Ars Technica
NASA's Orion heat shield, which once shed char like a bad sunburn, performed nearly flawlessly on Artemis II - and the safety panel is so impressed they're using words like 'stunning.'
The Guardian Europe
Artemis II crew gets the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, Trump announces a space academy with no location, and everyone agrees Mars is next (shortly, of course).
NASA
Four astronauts who flew around the Moon get shiny medals, because apparently that's a thing now, and Trump is handing them out.
MIT Technology Review
Humans go to space because we have itchy feet, and also because we want to see what's on the other side - even if that other side is a black void that makes us question everything.
NASA
Elkin Norena went from watching shuttle launches on a classroom TV to managing the SLS rocket for Artemis II - proving that childhood dreams, with enough engineering, can actually launch.
Ars Technica
NASA's Artemis II crew got a Mach 39 patch after hitting 24,664 mph on reentry - because apparently going really fast deserves an embroidered trophy.
NASA
NASA's Artemis II snaps a moonshine-lit Earth showing city lights, auroras, and zodiacal dust - because nothing says 'solar system selfie' like a 51,200 ISO setting.
Ars Technica
NASA boss Jared Isaacman opens a $15M Space Camp expansion, and Artemis II moon flyby doubles summer registrations - proof that space still sells tickets.
NASA
NASA engineer Nicholas Houghton designs survival gear for Artemis astronauts - and when he's not doing that, he's saving lives as a volunteer firefighter. Overachiever.
The Guardian Europe
Congress, Bill Nye, and the entire space community unite to tell Trump that cutting NASA's science budget is a terrible idea, again.
The Guardian Europe
Trump hosts Artemis II crew, claims he'd ace the mission, then pivots to celebrating a Voting Rights Act gutting and mixing up wars.
Ars Technica
Artemis II breaks Apollo 13's 56-year-old distance record, but Fred Haise isn't impressed - he just wanted to walk on the Moon, not set a Guinness entry.
NASA
NASA's Peter Rossoni explains how laser communications beamed 450 GB of data - including 100 HD movies - from the Moon, proving that in space, no one can hear you stream, but they can definitely send you cat videos.
NASA's Artemis II crew went to the Moon, set a distance record, called the ISS, and experienced 'Moon joy' - all while testing a space toilet.
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