Mastodawn

During NASA’s #ArtemisII mission to the Moon, four astronauts will live and work inside the Orion spacecraft after launching atop the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lxDQj7CFyI - the crew will test Orion’s systems throughout their 10-day mission to ensure the spacecraft can keep astronauts safe and healthy in deep space.

10 Days in Orion

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Daniel Fischer 1d ago

Q&A with the #ArtemisII crew when they just arrived at the KSC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-sDsbJp7E. And how Europe will power the journey to the Moon and back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq6hz0GFEO4 - from ESA which also made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMt0njvmu0Y

NASA's Artemis II Crew Arrives for Launch

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The #ArtemisII mission has quite an impact on ... the operation of the James Webb Space Telescope as https://www.stsci.edu/contents/news/jwst/2026/artemis-iis-april-1st-launch-impact-on-jwst-science-operations explains: "During the 10-day window of the Artemis II mission, the #JWST operations plan currently assumes roughly a quarter of the usual #DeepSpaceNetwork (DSN) access will be available, which has a direct impact on the number of science visits that can be executed and the volume of data that can be downlinked."

Artemis II’s April 1st Launch Impact on JWST Science Operations

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