Chao-c'RE: https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/116333083280119749
The best and more detailed #Artemis2 coverage on Fediverse is definitely by @AkaSci - frequent updates, lot of details, attached images, embedded videos, quoted statuses. Structured as long, numbered thread.
There are many firsts on this #NASA mission. The story about first toilet in deep space seems to be accessible for general public, just like the story about relative diversity of the crew, compared to the Apollo missions.
One of the less understood firsts is the current parking orbit, high ellipse going slightly beyond ring of geosynchronous satellites. This orbit saves energy, because orbital maneuvers are most efficient, when motors are fired in the pericenter of ellipse - you can test this with Kerbal space program. Unmanned missions routinely use these kind of maneuvers, but they are rarely used on manned missions, mostly because there were no deep space manned missions at all for 54 years.
No other human exploration activity except deep space flights was paused for such a long time. The great voyages of 15th and 16th centuries were separated by mere decades. Early balloon flights were incredibly dangerous, but people kept trying. The rationale for sending small, automated probes is overwhelming, but the ability to move somewhere as human being is still important part of human experience: we are not just information processing machines. We need to learn to move also our bodies.