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Artemis 2 Launch Thread - History in the making!

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1 hour ago, IanHarrison said:

That brings back memories. We didn't have TV in South Africa back then (can you believe that) 

 

I watched it on a black and white TV with my parents. 

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    NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and

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    We at least have something to be proud of! AGAIN. 😉

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    Nope. With the correct velocity and correct trajectory the Moons gravity pulls them round and back on path to Earth. The velocity is just fast enough to not get caught  in a Moon orbit. They aren't ou

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They are currently just over 40,000 miles from Earth. This is fantastic. A manned mission to the Moon that I can watch in real time. I was five years old when Apollo 17 went to the Moon, so I do not remember it at that time.

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Always found this stuff amazing ever since watching the early apollo tests flights but was hoping for somewhat better pictures considering we've advanced nearly 60 years in tech since Apollo 17. 

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11 minutes ago, BrianT said:

Always found this stuff amazing ever since watching the early apollo tests flights but was hoping for somewhat better pictures considering we've advanced nearly 60 years in tech since Apollo 17. 

 

SpaceX get better footage with Starship, due to Starlink, I believe.

Seperation:

 

 

2 hours ago, martin-w said:

SpaceX get better footage with Starship, due to Starlink, I believe.

 Indeed you'd have though he would have loaned them some of his starlink stuff being as they let him launch the Falcons from 39A 🤣

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Oh, crap!

NASA’s Artemis II suffers space toilet catastrophe on first day

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What's wrong with a bucket in the corner?

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14 hours ago, jymp said:

Apollo 9 was a earth orbit mission to test the LM and docking with CM, March 1969 Jim McDivitt, Russell Schweickart, Dave Scott

The flight of Apollo 8 gave the folks at Grumman and the Apollo 9 crew time to get the bugs worked out with the LEM (Lunar Excursion Module) so they could fully test it out in Low Earth Orbit. Apollo 9 paved the way for Tom Stafford and Gene German to test the LEM in Lunar Orbit on Apollo 10, taking it down to 50,000 feet above the Lunar surface.

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Calling Howard Wolowitz.  Expert on spacecraft toilets.

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I say just stick it out the window and go!

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4 minutes ago, charliearon said:

I say just stick it out the window and go!

They say space is a vacuum, that could be exhilarating🤸‍♂️

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Something like the "thing" you can plug into your cigarette lighter/DC power port while cruising down the
highway?

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53 minutes ago, charliearon said:

I say just stick it out the window and go!

Let me fix that for you:

Stick it out the window and you will go with it.

15 hours ago, Christopher Low said:

What's wrong with a bucket in the corner?

Gravity!

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1 hour ago, IanHarrison said:

Gravity!

 

That's easily fixed. You get crew members to spin you around really fast and then let one go. Centrifugal force will do the work. But do make sure the bucket is firmly in place. 💩 

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