Few minutes ago (6:35 p.m. ET) the Artemis II mission with four crew member took off in Florida. They will reach Moon in 6 days. The 10-day mission will send the crew around the Earth and then out to loop around the moon where they'll see the "dark side" of the moon. They'll be between 4,600 and 6,000 miles above the surface, and about 250,000 thousand miles from Earth, farther than any human has ever gone in space.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2026/04/01/artemis-ii-launch-live-updates--live/89389405007/

https://archive.org/download/jsc2023m000095_Christina_Koch_Artemis_II_Crew_Announcement_Resource_Reel-MXF.mxf/jsc2023m000095_Christina_Koch_Artemis_II_Crew_Announcement_Resource_Reel-MXF.mxf.thumbs/jsc2023m000095_Christina_Koch_Artemis_II_Crew_Announcement_Resource_Reel-MXF_000057.jpg

Should be very interesting.

Should be very interesting.

They probably have alot of high definition cameras aboard, so as you said it will be interesting to see all the images they send back as this mission progress. Did little bit of calculation and it seem they are traveling at speed of 1,700 miles per hour toward the Moon.

Thanks for posting that. The distance (and speed) boggles the mind.

You welcome. Will post more images as they become available from NASA.

Here is the first image send back as the crew look back and say goodbye to their earthy home :wave:

https://cdnph.upi.com/pv/upi/597cf0e733a2ef70c059fb54d8560fce/NASA-ARTEMIS-II.jpg

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Thanks Canteen for the video. Here is more images taken by Artemis II Moon flyby.

https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/

2026 technology, and it still all ends with parachutes :)

2026 technology, and it still all ends with parachutes :)

Unless NASA find a way to defeat gravity :)

https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SEI137244486-8ffb.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646

Unless NASA find a way to defeat gravity :)


I’d like to see someone grab the wheel and glide it down from space and land it in the Hudson, Sully-style.

I’d like to see someone grab the wheel and glide it down from space and land it in the Hudson, Sully-style.

Only if the pilot use the FORCE to guide him/her like Luke did in first Star Wars :D

https://res.cloudinary.com/ybmedia/image/upload/c_crop,h_1342,w_2000,x_0,y_0/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_700/v1/m/1/e/1efc4c2f9210edbbde46bf302fced95528df619d/force-luke.jpg