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The first window opens at 624pm EDT, or 1124 uk time.

Then it’s about 4 days before it starts getting really interesting at the lunar twist.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813218.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813218.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch

Launch date: NET April 1, 2026, 22:24:00 UTC (18:24:00 EST)
Location: Launch Complex 39B - Kennedy Space Center – Source
Mission duration: 10 days (planned)
Spacecraft: Orion CM-003 Integrity; ESM-2]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813364.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813364.page GMT Artemis 2 launch ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813368.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813368.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Flinty wrote:
Nice


I remember going outside for school and watching the Shuttle launches (even Challenger ).

Our house would shake from the twin sonic booms of shuttles returning. It was surreal sometimes.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813369.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813369.page GMT Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813370.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813370.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Gert wrote:
But what if the Moon is haunted? Do they have appropriate ghost busting equipment?


Go lookup some of the old Far Side of the Moon conspiracies dealing with Neil Armstrong... they get really out there.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813371.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813371.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
And if memory serves, Artemis 2 is just going to but not landing on the moon. That job is for Artemis 3?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813383.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813383.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Gert wrote:
But what if the Moon is haunted? Do they have appropriate ghost busting equipment?


It's an often forgotten movie, but I suggest you watch Apollo 18. Plot: found footage videos of the "covered up" Apollo 18 mission (real life ended at 17) that goes sideways, especially after finding an abandoned Soviet lander that was also covered up. Movie explains (in their universe) why we stopped going to the Moon. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813481.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813481.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
So, how’s the weather looking for the launch?

And if memory serves, Artemis 2 is just going to but not landing on the moon. That job is for Artemis 3?


Last I saw was cloudy, but with a good chance of launch today.

And yes, they will be doing a single loop around the moon and straight back. Various tests and fiddling to be done with all the systems on the way there and back. They have 10 days to play with after all.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813483.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813483.page GMT Artemis 2 launch

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Aaaand away!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813523.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813523.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813584.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813584.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813591.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813591.page GMT Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813593.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813593.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch
Feeling very inspired. Great sharing this moment with you all.
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Was genuinely thrilling to watch.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813625.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813625.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
Nicely, the first chunk of lunar observation time is between 1930 and 2330 on Easter Monday, so very convenient. unlike splashdown which is like 2am ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813674.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813674.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch
Apparently they're all having a nap at the moment. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813709.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813709.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch



]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813729.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813729.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch Sadly I had other commitments. :(

Now when we actually set foot back on the moon, THAT I will clear the schedule to watch.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813752.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813752.page GMT Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813814.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813814.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813837.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813837.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Flinty wrote:
Seems like a few more years before we get to that. Artemis 3 is an earth orbit test of a descent module, either Space-x or Blue Origin’s offering, or possibly both. The. They need to build a production one, preposition it and only then pootle out there to meet it and drop to the surface floor Artemis 4 at the earliest.


Yep, & like I said, when that's set to happen I'll make sure to have a clear schedule.
Not unlike waiting for a movie that you know is a few years away.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813841.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813841.page GMT Artemis 2 launch

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813865.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813865.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Flinty wrote:
And I get grumpy and impatient about that as well

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!


On the Star Trek timeline we should be about to enjoy WW3.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813916.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813916.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Lathe Biosas wrote:
 Flinty wrote:
And I get grumpy and impatient about that as well

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!


On the Star Trek timeline we should be about to enjoy WW3.


Always fun to review the futures of past fiction just to see how widely we missed the mark. Near future cyberpunk and/or post apoc setting are the best for that.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813923.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813923.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Lathe Biosas wrote:
 Flinty wrote:
And I get grumpy and impatient about that as well

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!


On the Star Trek timeline we should be about to enjoy WW3.


In The Terminator's timeline, we should be right smack in the middle of fighting Skynet. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813934.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813934.page GMT Artemis 2 launch ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813962.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11813962.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
Britain did what Britain does. Saw a threat, and nicked it for ourselves.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814379.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814379.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWzzbT6jOS0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Time Lapse Moon views from Artemis. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814470.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814470.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814647.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814647.page GMT Re:Artemis 2 launch




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Next stop: Splashdown!!

I have watched every notable step (launch, moon orbit & the entire blackout) on the mission live with my kids (9 and 11), as everything has worked out to be after I get home from work. It's really cool to be able to show them something so awesome. Two years ago we took them down to Indiana to be right in the center of the path of totality for the Solar Eclipse, we also watched the visible comet that year and every once in a while during camping trips we watch the ISS as it goes overhead.

I watched live at work when they broke the distance record, and it made me feel so cool, like when I was able to get out of work just in time to watch the Mars Perseverance rover landing.

My birthday is in a week, and I have to admit I got myself some merch. I bought a really nice embroidered Artemis II mission patch from an Etsy seller that has all four crew listed down the side, and am sewing it onto an orange baseball cap to mimic their space suits. Might paint some blue stripes on it as well.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814914.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814914.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
Roll on Artemis 4 ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814932.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814932.page GMT Artemis 2 launch left eye. My right eye is my satirical news eye) on the Conspirapshere.

Flat Earthers and other assorted mindless Space Deniers have really shown their true colours.

Live streams just….making stuff up. Claims with no evidence or rational basis. Just loading up their inevitable excuses to keep the grift going.

Whilst space launches like this are showy, and expensive? They’re necessary. I don’t know if it will happen in my lifetime, but it’s my hope that if we can get some form of colony on the Moon, then humanity will be inspired once again.

After all, the age of great exploration here is all but done. There’s no new landmasses to discover. And for a naturally migratory species I think that’s been doing our collective heads in (not a psychologist or owt). So to put the stars back into reach? It might just be the thing we need. A renewed sense of hope and adventure.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814935.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11814935.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
It’s been a particularly entertaining time for those of us with a cynical eye (that’s the left eye. The left eye. My right eye is my satirical news eye) on the Conspirapshere.

Flat Earthers and other assorted mindless Space Deniers have really shown their true colours.

Live streams just….making stuff up. Claims with no evidence or rational basis. Just loading up their inevitable excuses to keep the grift going.

Whilst space launches like this are showy, and expensive? They’re necessary. I don’t know if it will happen in my lifetime, but it’s my hope that if we can get some form of colony on the Moon, then humanity will be inspired once again.

After all, the age of great exploration here is all but done. There’s no new landmasses to discover. And for a naturally migratory species I think that’s been doing our collective heads in (not a psychologist or owt). So to put the stars back into reach? It might just be the thing we need. A renewed sense of hope and adventure.



I remember they set up a restaurant on the Moon back in the 60's. Great food, but no atmosphere.

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 Daba wrote:
After seeing some of it, I have the urge to eat Nutella.


It’s out of this world!

(Hard pass from me; I’m mildly allergic to hazelnuts)]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11815280.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11815280.page GMT Artemis 2 launch

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Nearly home...]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11815320.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/818661/11815320.page GMT Artemis 2 launch
 Lathe Biosas wrote:
 Flinty wrote:
And I get grumpy and impatient about that as well

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!


On the Star Trek timeline we should be about to enjoy WW3.


Not currently impossible....


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 BorderCountess wrote:
 Lathe Biosas wrote:
 Flinty wrote:
And I get grumpy and impatient about that as well

On Kim Stanley Robinson’s timeline there should have been a mars landing this year!


On the Star Trek timeline we should be about to enjoy WW3.


In The Terminator's timeline, we should be right smack in the middle of fighting Skynet.


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