The Artemis II mission has successfully launched, marking a significant milestone in space exploration as the first crewed flight to the Moon’s vicinity in over five decades. Following a successful liftoff, the four-person crew is currently orbiting Earth, performing essential system checks before beginning their trajectory toward the Moon. This mission serves as a vital test of the Orion spacecraft’s capabilities and life-support systems, ensuring the safety and readiness of the hardware for future lunar surface expeditions.
- The mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, utilizing the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket.
- The crew consists of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency.
- Artemis II is a 10-day flight designed to validate the Orion spacecraft’s performance and communication systems with humans on board.
- The astronauts will complete a lunar flyby, traveling thousands of miles beyond the far side of the Moon before returning to Earth.
- This mission is a critical precursor to future Artemis missions that intend to establish a long-term human presence on the lunar surface.
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NASA, not Nasa
a 1080p wifi cam costs £25 – what is wrong with these NASA clowns ?
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Anyone else here for the batshit loony comments ?😆 Already a few good ones .
Wow nice set up Nasa
Shot in studio just like in 1969
Still orbiting the Earth? They should be waving to the world from the Moon by now. Buzz Lightyear will be rolling in his grave
We truly live in a dumb world , and you have idiots on a screen lying to the viewers who don't know they are being lied to. Fortunately for the controllers of this earth most humans will never get the deception and the controllers know this.CGI an graphics is all that's needed to show to the people with low IQ and no common sense, the moon is a light source, not a rock, like I said before most humans will buy whatever the lying screen tv shows them. Sad but true
Apollo8 had 3 on board, this new 'improved' tin can has 4. Why????
When those men comes back they should tell us if there is crude oil
What is your phoquing name???
They talk as if Apollo never happened, because they weren’t born when it did,
american is great in talking big
These comments make me lose faith in humanity.
Let me be the first to say Thats one small step for they them. One giant leap for humankind
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Dear Bbc NASA is an acronym too.
Who believes this 😂😂😂😂
Good night ❤
Waw! How considerate.
While the world is facing a fuel crisis?🙄☝️
"A typical lunar mission requires a staggering amount of fuel—often over 90% of the total rocket mass at liftoff—due to the need to escape Earth's gravity and travel roughly 238,900 miles. For historically significant missions like the Apollo program, this equated to over 700,000 gallons (roughly 3 million liters) of propellant for the Saturn V rocket, which includes kerosene and liquid oxygen."
– Google
Baby conceived in spaCE
This professor seems like a wonderful guy!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 THIS is sooooo funny. They've never been out of space! Lol NEVER!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