by their operators until the impact, the strike was carried out deliberately, and any “theories of an accidental hit” can be ruled out, Likhachev stated.
“One could, if I may put it this way, ‘congratulate’ the entire international community – this is the first-ever deliberate attack on the nuclear power plant’s main equipment, with a penetrative explosion and damage to the machine hall,” he said.
Russia has repeatedly drawn the attention of the international community to the “extremely dangerous behavior” on Kiev’s part, the nuclear chief added.
Many appear not to take the continuing attacks on the ZNPP “seriously,” while a potential nuclear incident at the plant could spread well beyond Russia and Ukraine, affecting those believing themselves to be “completely safe,” Likhachev warned.
Radiation levels remain normal at the site, the ZNPP said in a statement. The attack caused no casualties or “critical damage” to the facility, it added.
Emergency teams are currently accessing the damage sustained by the machine hall, with the situation remaining under “full control,” the ZNPP stressed.
https://www.rt.com/russia/640766-zaporozhye-nuclear-power-plant-attack/
extra RT
https://www.rt.com/russia/640744-lipaev-ambassador-romania-drone-galati/
https://www.rt.com/russia/640736-putin-romania-drone-incident-data/
https://www.rt.com/russia/640757-putin-ukraine-conflict-romania-kazakhstan/
https://www.rt.com/russia/640753-lukashenko-macron-eu-peace/
Ukrainian drones strike port, oil depot in southern Russia, authorities say
Saturday 30 May | 16:36
Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russia’s oil infrastructure overnight, damaging a tanker and an oil refinery in Taganrog and striking an oil depot in Armavir, Russian regional officials and Ukrainian military said on Saturday.
Rostov regional governor Yury Slyusar said on Telegram that fires on the tanker and in the port of Taganrog – a city of about 240,000 – had been extinguished, with no oil spill reported. Two people were injured, he said.
The city’s mayor, Svetlana Kambulova, said a local state of emergency, introduced on May 27, had been extended. Russia’s Defence Ministry said that its forces had downed 127 drones overnight.
In the neighbouring Krasnodar region, authorities in Armavir, which has a population of 185,000, said a fire at an oil depot in the city’s industrial zone had been brought under control and that there were no injuries.
Rostov governor Slyusar said that almost 50 drones had been downed in his region, with attacks reported across the province, which borders Ukraine’s Donbas, the focus of fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
Outside Taganrog, he said, only minor damage was reported.
The commander of Ukraine’s drone forces said they had struck Taganrog, as well as an oil depot in Feodosiya in Russian-controlled Crimea.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy confirmed the Ukrainian military strike on the oil facility in Armavir, some 500 km (320 miles) from the Ukrainian state border.
“We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from. Russia could have ended its aggression long ago, but instead chose to prolong and continue it,” Zelenskiy said on X.
“So another facility of Russia’s oil industry has been reached – Armavir, Krasnodar Krai.”
https://cyprus-mail.com/2026/05/30/ukrainian-drones-strike-port-oil-depot-in-southern-russia-authorities-say
other Russia and Ukraine
https://news.err.ee/1610042314/estonia-installs-first-counter-drone-systems-on-its-border-with-russia
https://streamlinefeed.co.ke/news/dmitry-medvedev-warns-europe-after-russian-drone-strikes-romania
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukraine-unveils-secret-drone-hunting-russian-supply-convoys-between-mariupol-and-crimea-19338
https://www.marineinsight.com/turkey-warns-of-black-sea-escalation-after-drone-strike-hits-cargo-ship-injuring-2-crew-members/
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-revives-wwi-dazzle-camouflage-to-evade-ukrainian-ai-drones-does-it-work-19334
https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russian-shahed-drone-attack-destroys-civilian-railway-station-in-ukraines-sumy-region-19335
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/05/30/ukrainian-drones-destroy-2-tu-142-aircraft-iskander-system-at-russian-airfield-in-taganrog/
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cutting-edge-underwater-tech-for-aukus-forces-to-be-developed-through-landmark-partnership
extra US drones
https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4503788/44th-medical-brigade-integrates-drones-into-medical-resupply-operations/
Cutting-edge underwater tech for AUKUS forces to be developed through landmark partnership
30 May 2026
First-of-its-kind project to develop cutting-edge uncrewed underwater technologies as AUKUS nations ‘step on the accelerator’ for Pillar 2.
