Lessons I Learnt This Year. #1 Don’t Make Home Out Of People. They Leave, They Leave All The Frigging

Well, this is definitely the most fun I’ve had while making a post.

Inspired by this one from capnphaggit. Images & copyrights: Trifid Nebula (M20) by Marcus Davies, The Cat’s Eye Nebula and Star-forming region Sharpless 2-106 by NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Please don’t remove the credits.

“I’ll never get tired of saying, “Thank you for giving me the love that everyone wish to have.”…….(the story continues)”

— thousand-miles-lovestory

Astronaut Candidates Report for Duty

Fourteen new Astronaut Candidates have reported to our Johnson Space Center in Houston for duty on Monday, Aug. 21! Two astronauts from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), along with our 12 new astronaut candidates arrived for their first day of work. We selected these 12 individuals from a record number of more than 18,000 applicants. 

This excited group of outstanding individuals will begin 2 years of training, along with 2 Canadian astronauts, in 5 key areas before being assigned to a mission.

What 5 areas? Let’s take a look…

1. Operate in T-38 Jets

Astronauts must be able to safely operate in the T-38 jets as either a pilot or back seater. 

2. Operate + Maintain the International Space Station

Astronauts learn to operate and maintain the complex systems aboard the International Space Station. Did you know they recycle their water there? Today’s coffee is…well, tomorrow’s coffee too. 

3. Learn How to Spacewalk

Or should we say waterwalk? Astronauts demonstrate the skills to complete complex spacewalk tasks in our Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. This 6.2 million gallon pool contains a mockup of the space station and is a close simulation to microgravity.

4. Learn to Operate a Robot

Astronauts train in Canada for 2 weeks to learn how to capture visiting vehicles and more with the space station’s Canadarm 2 robotic arm. 

5. Learn a Foreign Language

Astronauts must be fluent in both English and Russian, the two official languages on the International Space Station. 

But before they begin all this training…they had to report for duty…

This group reported for Johnson Space Center on eclipse day and was sworn in as NASA’s Astronaut Candidate Class of 2017.

They even got to experience the partial solar eclipse together, what a great first day!

Follow their training journey online by following @NASA_Astronauts on Twitter. 

Get to know them better and watch their individual interviews here: go.nasa.gov/NewAstronauts. 

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Jardín Botánico Lancetilla, Tela, Atlántida.

She told me I broke her heart, and maybe that’s true. Maybe I didn’t break like she did. My heart seems to have made it out just fine, but I’m starting to see how much more of me was splintered by what we had. She taught me to think relationships are supposed to be hard, and now I’m left with a very capable heart and a very profound fear of labels.

hella-james  (via wnq-writers)

Book of the week: Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

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Out in the Summer Sun with Lomography Color Negative 100

Do not be fooled with this film’s low ISO; the Lomography Color Negative 100 (35mm) is the ideal companion to the coming summer, capable of taking vividly colored and fine-grained, sharp photographs especially when one’s out and about.

Clear//Goner

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Midnight Garden