Lift Off..! Artemis II

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Artemis II launched from Florida, first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, today, about 30 minutes ago we had LIFT OFF...!! it is a TEN day mission to the moon and back, and includes one Canadian astronaut. Godspeed to the CREW and all involved in this mission.

[HitRed]

Bring me back a moon rock.

[jusplay4fun]

Bring me back a moon rock.

This Mission will NOT land on the Moon; I think #4 will do so, based on the plans.

Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first mission to use the standardized configuration of the Space Launch System (SLS), with a Centaur V upper stage in place of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) flown on the previous SLS launches.[1][2] The SLS will send an Orion spacecraft carrying the astronaut crew members to lunar orbit.

The mission depends on a prior support flight to place a lunar lander—either SpaceX's Starship HLS or Blue Origin's Blue Moon—into lunar orbit before the crew launch. When Orion docks with the lander the crew will transfer to it, descend to the lunar surface and conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs) there. They will then ascend back to the Orion waiting in lunar orbit, which will return the four astronauts to Earth. As of March 2026, launch is scheduled for May 2028.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV

[ConfederateSS]

----------------The Mis-Information being spread......Artemis 2 crew.........Not them,the news..etc...
--------------------Take Neil Armstrong, First Man/Human,Etc.. To Walk on The Moon...TRUE......
---------------------They keep Saying The Artemis 2 crew is the 1st to see The Darkside of The Moon...All The Apollo missions seen it....APOLLO 11 Pilot Michel Collins seen it...Snapped a shot , with his regular camera...Although Apollo 11 flew at a lower orbit, but circled The Moon...
------------------------Artemis 2 crew is flying higher...It's(The Darkside) lit up more....They see more, but not the 1st to see it....BUT THE NEW TECHNOLOGY , CAMERAS , ETC...TAKING SCIENCE PHOTOS...Etc...Is knew...BUT LETS SAY THEY LANDED AND WALKED ON THE FAR(DARK) SIDE OF THE MOON....NEIL ARMSTRONG WOULD STILL BE THE 1st TO WALK ON THE MOON....The Same as Micheal Collins , took a regular dark pic, and wrote a little of what he saw....
--------------------Collins wasn't Alone.......The SOVIETS(Russia/U.S.S.R.) Spacecraft LUNA 15 was also Circling The MOON...Who Knows what IT Saw/if IT could take pictures,and bring them back with soil samples of The MOON???/and Let Told to The World...BUT IT WOULD END UP CRASHING...LUNA 16 Mission a year later , would be successful in it's mission...
------------------It would be like looking into a deep forest at night for Collins....In The Daytime for The Crew of Artemis 2...As The Sunlight shines through the trees...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)... ....
------------------------THE MAIN THING IS FOR THE CREW TO MAKE IT BACK TO EARTH, SPLASH DOWN...SAFELY....GODSPEED...

[jusplay4fun]

There are LOTS of descriptions of what the 4 astronauts of Artemis II saw as they viewed the moon in this article. I only quoted some of what I read. There are also details on their far distant travel beyond earth.

I liked what one of them said about THEIR spaceship and compared it to how the earth is ALSO a small spaceship in the immense darkness of space. We need to be good stewards of the Earth, our gift and garden given to us by our Creator.

Artemis 2 astronauts fly around the moon in record-breaking lunar loop by NASA
Mike Wall
Mon, April 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM EDT

Artemis 2's historic, action-packed lunar flyby is in the books.

Artemis 2 looped around the moon's far side today (April 6), in a nearly seven-hour encounter that gave its four astronauts views of Earth's nearest neighbor that human eyes had never seen before.

The Artemis 2 crewmembers also observed a total solar eclipse from beyond the moon and set a big spaceflight record, traveling farther from their home planet than anyone ever had before. (...)

About 13.5 hours later, the four Artemis 2 astronauts crossed another threshold, getting more than 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometers) from Earth. That was our species' old distance record, set in April 1970 by the three astronauts of NASA's Apollo 13 mission.

And Integrity continued cruising outward for about five more hours, reaching a maximum distance from Earth of about 252,756 miles (406,771 km) just after 7:00 p.m. EDT (2300 GMT) — a mark the Artemis 2 crew hopes gets broken soon.

"We, most importantly, choose this moment to challenge this generation and the next to make sure this record is not long-lived," Hansen said shortly after Artemis 2 surpassed Apollo 13. (...)

One of the astronauts' key observation targets was the Orientale Basin, a 600-mile-wide (965 km) impact crater known as the "Grand Canyon of the moon." It straddles the line between the moon's near and far sides and, until Artemis 2, had never been seen in sunlight by human eyes, according to NASA. (...)
A solar eclipse, too
About six hours into the flyby, the Artemis 2 crew turned their attention to a different celestial spectacle — a total solar eclipse, which began at 8:35 p.m. EDT (0035 GMT on April 7).

It was a very different sight from the eclipses we're used to here on Earth. Because the moon loomed so large through Integrity's windows, the sun was hidden behind it for much longer — about 53 minutes, compared to a maximum of about 7.5 minutes for any total solar eclipse seen from our planet. (To be clear: This eclipse was visible only to the Artemis 2 astronauts. The moon and sun were not lined up for viewers on Earth.)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/art ... p_catchall

[ConfederateSS]

--------------The main mystery ....Is ...The Russians, Soviet Union(back then)...Wouldn't let out information, in any way, that would , help NASA/The USA...IN The 1st SPACE RACE........America has fallen behind....the past decades.....TRUMP has rebuilt The Space Program....Like , yes, you guessed it...KENNEDY ...In the 1960's A.D....It isn't/ wasn't Russia/Soviet Union right now...In this new Space Race....TRUMP IS FOCUSING ON......IT IS CHINA....THAT IS A THREAT...IN SPACE....THAT IS WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET OUR SPACE PROGRAM BACK ON TOP....... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion)...
------------------The TRUMP - KENNEDY CENTER IS STARTING TO MAKE MORE SENSE NOW...

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I watched the splash down live. Now I’m watching some navy guys on the NASA channel. They are helping set things up, the astronauts are eventually going to get out of the capsule.

Edit : They’re finally on deck. Once the helicopters are shut down, they’re going to go to the medical bay for some juice.

[ConfederateSS]

---------------I watched the take off, footage of the Darkside of the moon....THEN LAST NIGHT The SPLASHDAOWN at 7:07:(TRUMP)47 seconds... ...HIT The BULL'SEYE made by Rings of Ships... ...I know waves...The little boats took 15mins...to get to them....Then get them out, back to THE Aircraft Carrier(Helicopter)...It took over an Hour and a Half....THE GUY WHO CLIMBED THAT SKYSCRAPPER In TAIPEI ...Was just a wink FASTER... ...... ConfederateSS.out!(The Blue and Silver Rebellion...
------------------WHICH ONE GETS THE GENIE and ALL THE WISHES FOR THE REST of THEIR LIVES ...