Artemis Launch…

Renauda

From what I gathered from today’s 1 am (EDT) crew interview with Canadian media, Christina Koch also holds the mission’s plumber’s ticket in addition to being a P. Eng (Electrical).

Mik

New photo of the moon from Artemis

89th

Impressive. I would hope NASA has precision engineering mastered but still….impressive.

For those needing context, one of the major milestones between the Earth and the moon is something called a correction burn to precisely get it into the exact track needed, it looks like it was not needed at all after the initial burn near earth.

Andrea B

89th

Tomorrow night the crew gets to see a total solar eclipse while watching from the dark side of the moon. No human has ever seen this. What amazing pictures I hope this results in.

Mik

I’m sure they will.

89th

Good video!

Link to video

89th

Loss of signal confirmed. Beautiful words prior to it. Hope to hear from them in about 40 minutes. Really cool to see the crescent Earth in the distance as it “earth set” behind the moon’s horizon. Can’t wait for the HD video and pics that will be uploaded eventually.

Renauda

No doubt about it, this mission has brought us all a level of positive intensity amid everything else that is confronting us with the opposite.

89th

Agreed. It’s obvious but still, seeing the earth as a small partially sunlight marble puts things in perspective every time.

Tom-K

@Renauda said:

No doubt about it, this mission has brought us all a level of positive intensity amid everything else that is confronting us with the opposite.

Exactly. This is what humanity should be focusing on. Remember "ain't gunna study war, no more."

Those were the days.

Andrea B

Best product placement ever:

89th

Hahaha yes no kidding! It’s also a bit wild but I guess practical, the cameras on the solar panel that we are watching is just a GoPro feeding its video via WiFi to the capsule, which is then sending us the video. GoPro! WiFi!