Cosmicus

Earth slowly disappearing behind the Moon — filmed by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman from the far side.

Imagine watching your entire world vanish behind another world. Everything you know, everyone you love, gone behind the lunar horizon. Total silence. Total darkness. Just you and the void.


For a few minutes, these four astronauts were the most isolated humans in history.
This might be the most beautiful and terrifying frame ever recorded from space .

1 month ago | [YT] | 805

Cosmicus

They went to the Moon, and they made it back home.

The Artemis II crew just splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean after humanity's first trip around the Moon in over 50 years. Four astronauts. Ten days in space. Farther than any human has traveled since Apollo 17.

This is not just a landing. This is the beginning of a new era of space exploration.
Welcome home

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,706

Cosmicus

On January 27th, 1967, three astronauts were sealed inside a capsule filled with pure oxygen. A spark found that oxygen. Five minutes later, all three were gone. Gus Grissom. Ed White. Roger Chaffee.
That was just the beginning.


A cosmonaut who knew his parachute would fail but flew anyway so his best friend wouldn't have to. Three cosmonauts who landed perfectly and never woke up. A schoolteacher and six crew members lost 73 seconds after launch. Seven astronauts who never made it home because a piece of foam nobody took seriously punched a hole nobody checked.


Right now, four astronauts are closer to the Moon than any human has been in over 50 years. The hatch on their spacecraft opens in seconds because of Apollo 1. Their pressure suits exist because of Soyuz 11. The booster joints beneath them were redesigned because of Challenger. The heat shield was stress tested with extra caution because of Columbia.


Every safety system keeping them alive is a monument to someone who never came home.
Full video is up now: https://youtu.be/b-OttrbUsAQ

1 month ago | [YT] | 50

Cosmicus

Earth rising from the far side of the Moon, captured by the Artemis II crew.

This is a view no human had ever seen with their own eyes until now. The far side of the Moon, complete darkness, zero contact with Earth, and then this.


Home, peeking over the lunar horizon.


Have you ever felt small looking at a photo? This is that photo.

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,598

Cosmicus

Do you think James Webb will find signs of alien life?

1 month ago | [YT] | 129

Cosmicus

The Apollo 11 Moon landing — real or fake?

1 month ago | [YT] | 163

Cosmicus

This is Earth, captured by the Artemis II crew as they traveled farther from home than any human in over 50 years.

No borders. No countries. No conflicts. Just one tiny, fragile world floating in the infinite darkness of space.


The last time human eyes saw our planet from this far away was during Apollo 17 in 1972. More than five decades later, we're finally back out there.
Sometimes it takes leaving home to truly appreciate it.


What does this image make you feel? Drop your thoughts below

1 month ago | [YT] | 631

Cosmicus

Do you believe there's intelligent life beyond Earth?

1 month ago | [YT] | 158

Cosmicus

If you had a one-way ticket to space, would you go?

1 month ago | [YT] | 213

Cosmicus

What's the most important goal for humanity in space?

1 month ago | [YT] | 142