Follows first successful submarine maintenance period for a UK submarine at HMAS Stirling earlier this year, as UK and US submarines set to rotate through the Australian base from 2027.
Additionally, three British companies named amongst winners of the UK 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge, receiving a share of £3 million.
Pioneering technologies deployed from uncrewed underwater vessels have been announced by AUKUS Defence Ministers at a meeting in Singapore which pushed forward progress in the trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The joint development of transformational tech is the first signature project to be announced under Pillar 2 of the partnership, with the first capabilities expected in service next year.
Under AUKUS, Pillar 1 focuses on Australia’s acquisition of conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines, while Pillar 2 pools the talents of each nations’ defence sector to develop advanced military capabilities to support security around the world.
Announced by Defence Secretary John Healey MP alongside US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles in Singapore, the new project will see AUKUS partners ‘step on the accelerator’ for Pillar 2 of the programme to develop, produce and deploy cutting-edge technologies carried by uncrewed underwater vessels (UUV).
The work shows how AUKUS partners are collaborating to rapidly develop groundbreaking maritime capabilities to boost warfighting readiness.
This work will support the development of payloads, such as sensors and weapons systems, that can be deployed across all three nations’ UUV fleets, increasing collective strength and deterrence across the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic.
This project will provide opportunities for UK industry in furthering work on underwater capabilities, supporting good jobs and growth across the nation.
Defence Secretary John Healey MP said:
AUKUS is delivering for our security and for our economy. Together we are announcing ground-breaking underwater capabilities that will keep Britain safe, backing British businesses that are driving growth, and standing shoulder to shoulder with our closest allies.
This is what modern defence looks like. We’re stepping on the accelerator to develop cutting-edge tech to boost our collective deterrence and support our shared security.
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The first capabilities are expected to be in service by 2027 and will help drive the Royal Navy’s transition to a Hybrid Navy - a more flexible, modern force that blends crewed and uncrewed platforms.
The payloads will allow the Royal Navy to detect underwater threats to the UK and allies’ critical undersea infrastructure. The Royal Navy will be able to integrate payloads from the US and Australia, meaning a more effective and lethal force.
The tech will be used to reinforce the future SSN-AUKUS attack submarine fleet.
Defence Secretary John Healey also announced the winners of the 2025 AUKUS Maritime Innovation Challenge.
The challenge is the second iteration of AUKUS Pillar 2’s Innovation Challenge Series and sought companies innovating which enable the command, control and teaming of undersea systems.
Three of the four winning suppliers are UK based:
Decision Analysis Services Ltd., an SME based in Basingstoke
SEA Ltd., a large enterprise based in Frome
A-2i, a micro-consultancy based in Dorchester, Dorset
MSI Transducers, a large enterprise based near Boston, USA
The winners show the breadth and diversity of innovation across AUKUS innovation: three UK and one US company, one SME, two large suppliers, and one micro-consultancy. Each company will receive a share of £3 million in funding to develop and test their capabilities.
This investment in three British companies demonstrates how defence is driving economic growth across the UK, creating skilled jobs and opportunities for companies of all sizes. The UK Government is committed to backing SMEs and scalable business.
The AUKUS Defence Ministers also announced progress in establishing Submarine Rotational Force-West, which will see a rotational presence of UK and US nuclear-powered submarines at HMAS Stirling in Australia.
The first rotation of a nuclear-powered US submarine to HMAS Stirling is expected in 2027, to be followed by a UK Astute Class submarine.
This follows the first successful submarine maintenance period (SMP) conducted on a UK Astute class submarine at HMAS Stirling earlier this year.
Today’s announcements are the latest in a series of significant milestones delivered by this Government under AUKUS, building on the Geelong Treaty signed in July 2025, which established the framework for the deepest level of bilateral UK-Australian defence cooperation in generations.
The AUKUS partnership is backed by the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War – hitting 2.6% of GDP from 2027.
