Godspeed, Artemis (which is filled with Hornet drivers)

[Talyn]

Commander (Navy Capt.) Reid Wiseman, Pilot (Navy Capt.) Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist (RCAF Capt) Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, are set for a 10-day mission around the Moon and back.

It will be the first time Artemis and Orion are on a manned mission.

It will be the largest moon mission in terms of crew, with the Apollo trips having three members.

Although they are just sling-shotting around it and not landing, it will be the first time a spacefaring crew has gone to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972– back when analog technology and slide rules were standard.

NASA expects that on 6 April, Artemis II will break Apollo 13’s record of 248,655 miles from Earth, making its four humans the furthest-traveled in known history.

Interestingly, three of the four (all but Koch) are F-18 pilots, with both Glover and Wiseman being Naval Aviators who logged combat hours with VFAs from carriers. Meanwhile, Hansen stood QRA with the RCAF’s now-disbanded 441st TFS on NORAD tasking out of Cold Lake. Of note, the RCAF motto is Sic Itur Ad Astra (“Such is the pathway to the stars”), which tracks.

Godspeed, Artemis (which is filled with Hornet drivers)

It looks like we are closer than ever to NASA’s 322-foot-tall Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to lift off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center. Commander…

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Successful launch today!

 

[Cedric]

Watched the launch. Brought back memories of watching all the launches from Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Godspeed!

 

[Jester560]

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Commander (Navy Capt.) Reid Wiseman, Pilot (Navy Capt.) Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch from NASA, along with Mission Specialist (RCAF Capt) Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, are set for a 10-day mission around the Moon and back.

It will be the first time Artemis and Orion are on a manned mission.

It will be the largest moon mission in terms of crew, with the Apollo trips having three members.

Although they are just sling-shotting around it and not landing, it will be the first time a spacefaring crew has gone to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972– back when analog technology and slide rules were standard.

NASA expects that on 6 April, Artemis II will break Apollo 13’s record of 248,655 miles from Earth, making its four humans the furthest-traveled in known history.

Interestingly, three of the four (all but Koch) are F-18 pilots, with both Glover and Wiseman being Naval Aviators who logged combat hours with VFAs from carriers. Meanwhile, Hansen stood QRA with the RCAF’s now-disbanded 441st TFS on NORAD tasking out of Cold Lake. Of note, the RCAF motto is Sic Itur Ad Astra (“Such is the pathway to the stars”), which tracks.

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Godspeed, Artemis (which is filled with Hornet drivers)

It looks like we are closer than ever to NASA’s 322-foot-tall Artemis II Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to lift off from Launch Complex 39B at Kennedy Space Center. Commander…

laststandonzombieisland.com

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Successful launch today!

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The woman looks like an older Christy McAuliffe.

 

[BarryinIN]

As a space travel nut, I’m pretty excited about this. It’s all happening too slow, but I’m excited anyway.

I can do without being told the crew includes a woman and a black man in every single news report, however. We got it.

 

[BarryinIN]

The woman looks like an older Christy McAuliffe.

Maybe… it is.

 

[Talyn]

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Artemis II Flight Update: Perigee Raise Burn Complete

A view of the Earth from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen...

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A view of the Earth from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight. NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, launched at 6:35 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, on an approximately 10-day mission around the Moon and back to Earth.
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[Onewolf426]

Artemis II Flight Day 2: Orion Completes TLI Burn, Crew Begins Journey to the Moon - NASA

NASA’s Artemis II crew is on the way to the Moon.

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[Model 457]

I don't mean to malign NASA, but Elon is landing, catching, and reusing rockets. I'd be perfectly fine not spending the Artemis money and outsourcing to SpaceX.

 

[Onewolf426]

I don't mean to malign NASA, but Elon is landing, catching, and reusing rockets. I'd be perfectly fine not spending the Artemis money and outsourcing to SpaceX.

He's got bigger fish to fry. He's going for Mars.

 

[Talyn]

He's got bigger fish to fry. He's going for Mars.

Elon has decided that establishing a base on the Moon, and testing how to live there is now first, then staging to Mars.

 

[Talyn]

I don't mean to malign NASA, but Elon is landing, catching, and reusing rockets. I'd be perfectly fine not spending the Artemis money and outsourcing to SpaceX.

The SpaceX space vehicles are set-up to do some things different than the the Artemis SLS, and SpaceX still hasn't sent anyone up in the Starship system.

Multiple space ship types are needed just like we need multiple land vehicles & aircraft to transport stuff on Earth.