Artemus II Moon Launch

[nickndfl]

From backyard:

 

[chieftain]

How far from 39B are you Nick?

 

[Viking]

I wonder how much Silver and Rhenium they used...?

 

[Viking]

I am so proud to be an American now.

"The mission is expected to set several human spaceflight records. Glover became the first person of color, Koch the first woman, and Hansen the first non-U.S. citizen to travel beyond low Earth orbit, and plan to become the first person of color, woman, and non-U.S. citizen to travel to the vicinity of the Moon."

 

[pmbug]

... The Artemis 2 astronauts will only spend about three hours on their closest pass of the moon's surface, and each day of their 10-day flight has been mapped out and planned down to the minute.

... The moon is the main focus of their mission, but their 10 days aboard Orion will be filled with science, spacecraft maneuverability tests, medical checks, survival training and more. Here's the day-by-day breakdown.
...

...

Here's what the Artemis 2 astronauts will be doing on each day of NASA's historic moon mission

The crew's 10-day mission will be filled with science, spacecraft tests, medical checks, survival training and more.

www.space.com

 

[nickndfl]

How far from 39B are you Nick?

39B which Hwy?

 

[Joe King]

39B which Hwy?

39B the launch pad.

 

[Voodoo]

Going back to the moon on April's Fools Day...

Ya. Sure

 

[Someone_else]

Going back to the moon on April's Fools Day...

It's just a day on the calendar. I remembered a quote from the movie "Apollo 13" where the wife expressed a bad feeling about the number 13 and the Tom Hanks character replied that it was the number after 12. Looking up the script, it appears not as forceful as I thought. But I still assert that number associations are just silly.

Except, of course, when the truly high masters use numbers or dates to send messages to us lower types.

 

[nickndfl]

39B the launch pad.

My house is about 1hr 30mins from the Cape because it is so far west, but the condos had a better view being about 45 mins closer as the crow flies and on the ocean.

I happened to be working in Cocoa 14 years ago and shot the last shuttle. This was the second attempt due to weather. Many people spent days waiting while I drove about 8 minutes to US Hwy1 and watched the thing takeoff. All that for about 10 seconds of video due to low clouds.

My grandfather out of Pennsylvania actually worked on a project for Skylab in the 1970s. True story.

My uncle actually works for the space program in Poland and is on the team that is sending the first manned mission to the sun. I know what you're thinking, but don't worry. They are going at night.

 

[Goldhedge]

Artemis: America's New Golden Age Will Explore The Heavens and Build Earth​

TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Liftoff & Artemis II introduction
0:37 The question: why did we stop?
0:45 The last Apollo mission (1972)
1:14 We went… and then we quit
1:44 Turning inward as a civilization
2:24 What killed the space program?
2:58 Apollo 11 launch
3:14 First step on the Moon
4:02 Cold War vs true meaning of Apollo
4:27 Von Braun’s roadmap (Moon → Mars)
4:50 Apollo’s economic impact
5:35 The real turning point (1972)
6:12 Shift to the Space Shuttle
6:24 Rise of Malthusian ideology
7:20 “Limits to Growth” and global influence
8:04 Cultural and political shift (1970s)
9:03 Removing God from science
9:50 Shuttle disasters & declining standards
11:00 Constellation program & cancellation
11:39 Malthusian influence in policy
12:45 NASA’s shift away from exploration
12:59 U.S. loses spaceflight capability
13:56 The cost of 50 years of retreat
14:21 Lunar resources & economic potential
15:27 The Moon as a launch base
16:25 SpaceX & reusability breakthrough
17:03 Nuclear propulsion revival (DRACO)
17:47 Artemis & permanent Moon base
19:14 The global impact of Artemis
20:13 Why we explore (fear vs love)
21:12 Earthrise & rediscovering perspective
21:53 The deeper cosmic purpose
22:47 Civilizational meaning of Apollo & Artemis
23:36 Faith, exploration, and human destiny
24:13 A new golden age begins

 

[searcher]

‘Integrity, Arriving’​

‘Integrity, Arriving’: How a Navy Crew Recovered Four NASA Astronauts and their Ship After a Historic Lunar Mission

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A boom across the Pacific near San Diego late Friday afternoon signaled the Orion capsule’s return to Earth’s atmosphere. The shock wave also summoned sailors tasked with safely returning the four astronauts following their 10-day lunar flight. It was time to go to work.

From a small inflatable boat, Navy Chief Hospital Corpsman Vlad Link listened to radio traffic and tracked the Orion capsule named Integrity as it made its return trip. After blasting through the atmosphere at close to 35 times the speed of sound, Integrity drifted down on parachutes. The capsule splashed into the ocean at 5:07 p.m. Pacific local time to waiting teams of Navy corpsmen, doctors and divers.

“We heard the sonic boom. That was unreal,” Link, a dive independent duty corpsman with San Diego-based Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 1, told USNI Saturday afternoon at Naval Base San Diego’s Pier 8, where amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD-26) had pulled in with Integrity in its well deck.

More:

https://news.usni.org/2026/04/12/integrity-arriving