Graham Sutherland / PolynomialArtemis II launch is approaching T-20m until launch!
RF folks: am I right in thinking that the three big masts surrounding the launch pad are supporting big helical antennas on the top? big white corkscrew looking things pointing directly up.
speaking of which it looks like they got a radio glitch on the telemetry, a single sample lost to 5s of radio lock loss (0.1Hz transmit period). they're on a hold to investigate but have concluded that it's not a violation.
checks complete, radio lock restored, no constraints, hold cleared, everyone reports go for T-10m to launch!
crew's response to go check was "FULL SEND!", gotta love it
seems it took them a minute to do some busywork but they just continued T-10m
"somebody asked if there's a launch button and there certainly is not" gotta love the public lol
they retracted the walkway. launch abort system is armed, liquid hydrogen pressurisation is underway.
final checks underway on the RS25 cryo engines. just T-3m30 now
why is the gimbal test cute 😂 wiggle wiggle
all systems go, T-60s to launch
ALS takeover!
just a few seconds now
approaching max-Q
throttle down to 85%, SRBs separated
fairing jettisoned, they're going strong!
all four engines made it all the way to MECO! always nice to get nominal when you only need 3/4 to get you there
core stage separation was one hell of a view
onboard camera feeds seem to be a bit iffy, but otherwise everything looks good
250 miles from earth
loving the KSP style navball in mission control
they've been triple checking the power systems because one of the battery temperatures read way off before launch due to what they are fairly sure is a sensor failure. all looks good though.
solar arrays are deploying. once they're out and locked they'll be fully out of the ascent stage and will switch to Abort To Orbit (ATO) mode
"we're happy to report that Jeremy has the O2 sensors on" good to know, thanks Jeremy
ground showing 7 second error between the MET clocks on Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) and another system (I missed the name, sorry), but crew reports their end shows them in perfect alignment.
if you're familiar with doing a circularisation burn at apoapsis in KSP, that's essentially what we're coming up on.
(got those mixed up for a moment! they're coming up on apoapsis, burning to raise periapsis)
"we don't burn at perigee, we burn a bit earlier, around apogee" well that's probably a good thing given that perigee is currently somewhere near the ground
just broke 1000 miles from earth!
mission control calling in checks to confirm go for MCC
broadcast is showing other clips now, bit annoying. I was hoping to see the solar panels lock into the forward position ready for ICPS burn
someone surprised the host lol
solar arrays locked in forward orientation, we have ICPS stage ignition, RL10 engine nominal, perigee raise maneuver burn underway!
just a 26 second burn for circularisation, doesn't take much once that main engine mass is gone.
ICPS cutoff.
the video feed from the craft is absolute potato, sadly.
oh god they forgot to install a filter in the toilet
this raised a smirk from one of the ground control staff
White Sands Test Facility has telemetry but Houston does not, investigation ongoing.
this probably explains why the video feed is potato
Houston in the blind due to the TDRSS satellite not relaying properly.
Mission Control has copied that the toilet filter was not installed as expected, they have instructed the crew to install a fresh one (thankfully they have spares!)
and while they're fixing the toilet Houston is rebooting their machines to try to get their forward radio link back up. seems like the TDRSS West switchover didn't work.
link back up!
voice check on TDRSS loud and clear both ways
host tactfully referring to the toilet as "life support" is cracking me up
Houston just told them to boot up the toilet.
host: "the uh, the uhh waste systems... onboard"
for folks who were watching a YouTube feed that stopped, you can carry on watching through NASA Live.
sounds like the space piss drama has been averted
wait no the toilet shut down with a fault light
Houston: "we're gonna have to think about that one for a while"
fucking IoT
host continuing to conspicuously avoid saying "toilet" and keeps using terms like "waste management systems"
"a question for Christina for toilet" betting she never thought those words would be broadcast to the world
SnoopJ@gsuberland meanwhile radio comms: "I've got a question about the toilet"
✧✦Catherine✦✧@gsuberland average ISO 9001 implementation in real life
gaytabase@gsuberland does the pope shit in the woods? we he wouldn't be able to in our spacecraft.
ilmari@gsuberland ooh, he said the T word! and U and F!
groff 🇺🇦
The Big Bang Theory - 222 - Howards Space Toilet Meatloaf Experiment
@gsuberland no graham literally today of all days internet of shit
cR0w 🏴☠️@gsuberland IoT went from Internet of Shit to Internet of No Shit pretty quickly.
MrJoshua@gsuberland Internet of Toilets?
@gsuberland hopefully not too long
@gsuberland PANIC?
@gsuberland brb rebooting my smart shitter
vxo@gsuberland
🚽💦🎶 He steps on the clutch and the toilet goes flush 🎶💦🚽
🚽💦🎶 He steps on the clutch and the toilet goes flush 🎶💦🚽
penguin42@gsuberland Hang on, has your toilet got an amber fault light?
John TimaeusWhat's the pattern of blinks on that amber light?
Is it 5,3,1?
Yeah, the only way to fix that is a firmware upgrade. We can only do that at the factory. I'll email you a QR code for the return authorization.
@johntimaeus @penguin42 RMA (return mensroom to atmosphere)
scy
Adam Shostack 
@gsuberland You mean like https://www.nasa.gov/live/ ? :)
@adamshostack yes, that's precisely the one. (and linked from the root of this thread, but very long now)
@gsuberland "What's a thread?" 😂
@gsuberland yeah but nasa live sent me to that youtube feed...
@dysfun yeah it's weird. I think some people were watching on one of the news station stream mirrors, and they mostly stopped
Canageek@gsuberland can you send me a link for that, I was having a real hard time finding that on NASA+, plus even though it had a big live thing showing, was I searching the wrong service?
Partially domesticated raccoon@gsuberland clearly I dropped from the feed too soon lol
Multi Purr Puss 
@gsuberland which live stream are you watching? (YT/nasa finished 30-ish minutes ago)
@gsuberland (@f4grx) i see, they must've spun up another stream (edit: likely, in order to shed load off the YouTube infrastructure - serving 2.2M concurrent viewers, all over the globe was quite impressive!); https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3kR2KK8TEs
NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)
This feed will provide continuous coverage of Artemis II mission activities with live commentary, beginning with tanking of the SLS (Space Launch System) roc...
Words I never predicted would be written in a coherent, factually correct sentence.
@gsuberland turd support lol
Charlotte@gsuberland "Day 4, mission in jeopardy due to epic clog, please advise"
Simon Rolfmore@gsuberland they’re not wrong tho
@gsuberland houston, we have a toilet
@gsuberland where are you watching this? The YouTube feed shut down
@Canageek still on the same stream from NASA Live
@gsuberland install toilet duck power gel
zoe 
@gsuberland fr? Lol
@commanderred astronaut just called it out
@gsuberland hope they all have a piss fetish
Nav@gsuberland That'll be fun... Or is this a new "You need to make THIS from all of THIS" moment?
Myno 
@gsuberland worst april fools prank ever