NASA’s Artemis II has successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center, sending astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch & Jeremy Hansen into space where they’ll begin their lunar fly-around, the first crewed flight to the moon since 1972.
The crew will travel in a figure-eight trajectory, looping out from Earth, around the Moon, and back again.
> Four astronaut crew will travel around the moon for 10 days and are set to travel the farthest humans have ever gone.
> The four-person crew **will not land on the moon** but rather perform a lunar flyby, looping around the moon’s far side before returning to Earth. At its core, Artemis Il is a systems validation mission.
> NASA will use the flight to test the Orion spacecraft’s life support systems, navigation, communication links and overall performance in deep space with a crew on board – conditions that cannot be fully replicated on Earth.
> **If successful, Artemis Il will pave the way for Artemis I!!, a crewed low Earth orbit mission; then Artemis IV, which aims to land astronauts on the moon;** and future missions that could establish a sustained human presence beyond Earth.
Accomplished_Gur4466 on
I got to say, man this looked epic asf, good luck to the crew, hope for the safe mission
zombies-apocalypse on
LETS GOOOOOOOO
AhhBisto on
Watching it on Sky News and it was cool as fuck, hope they have a successful and safe mission
No_Cat25 on
Haven’t felt the childlike joy and wonder like watching this launch in YEARS
taydraisabot on
How does this affect the tour?
rirski on
This country finally doing something that’s not blowing up people overseas? I’m here for it.
GoGoGDT on
Who ever was on NBCs cameras needs a talking to!
First_Shot27 on
This satisfies my inner child
lyn73 on
it was beautiful and it was a welcome break from you know who
OmniOdyssey on
How’d they do that without Kubrick?
Plastic_Bison on
Goooooooooooooo!
Fickle-Employment-91 on
Ngl I thought we were going near the moon way more often
edoreinn on
Fly Navy!!!!
AlwaysBi on
Space… the final frontier…
Testimonies_Of_Time on
HISTORY, watching the livestream was so nerve wracking
PeaceLoveandCats6676 on
Go Canada Go! Very proud of local London, Ont man.
Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen is Canadian 🙂
c0smicgirly on
Congrats to the crew launching them and congrats to the astronauts; I love space travel.
NASA has done a lot for us (your phone, meteorology, computer technology, Hubble, etc), I’m always so happy when they’re successful.
Hydra-Co on
Godspeed on your journey
AcceptablePlant685 on
Nice, thank u.
Would hv loved to watch live, like back starting in 60’s, but now hv to pay to watch
Thank u again
Safe misson
bwoah07_gp2 on
This is the first I’ve heard of it. What a feat!
a-hthy on
This absolutely terrifies me, I can’t imagine ever wanting to do this. It’s seriously cool though and I hope all goes well.
Sad-Selection-6659 on
My five-year-old daughter has said she wants to be an astronaut. Her seeing the only female on board was amazing to watch. I told her that it could be her one day. I took a picture of her watching it in case it does happen and I can show my local news that picture when they interview me. LOL
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> Four astronaut crew will travel around the moon for 10 days and are set to travel the farthest humans have ever gone.
> The four-person crew **will not land on the moon** but rather perform a lunar flyby, looping around the moon’s far side before returning to Earth. At its core, Artemis Il is a systems validation mission.
> NASA will use the flight to test the Orion spacecraft’s life support systems, navigation, communication links and overall performance in deep space with a crew on board – conditions that cannot be fully replicated on Earth.
> **If successful, Artemis Il will pave the way for Artemis I!!, a crewed low Earth orbit mission; then Artemis IV, which aims to land astronauts on the moon;** and future missions that could establish a sustained human presence beyond Earth.
I got to say, man this looked epic asf, good luck to the crew, hope for the safe mission
LETS GOOOOOOOO
Watching it on Sky News and it was cool as fuck, hope they have a successful and safe mission
Haven’t felt the childlike joy and wonder like watching this launch in YEARS
How does this affect the tour?
This country finally doing something that’s not blowing up people overseas? I’m here for it.
Who ever was on NBCs cameras needs a talking to!
This satisfies my inner child
it was beautiful and it was a welcome break from you know who
How’d they do that without Kubrick?
Goooooooooooooo!
Ngl I thought we were going near the moon way more often
Fly Navy!!!!
Space… the final frontier…
HISTORY, watching the livestream was so nerve wracking
Go Canada Go! Very proud of local London, Ont man.
Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen is Canadian 🙂
Congrats to the crew launching them and congrats to the astronauts; I love space travel.
NASA has done a lot for us (your phone, meteorology, computer technology, Hubble, etc), I’m always so happy when they’re successful.
Godspeed on your journey
Nice, thank u.
Would hv loved to watch live, like back starting in 60’s, but now hv to pay to watch
Thank u again
Safe misson
This is the first I’ve heard of it. What a feat!
This absolutely terrifies me, I can’t imagine ever wanting to do this. It’s seriously cool though and I hope all goes well.
My five-year-old daughter has said she wants to be an astronaut. Her seeing the only female on board was amazing to watch. I told her that it could be her one day. I took a picture of her watching it in case it does happen and I can show my local news that picture when they interview me. LOL
Cool 10,000 mph so faster