Nonilex20h ago

It’s humanity’s first flight to the #moon since 1972.

In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s #ArtemisII mission will send 4 astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn & then come straight back. No circling around the moon, no stopping for a moonwalk — just a quick out-&-back lasting less than 10 days.

#NASA #Artemis
https://apnews.com/article/nasa-moon-artemis-astronauts-f3f49214618099a98338835715e4562a

NASA is going back to the moon. What to know about Artemis II

It's humanity's first flight to the moon since 1972. In a throwback to Apollo, NASA's Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. Three Americans and a Canadian will launch into orbit around Earth and then head for the moon. They'll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back during the nearly 10-day mission. The Artemis launch will begin at Florida's Kennedy Space Center where the Apollo moonshots did. The mission will end with a splashdown homecoming into the Pacific.

AP News
Show threadNonilex
#NASA promises more boot prints in the gray lunar dust, but not before a couple practice missions. The upcoming test flight by #Artemis astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch & Jeremy Hansen is the first step in settling the #moon this time around.
Apr 1 at 9:09pmWeb
Show threadNonilex18h ago

#Liftoff

The #ArtemisII 322-foot (98-m) #Space Launch System rocket topped with the astronauts' Orion crew capsule launched at 6:35 p.m. ET (2235 GMT).

#NASA #Artemis #moon

Show threadNonilex18h ago

The core stage has fallen away. The #Orion, still connected to the second stage, is coasting in an elliptical orbit. Over the next hour, the second stage will fire several times to put Orion is a highly elliptical orbit around Earth to allow time to test out critical systems before setting out toward the #moon.

#NASA #Artemis #space

Show threadDraft Excluder18h ago
@Nonilex That was so blimmin exciting. I got emotional.
Show threadVenusianMars18h ago
So nerve-wracking. My fear has only just subsided a bit for this launch - I am one who was traumatised as a schoolchild watching the Challenger Crew loss, and, realising today, the devastation I've carried all these years. Extremely pleased to have it replaced with awe and the good feels of the successful launch of Artemis II!
Well Done, All!
Show threadnoplasticshower18h ago

@Nonilex sure was fun to watch

This was a pisco sour launch