To the moon!
Artemis II Mission Patch
Artemis II is scheduled to launch in about an hour, with everything being reported as go for launch. If they take off, they’re gonna take a spin around the moon, in a repeat of the historic Apollo 8 mission 57 years ago last Christmas. This is the next step to once more walking on the moon. God, it’s good to be back!
Watch it live with me;
The last time humans traveled past Earth orbit was 1972, for the Apollo 17 mission. The Artemis II mission is staffed with;
- Captain Reid Wiseman, USN
- Captain Victor Glover, USN
- Christian Koch (American)
- Colonel Jeremy Hansen, RCAF
Koch will be the first woman to leave Earth orbit and travel around the moon. Glover will be the first black man to do the same. Hansen will be the first Canadian.
Category: Breaking News, NASA
Go baby go…
“Cruise To The Moon” the Chaperones 1960 on the Josie label
How about Frank and “Fly Me to the Moon”?
Another great one
What about Moon River?
It’s wider than a mile.
Two points:
– First lunar mission in 44 years is way more important than first THIS or first THAT (insert special group). As a matter of fact, going back is sufficiently cool that I am able to choke back my dislike of them loading three “firsts” into the crew.
– Second, it is still true, there are only two kinds of countries, those who fly to the moon and those who use metric.
As Alan Shepherd said, let’s light this candle!
“those who use metric”
You mean like NATO?
…and American servicemen – as were many of those original moonshot astronauts and half of these current ones.
I’m more disappointed that, 57 years later, we can only almost do what we once did multiple times.
The computers on the Apollo space craft didn’t have half the computing power of my current phone, and here we are 57 years later and damn near sucking hind tit to the Chinese in a new space race.
We should have had lunar bases years ago and been establishing same on Mars by now.
Too much wasted money trying to be the world police and make everybody in the 3rd world happy, not to forget the massive graft in social services here at home.
Yet, if not for Trump and others that have fought for it, this would not be happening.
“We should have had lunar bases years ago”
Army Signal complete with barracks and a PX.
And some shady used moon rover dealership nearby
Hell yes. If you can’t make coms you are F%*ked.
“Signal: First to go, last to know”.
I’m just crossing my fingers, and toes and legs and eyes and anything else I can bend……
3…2….1….”All systems nominal”
(Praying for the heat shield too. )
I have a payload in my boss’s office for Artemis IV….but we still have to get through Space X getting their vehicle all in order and Artemis III done and THEN we get to drop this…..
Artemis Lunar Laser Retroreflector (ALLR)
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/clps/nasa-anticipates-lunar-findings-from-next-generation-retroreflector/
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/29/laser-ranging-makes-gps-satellites-more-accurate/
I’ll be in my back yard watching…
Still remember Shepherd, Glenn, and all the rest. Whole school watched on probably a 17 inch B&W TV set up in the gymnasium. Watched the Moon landing years later at my then-girlfriend’s house. Made a special point to watch the SECOND shuttle launch – first re-used spacecraft in history.
I mean it’s not like we faked going there not once but six times before which was the logic from the Apollo 16 astronaut one of the last ones living to go to the moon which seems pretty solid.,
“The moon landing was faked!!!”
Which one of 6?!?! 😑
That being said, I’m just gonna leave this here for you guys to have to share with whoever needs it….
Yeah, baby!