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Space Exploration II: Always Looking up

Back to the derp now. I assume there will be a live video feed with just control audio once the gen pop drops off, but gotta protect funding.
 
My Brother is in Port Canaveral on Vacay. Lucky devil, love to see that up close. I've been there for Space x launches but this is a wee bit bigger
 
i refused to watch this, as one of my first childhood memories ever is Challenger

according to Bluesky, this is something many of us Xennials/elder millenials/oregon trail/legit gen xers feel
 
I was still two months from conception when Challenger happened, but my mom remembers seeing it live all too well. However, I've been to the NASA memorial for both it and Apollo 1, due to 5th grade Space Camp. I assume Columbia's crew has been added to the wall.
 
While I was only four when the Challenger explosion happened, I do sorta remember the discussion about it and the return to flight.

Columbia is much more fresh and I agree with JJ that the re-entry is where I will be most concerned. Especially with the articles that discussed the issues with the heat shield coating of Artemis.

I was a huge space geek in the 90s. (Well, still am.) So I saw a LOT of Shuttle launches and landings on TV. Seeing Artemis launch tonight felt different. It felt like what I had only read about the early space program and Apollo launches.

There are four people floating above us in an orbit that only saw SpaceX Polaris Dawn briefly touch and haven't had regular orbits in since the Apollo era. This is the precedented times I want to live in. Not this terrestrial bullshit from Twittler.
 
FadeToBlack&Gold said:
I was still two months from conception when Challenger happened, but my mom remembers seeing it live all too well. However, I've been to the NASA memorial for both it and Apollo 1, due to 5th grade Space Camp. I assume Columbia's crew has been added to the wall.
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I missed it in class at college. But my dad was home sick that day, and saw it live.

I actually remember being told about Columbia, as it was a first Saturday of the month, and there was a car event at "the warehouse". One of my friends came up to me and told me about the break up.

So I escaped first person trauma both times.
 
When I heard the Go/No-Go checks, they called out the various control centers assisting with the launch, and when they called out the Marshall Space Flight Center, I got to thinking about former poster Geof Morris. While I never personally met him, I'm really missing his insight on this flight.

I feel like he's gonna do all he can to watch over these Artemis flights. I hope there is some part of him on this flight.

May he rest in peace.
 
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When I heard the Go/No-Go checks, they called out the various control centers assisting with the launch, and when they called out the Marshall Space Flight Center, I got to thinking about former poster Geof Morris. While I never personally met him, I'm really missing his insight on this flight.

I feel like he's gonna do all he can to watch over these Artemis flights. I hope there is some part of him on this flight.

May he rest in peace.
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Had the same exact thoughts. We lost a lot of great knowledge on here when he passed.
 
Just pulled up the NASA TV live feed from Orion. Sounds like they're having toilet issues in the capsule.

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So, pardon my ignorance here. I’m certainly not trying to downplay this mission by any means. Is the International Space Station in the Earth’s orbit? Because there have been several missions there over the last several years. Was watching the news this morning about how Artemis II will be leaving the Earth’s orbit as it heads towards the Moon. Got me wondering where the ISS is.
 
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So, pardon my ignorance here. I’m certainly not trying to downplay this mission by any means. Is the International Space Station in the Earth’s orbit? Because there have been several missions there over the last several years. Was watching the news this morning about how Artemis II will be leaving the Earth’s orbit as it heads towards the Moon. Got me wondering where the ISS is.
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The ISS is in low Earth orbit, 250 miles up. Artemis will orbit the Earth in high Earth orbit, at about 50k miles, before going beyond the moon, 250k miles up.

The ISS orbits Boston to Cambridge, Artemis orbits Boston to Albany, then goes to Los Angeles.
 
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I am a little less than 400 miles from Goldstone, one of the three Deep Space Network satellites that track for NASA. Here is a fun visualization of how huge their 70-meter dish is:

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The chatter between Mission Control (Houston) and Integrity is very different from Apollo. Less military, more focused on science, less the rat-a-tat-tat of Air Force fighter jet comms, more natural language. Makes perfect sense. Pioneers vs Settlers.

Second orbit at 38k miles apogee about to wrap up. Scheduled comms check concluded. Crew is going to sleep now.
 
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