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April 1, Artemis II Launch

behike

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Link to Live Launch Webcast

Today's (April 1) launch window is 6:24pm to 8:24pm Eastern.

Is it me or does it not seem strange how little attention this is getting? I get that Apollo 8 was before my time over 57 years ago, and we've actually been on the moon (I know or so they want us to think), but the last moon mission was 53 years ago. I remember well the Challenger accident from when I was in school. My daughters' schools have not even really discussed today's event. According to the inter-webs-AI-brains (how could it be wrong?), over 1 billion people globally watched or listened on the radio to a broadcast from Apollo 8.

Maybe it's an April Fools' Day hoax?
 
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behike said:
Link to Live Launch Webcast

Today's (April 1) launch window is 6:24pm to 8:24pm.

Is it me or does it not seem strange how little attention this is getting? I get that Apollo 8 was before my time over 57 years ago, and we've actually been on the moon (I know or so they want us to think), but the last moon mission was 53 years ago. I remember well the Challenger accident from when I was in school. My daughter's schools have not even really discussed today's event. According to the inter-webs-AI-brains (how could it be wrong?), over 1 billion people watched or listened on the radio to a broadcast from Apollo 8.

Maybe it's an April Fools' Day hoax?
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I meant to post this today and didn't get to it!!! Thanks for posting this.
 
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I know I watched all the Apollo missions as a kid, but I was too young to remember much of them. Even so, I've been intrigued by space ever since and for a lot of my formative years I wanted to be an astronaut. My wife and I were making plans to attend the Feb launch before it was cancelled, and ended up overflying A2 on the pad before the flight was postponed. I've been following the events of the past few days with great interest! NASA has a pretty cool interactive real-time tracker for anyone who wants to follow the mission.

www.nasa.gov

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time - NASA

As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov
 
Nihon_Ni said:
I know I watched all the Apollo missions as a kid, but I was too young to remember much of them. Even so, I've been intrigued by space ever since and for a lot of my formative years I wanted to be an astronaut. My wife and I were making plans to attend the Feb launch before it was cancelled, and ended up overflying A2 on the pad before the flight was postponed. I've been following the events of the past few days with great interest! NASA has a pretty cool interactive real-time tracker for anyone who wants to follow the mission.

www.nasa.gov

Track NASA’s Artemis II Mission in Real Time - NASA

As NASA invites the public to follow the Artemis II mission as a crew of four astronauts venture around the Moon inside the agency’s Orion spacecraft, people
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov
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Thanks for sharing that!
 
We have a small connection with this launch. Our family friend was one of the aerospace engineers that worked on this project. His 1st born son came during that time and was named Artemis ... Arty for short.
 
My favorite quote for the mission so far: "I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." --Mission Commander Wiseman

They are almost 2/3's of the way there. Monday is a big day for this mission. The lunar fly-by will occur.
  • 2:45 p.m.: Lunar observation period begins
  • 6:47 p.m.: Predicted loss of communications as crew heads behind the Moon (estimated 40-min.)
  • 7:02 p.m. Orion closest approach to the Moon
  • 7:05 p.m.: Orion reaches maximum distance from Earth
  • 8:35 p.m.: Orion enters period with Moon eclipsing the Sun
  • 9:20 p.m.: Lunar observation period (flyby) concludes
  • 9:32 p.m.: Solar eclipse period concludes
Tuesday:
  • 1:28 p.m.: Orion departs lunar sphere of influence
  • 9:03 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-1 burn
Thursday:
  • 10:53 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-2 burn
Friday::
  • 1:28 p.m.: Orion departs lunar sphere of influence
Friday, April 10

  • 2:53 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-3 burn
  • 6:30 p.m.: NASA+ coverage of the crew’s return to Earth begins
  • 7:33 p.m.: Orion crew module and service module separation
  • 7:37 p.m.: Crew module raise burn
  • 8:07 p.m.: Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
 
behike said:
My favorite quote for the mission so far: "I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working." --Mission Commander Wiseman

They are almost 2/3's of the way there. Monday is a big day for this mission. The lunar fly-by will occur.
  • 2:45 p.m.: Lunar observation period begins
  • 6:47 p.m.: Predicted loss of communications as crew heads behind the Moon (estimated 40-min.)
  • 7:02 p.m. Orion closest approach to the Moon
  • 7:05 p.m.: Orion reaches maximum distance from Earth
  • 8:35 p.m.: Orion enters period with Moon eclipsing the Sun
  • 9:20 p.m.: Lunar observation period (flyby) concludes
  • 9:32 p.m.: Solar eclipse period concludes
Tuesday:
  • 1:28 p.m.: Orion departs lunar sphere of influence
  • 9:03 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-1 burn
Thursday:
  • 10:53 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-2 burn
Friday::
  • 1:28 p.m.: Orion departs lunar sphere of influence
Friday, April 10

  • 2:53 p.m.: Return trajectory correction-3 burn
  • 6:30 p.m.: NASA+ coverage of the crew’s return to Earth begins
  • 7:33 p.m.: Orion crew module and service module separation
  • 7:37 p.m.: Crew module raise burn
  • 8:07 p.m.: Splashdown in the Pacific Ocean
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Just in time to get their taxes submitted to the government.
 
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