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Artemis 2 Launch Thread - History in the making!

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13 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

"The far side will be partially lit, creating a dramatic landscape of light and shadow during today's flyby.

That’s the conclusion I came to today. The worst time to photograph the moon is when it’s full as there are no shadows.

The downside is they won’t see all of the far side.

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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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11 hours ago, martin-w said:

 

It's on the NASA YT channels, now, Im watching.

Netflix too I read.

Can't get anything on YT. All looks like stills. Local TV has no coverage at all. Very disappointing. Don't have Netflix.

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2 hours ago, IanHarrison said:

Can't get anything on YT. All looks like stills. Local TV has no coverage at all. Very disappointing. Don't have Netflix.

 

You mean with part of Orion and Moon on the right? 😄 thats not a still, its a live view. At that distance the size of the Moon changes slowly. As they get closer the Moon will increase in size faster.

 

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6:27 is about the closest. This looks like a low res external camera. I think its on the end of one of the solar panels. The better images will be downloaded to NASA, I would think.

 

 

They only have a tiny amount of bandwidth (compared to most of us down here) and most of that is taken up with telemetry, comms and med science stuff for each crew member. Whats left is used for the go pro's mounted on each of the 4 solar arrays. 
On future missions bandwidth wll be increased and with the potential for a communication network of satellites around the moon should make for better coverage.

Some images are being sent back via a laser link now they're heading home, but the images they physicaly bring back should be amazing.

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2 hours ago, BrianT said:

They only have a tiny amount of bandwidth (compared to most of us down here) and most of that is taken up with telemetry, comms and med science stuff for each crew member.

 

Yep. I think people forget, its 250,000 miles away.

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Just released image of the dark side!
 

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27 minutes ago, charliearon said:

Just released image of the dark side!
 

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The backside of the moon! 😄 😄 

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And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;

Just released image of the dark side!
 

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I see an astronomical Rorschach test 🤣

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