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Munich Airport temporarily shut over drone sighting - what we know so far
May 30, 2026, 14:20 IST
Munich Airport was closed on Saturday after a pilot reported a drone sighting, forcing suspension of all flights, a spokesperson for the Federal Police told FOCUS online.
Both runways were closed while the situation was being assessed as per police reports.
"A pilot reported suspicious activity," the spokesperson said.
A passenger reported to FOCUS online that an announcement was made shortly before takeoff that the airport would remain closed until "at least 10 am."
Helicopters were deployed to search for the drone but after nothing was found, closure was lifted and air traffic resumed.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/munich-airport-temporarily-shut-over-drone-sighting-what-we-know-so-far/articleshow/131406453.cms
Chinese scientists create ‘kill-them-all’ algorithm for drone warfare
12:00pm, 30 May 2026Updated: 12:18pm, 30 May 2026
A research team from northwestern China has released a new algorithm that could fundamentally change how drone swarms hunt and destroy enemy targets.
The algorithm, known as HG-STR (Heterogeneous Graph Spatio-Temporal Reasoning), promises to allow a fleet of fixed-wing drones to autonomously search a vast battlefield and eliminate every single enemy, even when their communications are being jammed and their vision is blocked.
It is the first known algorithm capable of achieving a 100 per cent kill rate while operating fast enough to keep up with the pace of modern warfare, according to a peer-reviewed paper published in China’s top aviation journal Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica Sinica on May 19.
Most drone operations today are still controlled remotely by human pilots, according to a Beijing-based defence expert who was not involved in the study.
“This technology suggests a future where swarms of drones could be sent into a high-risk, jammed environment, cut off from human command with a single final order: find and kill them all,” he said, requesting anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to media.
Traditional algorithms treat all information such as friend, foe and terrain as the same type of data.
This creates confusion, according to the team led by Zhang Dong, an associate professor with the School of Astronautics at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian.
Their new method builds a “heterogeneous graph”, a kind of smart web where every object is tagged with its true meaning. A friendly drone is one type of node, a search area is another and an enemy target is a distinct third.
The algorithm can learn to pay attention to the right connections. When a drone spots a target, that information is treated as a high-priority threat. When a teammate is nearby, it is treated as a collaboration opportunity.
This allows the swarm to instantly understand whom to help and whom to hunt, according to Zhang and his colleagues.
Older rule-based systems, like a pre-written script, fail when the enemy does not follow the script. Most existing optimisation methods, like a chess computer calculating every move, are far too slow.
In the heat of battle, they take seconds to decide and, “in this period, a drone can fly nearly 600 metres (1,968 feet) blind, a fatal delay in intense electromagnetic confrontations”, Zhang wrote.
The HG-STR algorithm makes decisions in just 6.6 milliseconds, a huge leap over older methods.
But the real battlefield is full of chaos. Enemy jamming can cut communication links, leaving drones isolated. A drone’s own sensors can only see a small patch of ground. The “search and destroy” mission is a desperate race against time and fuel.
The Chinese team faced these challenges head-on. First, they gave each drone a “memory”. When a drone loses contact with its teammates, it relies on a special memory module (a GRU, or Gated Recurrent Unit) to remember where its friends were and where the enemies were last seen.
Second, they designed a hierarchical brain. The drone first decides its goal: “Should I search or should I strike?” Then, it chooses a specific target. Finally, it decides how much ammunition to use.
By breaking the problem into layers, the drone avoids the chaos of trying to do everything at once.
In the team’s simulation experiments, even when the communication radius was severely limited, the algorithm achieved a 100 per cent kill rate of enemy targets, including those hidden from plain sight.
The experiments also showed the algorithm can be trained on a small scenario and then instantly deployed to a much larger one, with more drones and more targets, without retraining.
Looking to the future, the team plans to take the algorithm from the lab to the real world. They also want to make it even more robust, teaching it to handle not just lost connections, but also delayed messages and corrupted data.
“Future work will focus on exploring the lightweight deployment and real-flight verification of this algorithm on embedded airborne platforms with limited computing power,” they wrote.
Their work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3355232/chinese-scientists-create-kill-them-all-algorithm-drone-warfare?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article