Pictures from the pickup ship:

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picture from artemis 2's exterior camera - the closer it gets to earth the more it looks like actually quite good sfx? which is hilarious because it's real

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oo, they backed the camera out some more

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whelp here's the "NASA PR0VES E4RTH IS FL/-\T!" photo that the nutters'll be using for the next 10 years

#nasa #ohHereWeGo #artemis #Artemis2

LORGE

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oh that night that john p murtha died is a night i'll never forget

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just under a minute to separation

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POW

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expecting to hear "THIS IS THE VOICE OF THE MYSTERONS" during the blackout period

keep an eye out for green circles of light

here we goooooooo

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comms blackout

goddammit mariner

visual identification confirmed from air assets

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Voice comms restored with Integrity, projection nominal

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long range

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drouge chutes deployed

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main chutes deployed

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Splashdown confirmed. Integrity stable in the water at 7:07.47 pm NASA (Central) time, mission duration 9 days 1 hour 31 minutes 35 seconds unofficial.

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@moira

update, they just announced a slight refinement to the times:

Splashdown at 7:07 and 27 sec pm Central time for a mission length of 9 d 1 hr 32 min 15 sec