Get a Move On

BIG ONE: NASA's plans to take humans beyond the Earth's orbit are (oh-so-slowly) progressing. Yesterday, the first Artemis rocket stage was guided toward NASA’s Pegasus barge. Next stop for it,  NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, about a 40-mile journey. 

The completed core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was rolled out of NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans. Soon, the core will undergo Green Run test series. 

The Artemis program is being built to deliver American astronauts and payloads to the Moon and, perhaps, beyond. The core stage in the photo is designed to provide more than 2 million pounds of thrust to help power the first Artemis mission to the Moon, with an Orion spacecraft atop it. Currently, Orion is undergoing final testing at NASA’s Plum Brook Station in Ohio. 

Right now, the goal is to land the first woman and the next man on the Moon by 2024. More information about NASA's Space Launch System can be found here: https://www.nasa.gov/sls

MOVE IT: Though we have been regulars at the gym since joining, today Annabelle wanted to stay home. So, I had the kids dust off their Just Dance game for the Nintendo Switch and we got some exercise in that way.

I have to say, I love the way the dog is just laying there and looking at the kids like they're crazy. 

What was fun about Just Dance today (besides the workout) was that there are a number of Japanese songs on the playlist, and now the kids know what the songs are about (mostly). 

We danced to "Oishii Oishii," which translates to "Delicious Delicious." 

And then we moved to "Po Pi Po," which was about vegetable juice. (Yes, really.)


SCIENCE: Today's science moment came from none other than Pee Wee Herman. He posted the following video on social media. 

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There's something about it that is so perfect ... so pleasing. Actually, I think this could be considered an "art" moment as well.