threelonmusketeersArtemis II set to return humanity to the Moon with launch on Wednesday evening - NASASpaceFlight.com
chemical_cutthroatLive stream: www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo
NASA's Artemis II Crew Launches To The Moon (Official Broadcast)
Launch thread with all the livestreams :)
Artemis II Launch Thread - sh.itjust.works
After over three years, it’s finally time for another Artemis launch! (And the first “Launch Thread” of this community!) | Scheduled for (UTC) | 2026-04-01, 22:24:00 [https://dateful.com/convert/utc?t=2224&d=2026-04-01] | | — | — | | Scheduled for (local) | 2026-04-01, 18:24:00 (EDT) | | Mission | Artemis II [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II] | | Launch site | LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA | | Vehicle | SLS Block 1 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Launch_System] | | Commander | Reid Wiseman [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reid_Wiseman] 🇺🇸| | Pilot | Victor Glover [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Glover_(astronaut)] 🇺🇸| | Mission Specialist 1 | Christina Koch [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Koch] 🇺🇸| | Mission Specialist 2 | Jeremy Hansen [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Hansen] 🇨🇦| | Target Orbit | High Earth Orbit, lunar free return trajectory | # Livestreams | Stream | Link | | — | — | | NASA YouTube | launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo], coast [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RwfNBtepa4] | NASA+ | launch [https://plus.nasa.gov/scheduled-video/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-launches-to-the-moon-official-broadcast/] | NASASpaceflight | stakeout [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFBCbb2Ulo], launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c-GAkIzpGE] | Space Affairs | tanking [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6rWxk0aVOc], launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_owzmracVDo] | SpaceflightNow | fueling [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfHcVxZv60o], launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ut729170L0M] | The Launch Pad | launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMw1RevgUqg] | Everyday Astronaut | launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsSRRBMNoc] | International Rocket Launches | launch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2HaKeZdhQU] # Stats Sourced from NextSpaceflight [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/116/]: ☑️ 1st launch from LC-39B this year ☑️ 1232 days, 15:36:16 turnaround for this pad ☑️ 1st SLS launch this year, 2nd overall ☑️ 1st crewed launch of the Orion spacecraft, 3rd overall ☑️ 1st crewed launch beyond LEO since Apollo 17 in 1972, 10th crewed launch beyond LEO overall # Mission info NextSpaceflight [https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/116/] > Artemis II will send four astronauts in the first crewed Orion capsule in a lunar free return trajectory for a 10-day mission. The commander of the mission is Reid Weisman (NASA), the pilot Victor Glover (NASA), and the two mission specialists are Christina Koch (NASA) and Jeremy Hansen (Canadian Space Agency, CSA). Christina Koch will become the first woman to venture beyond Low Earth Orbit, and Jeremy Hansen will become the first non-American to achieve the milestone. The Orion capsule used in this mission, CM-003, was named Integrity by the Artemis II astronauts. > > Because of the hydrogen boil-off due to the increased time spent in a LEO parking orbit compared to Artemis I, the mission will use a multi-translunar injection (MTLI), or multiple departure burns, to perform the translunar injection burn. The burn will be partially completed by the ICPS 2nd stage before being fully completed by the European Service Module (ESM) on the following orbit. Artemis II Cubesats > 4 CubeSat missions were selected as secondary payloads on Artemis II. They will reside within the Orion Stage Adapter from which they will be deployed after Orion has separated. > > The selected cubesats are: > - TACHELES from the German space agency DLR > - ATENEA from Argentina’s space agency CONAE > - K-RadCube from the Korea AeroSpace Administration > - Space Weather CubeSat-1 from the Saudi Space Agency Feel free to post launch updates, discussions, questions, etc. in the comments!
VaalaVasaVardeI get 1968 vibes, there’s a war on and civil rights are being stomped on, and then we send a rocket to the moon.
And this time throw in a dash of potential disaster… https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm
Tldr: NASA does not seem to have fully addressed the heat shielding issues from Artemis I mission
Welp. I do hope we don’t end up killing some astronauts. This is some serious cowboy shit, and not in a good way.
GatekeeperOnTurdMountainI just can’t get out of my head the dual purpose of things like this. They say it is for the betterment of humanity but yet they are weaponizing space. I am pretending to be naive by the way. Like I don’t know… hahaha I sure hope they suceed. Fingers crossed. No challenger PLEASE.
Weaponizing Space | Air & Space Forces Magazine
As CSO, Saltzman is responsible for recruiting, training, and equipping Guardians to be effective space warfare operators. Applying their capabilities is the responsibility of U.S. Space Command—and its leaders want counterspace weapons too.
Cold War 2.0 with a dash of other conflicts and a sprinkling posturing, pagentry and bravado. The will to power!!! Whip it out boys this is not our first rodeo.