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Space Exploration II: Always Looking up

"Mom, the Artemis splashes down in 15 minutes."
Great. Is it on TV?
"I have it on now."
Can you make me some French Fries?

Really capturing the magic of the moment...
 
Watching all of this gave me a flashback of when I was a young kid. I remember watching a live landing on the moon, and all I can really remember if it was seeing a gray triangle and it was taking SO LONG. Kids were impatient. The fact that they splashed down about 3 hours ago, and are finally getting to the carrier very much reminded me of that.
 
MichVandal said:
Watching all of this gave me a flashback of when I was a young kid. I remember watching a live landing on the moon, and all I can really remember if it was seeing a gray triangle and it was taking SO LONG. Kids were impatient. The fact that they splashed down about 3 hours ago, and are finally getting to the carrier very much reminded me of that.
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My wife joked that it was the GenX/Millenial version of sitting in your car in the driveway before going into the house.


We both joked that the movie Apollo 13 made it look so quick. I do recall reading that recovery was more slow and methodical than depicted/edited for TV.
 
Also, I'd like to know if there will be transcripts of what was said in those silent icy minutes after Houston wanted to confirm that Reid was pushing the PTT button correctly. 😂
 
NASA has confirmed the most important news about Artemis II: Rise the zero gravity indicator plushie was recovered along with the crew. He was carried off by Commander Wiseman.
 
This return to the moon could not have gone better. There's still a lot of really complicated stuff to get right for them to actually do the landing on Artemis 4.

  • Artemis 3
    Mission Status:     The mission, planned for 2027, will involve a four-person crew launching in the Orion spacecraft on an SLS rocket.
  • Mission Goal: Artemis III will focus on testing rendezvous and docking capabilities between the Orion capsule and commercial spacecraft (like SpaceX's Starship HLS).
  • Crew Selection: The specific astronauts for the mission are not yet named, though they will be chosen from the Artemis team.
  • Future Landings: The first actual landing on the moon is now planned for the Artemis IV mission in 2028
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