Exactly 1 year ago I watched #ALeagueOfTheirOwn for the 1st time! It helped me realize I’m queer & I started coming out. To celebrate, today I came out on Facebook & Instagram. I’m living more authentically, joyfully, & finally openly because of ALOTO! Representation matters! 🏳️🌈
“I look up at the moon and wonder, when will we be going back and who will that be?”
Ugly crying at the last line of Apollo 13 now knowing that Jim Lovell didn’t live to see Artemis II but he recorded a message for the crew. 😭😭😭
I was supposed to leave Rise in Integrity….but that was not something I was going to do. I stuffed that little guy in a dry bag we had in our survival kit and hooked the bag onto my pressure suit.
Great news for @ukulele_katie and me who were immediately worried about Rise out alone in the ocean after we knew all the crew were safe on the ship 😅🥹
So um, NASA I know you’re still busy but is it too soon to ask for replica Rises?? Because myself and several hundred thousand of my friends (as far as I can tell) want one!
Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! 🫶
The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
Check out my cool ride!
On April 1, I rode into Earth’s orbit with my besties on top of the Space Launch System rocket. 🚀-Rise
PS - If you missed the launch you can watch it here (good thing you can’t hear me screaming over the sound of the liftoff!): youtu.be/_eeZQw9PBc0?si=9U3Z…
ALT Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen holds up the \"Rise\" zero gravity indicator plushie in front of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The orange core stage of the rocket stands between two white solid rocket boosters and is topped with the white Orion spacecraft. A pole with light fixtures stands between Hansen and the rocket. Credit: NASA
Did you send your name aboard Artemis II???
If you did, then your name is literally in my pocket!! And every time you see me floating around the Orion spacecraft — that’s where your name is! With ME!
Don’t worry — I’ve kept your names safe as I’ve flown around the Moon 🫡 -Rise
This is my most favorite hat. Let me tell you about it!!!!
The rockets soaring along the edge of the visor represent Apollo and Artemis. The stars represent the Orion constellation — the namesake of the Orion spacecraft.
And the top of my hat is giving… Earth. 🌍 -Rise
ALT The Rise plushie \u2014 the zero gravity indicator for the Artemis II mission \u2014 smiles at the camera while being held up by someone's hand. In the background, the Artemis II rocket and spacecraft can be seen on Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Credit: NASA
ALT An animated image of the \"Rise\" zero gravity indicator plushie for the Artemis II mission. It is floating inside of the Orion spacecraft. It looks like a plush Moon wearing a smile on its face and an Earth-colored hat on its head. Credit: NASA
Hi! I’m Rise!
About a week ago, I launched aboard the Artemis II mission with four of my besties. Since then, I have been serving a very important purpose aboard the Orion spacecraft… I float. (And I look cute.)
Today, I am taking over the Artemis social media accounts! -Rise
1. I am SO seated
2. Space Shuttle Challenger successfully flew 9 missions before the 1986 disaster, including both of Sally Ride’s missions
3. Ride played an instrumental part in the Challenger Disaster investigation
Kristen Stewart to officially star in Prime Video series ‘THE CHALLENGER.’
She will star as astronaut and physicist Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman to fly in space.
The subject of fandoms came up on a work call today (I promise I didn’t bring it up!) and I just really appreciate that I didn’t even have to say #ALeagueOfTheirOwn but everyone knew I was thinking it and mentioned it for me 😂
I am once again BEGGING people to understand that AIs/chatbots are designed to fill in the next part of a text. They are designed to say what that SOUNDS realistic. Regardless of the actual accuracy of the statement. They’re powerful but will ALWAYS make things up/“hallucinate”
My favorite part of the Olympics was when Carson Shaw and Greta Gill became the first f/f pair to compete in the Ice Dance competition
#ALeagueOfTheirOwn#SaveALOTO
ALT Fanart of Carson Shaw and Greta Gill from A League Of Their Own (2022) as figure skaters.