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Space Artemis II

Ivan le Fou said:
If criticism has to be made: SpaceX has a better quality feed of its launches. :D

Glad everything went fine and hopefully this is the start of a promising and successful new chapter in Human Exploration.
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I said the exact same thing to my wife while we were watching it live last night.
 
Dixon66 said:
I said the exact same thing to my wife while we were watching it live last night.
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I know. I was there.

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Not as cool as the Korolev Cross, but it is pretty high up there.
 
Went and saw this from a pretty far distance. As close as I am able to practically get at the moment.

I did not think it would be as visible as it was. The rocket smoke trail was huge.

I have seen multiple Shuttle, Dragon, Delta, yaddayaddayadda launches from this distance.

Different level. When it broke the horizon I couldn't believe how big it was.

If they ever do a night launch, or hit the space jellyfish window, it will be amazing.
 
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Many serious things happening in the world. However needed to know the answer to this one.

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abcnews.com

8-year-old watches his plush toy rocket to the moon with Artemis II mission

In the Artemis II mission to the moon, a second-grader's plush toy serves as the astronauts' zero gravity indicator.
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Basically it is their fuzzy dice hanging from the rear view mirror that lets you know if you have rolled the car.
 
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Soviet turtoises were the first to orbit the Moon. Earth shall never forget their bravery.
 
That has got to be quite the emotional punch.

Still on the light aspect of things:

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I missed it when it happened, I was wondering when I heard about stowing the missing snack what that was about. LOL
 
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Artemis II Flight Day 10: Crew Completes Final Burn Before Splashdown - NASA

At 2:53 p.m. EDT, the Orion spacecraft ignited its thrusters for 8 seconds, producing a change in velocity of 4.2 feet-per-second and pushing Artemis II toward Earth. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen reviewed...
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Splashdown is targeted for 8:07 p.m. EDT (5:07 p.m. PDT) off the coast of San Diego, where NASA’s recovery team will be standing by to welcome the Artemis II crew home.
 
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