Artemis II (+)

[Mannahnin]

We were homeschooled and watched it at home. I had a little plastic model shuttle I had built sitting on top of the TV.

I took some weird little consolation that I had used the name sticker making it a model of Discovery, rather than one of Challenger.

 

[trappedslider]

This is their current view of Earth.

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Can we retake this? I think I sneezed.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, the kink in the exhast cloud, the solid rocket separation. shiver

It was a day that I chose to take a rare mental health day off from work. Seeing the zoomed in shot and thinking, "There shouldn't be flame there..." <BOOM!>

It's been a lifetime since I was sitting in the "gymnatorium", at school, watching a moon shot on TV.

 

[Morrus]

So the translunar injection went according to plan and they are out of Earth orbit and on their way to the moon!

 

[Aeson]

And that it took place on April Fools Day will never, ever come up. :tinfoil:

 

[Aeson]

This is a short video from ABC News. One of the astronauts is discussing seeing earth. There is a toy floating in the foreground.

 

[Ryujin]

This is a short video from ABC News. One of the astronauts is discussing seeing earth. There is a toy floating in the foreground.

NASA has a couple of feeds going; views from Orion and ongoing coverage.

 

[Aeson]

At the end of TMZ they showed video of the launch from a passing plane. I'm going to see if I can find it. They also said the toilet broke during launch, but the crew was able to fix it. 10 days without going to the bathroom.

 

[Aeson]

Passenger Captures Stunning NASA's Artemis II Launch from Plane | Firstpost News | N18G

A passenger on a commercial U.S. flight from Saint Croix to Charlotte captured the launch of the Artemis II mission from Florida on Wednesday (April 1), whic...

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As others have mentioned, I remember The Challenger, and Columbia. I also remember the rovers landing on Mars. Our space program has had tragedy, but it has had many more triumphs. I have every hope this mission is a success. I'll never get to travel to space. I'm jealous of the few that have. This is one of those moments that the world can look to and be inspired.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

At the end of TMZ they showed video of the launch from a passing plane. I'm going to see if I can find it. They also said the toilet broke during launch, but the crew was able to fix it. 10 days without going to the bathroom.

Their suits are bathrooms as well, I believe, although no one wants to live like that for 10 days.