Future Moon missions

[Moonwatcher]

Happening now

 

[Moonwatcher]

Apollo 17 landed 50 years and 30 minutes ago

 

[Werewolf]

Mission accomplished. We look forward to Artemis 2

NASA's Orion capsule splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after uncrewed voyage around the moon

After making it more than 430,000 kilometres from Earth during its three-week test flight around the moon, NASA's Orion capsule speeds through Earth's atmosphere at 32 times the speed of sound before a successful return home.

www.abc.net.au

 

[alethephobia]

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www.gizmodo.com.au

 

[Werewolf]

The Artemis 2 mission (free return loop around the Moon) has been delayed to next month:

First crewed mission around the Moon in 53 years delayed by leak

A hydrogen leak has pushed back NASA's plans to launch the Artemis II mission to send humans around the Moon to March, at the earliest.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Werewolf]

After numerous delays, Artemis 2 is finally set to launch tomorrow (fingers crossed)!

Artemis II: Inside the Moon mission to fly humans further than ever - BBC News

Find out about the astronauts and spacecraft involved in Nasa's Artemis II mission - the first time humans have flown to the Moon for fifty years.

www.bbc.co.uk

When is Nasa's Moon mission launch and what will Artemis do?

The first crewed Moon mission in 50 years could launch in April, ahead of a future lunar landing.

www.bbc.com

Australia will play a supporting role once again:

How Australia is supporting NASA's first Moon flight in 50 years

Canberra-based communications systems will support NASA's first crewed lunar mission in more than half a century, helping astronauts orbit the Moon and return data.

www.abc.net.au

It's a nice distraction from global strife. How are more people not excited about this?

 

[Rotayjay]

I, for one, am really looking forward to seeing pictures of the whole Earth taken with modern cameras. This hasn't been done since 1972. I know there are a few such photos out there taken by satellites, but they will be better taken by astronauts.

Imagine lying there in your seat, strapped in, and thinking, 'I'm going to the moon.' Fantastic.

 

[kickazz]

It's a nice distraction from global strife. How are more people not excited about this?

It really is exciting. Particularly today's mission, Artemis 2 has the astronauts flying around the moon.

Of course Apollo 11, with the first landing, is the most iconic of all. But if you read up a bit on the Apollo missions I challenge you to not be more impressed by Apollo 8, the first time humans really left the proximity of the Earth and reached the moon and came back. It was the biggest leap in achievement of the Apollo missions in my opinion.

To be back here is amazing. Why are folks not more excited? I guess we've all got our problems now and Artemis has had little media coverage. The Apollo program has a truckload of public funding too, and people at the time seemed ok with that. Not sure if that would be the case today.

 

[SparklingAle69]

Looks like all is go

 

[Ry009]

 

[Elroo]

Just watching the live NASA feed right now, amazing, I hope this is the start of our return to humans investigating and living in space.

 

[kickazz]

All good so far. What's with this miles per hour shit though. Surely proper engineers would use metres per second?

 

[kickazz]

Just watching the live NASA feed right now, amazing, I hope this is the start of our return to humans investigating and living in space.

Yeah, and also a return to humanity remembering what it's like to have a bit of a collective purpose. Recent times have become quite cynical.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

Watching the launch live via the NASA feed was amazing.

 

[Rotayjay]

It's incredibly exciting. What a moment in space exploration history.

 

[HitTheNailOnTheHead]

 

[HitTheNailOnTheHead]

Surely there is a rational explanation.

 

[CD Xbow]

Surely there is a rational explanation.

That must be the world record for the start of a nonsense conspiracy, watch it get legs on that bastion of truth, X.

 

[Cold Ghost]

This mission has been so captivating. Splashdown isn't far away

 

[Ry009]

Amazing stuff.