~29 hours until launch, the first crewed launch to circle the moon in over 50 years. Here's everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission so far: NASA is targeting a two-hour launch...
~29 hours until launch, the first crewed launch to circle the moon in over 50 years.
The last person to step foot on the moon was Gene Cernan, the commander of NASA's Apollo 17 mission. Cernan, the last of 12 humans to walk on the moon, left humanity's final bootprint on the lunar surface on December 14, 1972.
And while Artemis II does mark NASA's return to the moon, the mission more closely takes after the Dec. 21, 1968's Apollo 8 mission, which sent three NASA astronauts on a six-day trip around the moon. Much like Artemis II, Apollo 8 was a key step in testing flight systems and trajectories before attempting a lunar landing.
Here's everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission so far:
NASA is targeting a two-hour launch window that opens at 6.24 p.m. ET on Wednesday (April 1).
The space agency has said there's an 80% chance of favorable weather conditions to launch Artemis II on Wednesday.
The April launch windows for Artemis II run from Wednesday through to Monday (April 4 to 9 1 to 6), with the potential for a launch on any of those days. After Monday, the next launch window is April 30.
This will be NASA's last chance to launch the rocket on time, as the mission is meant to lift off no later than April 30.
A couple of interesting tidbits ... they're sending a bunch of old farts. At 47 years old, Christina Koch is the youngest person on the crew (and, ironically, the most experienced, with almost a...
A couple of interesting tidbits ... they're sending a bunch of old farts. At 47 years old, Christina Koch is the youngest person on the crew (and, ironically, the most experienced, with almost a year in space already), and all four of them will become the 4 oldest people to visit the Moon, older than everyone who went on the Apollo missions.
If we want to put it into a weird perspective: In 1969-1972, the life expectancy for women was ~74.4 years and for men ~66.8 years. The current is 81.4 years and 76.5 years. An increase of ~+8...
If we want to put it into a weird perspective: In 1969-1972, the life expectancy for women was ~74.4 years and for men ~66.8 years. The current is 81.4 years and 76.5 years. An increase of ~+8 years, the last crew to visit the moon was 37-39, and now they are 47-50, so we're just following the life expectancy curve, I guess.
Likely chance this time around they are a lot healthier (and biologically younger) than those on the last moon mission though.
Not disagreeing with your point -- all true -- but I would argue the most relevant difference is that these people have 8+ years of additional training and experience.
Not disagreeing with your point -- all true -- but I would argue the most relevant difference is that these people have 8+ years of additional training and experience.
Very exciting! For some reason I haven't been following this closely and just realized it was coming up this week due to a video I saw on Nebula yesterday.
Very exciting! For some reason I haven't been following this closely and just realized it was coming up this week due to a video I saw on Nebula yesterday.
~29 hours until launch, the first crewed launch to circle the moon in over 50 years.
Here's everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission so far:
4 to 91 to 6), with the potential for a launch on any of those days. After Monday, the next launch window is April 30.via livescience
You (or rather, they) have the dates wrong here ... the launch windows are daily from April 1st thru the 6th.
Yes, that certainly seems wrong, I pulled it from them and didn't even check the dates - good catch.
A couple of interesting tidbits ... they're sending a bunch of old farts. At 47 years old, Christina Koch is the youngest person on the crew (and, ironically, the most experienced, with almost a year in space already), and all four of them will become the 4 oldest people to visit the Moon, older than everyone who went on the Apollo missions.
If we want to put it into a weird perspective: In 1969-1972, the life expectancy for women was ~74.4 years and for men ~66.8 years. The current is 81.4 years and 76.5 years. An increase of ~+8 years, the last crew to visit the moon was 37-39, and now they are 47-50, so we're just following the life expectancy curve, I guess.
Likely chance this time around they are a lot healthier (and biologically younger) than those on the last moon mission though.
Not disagreeing with your point -- all true -- but I would argue the most relevant difference is that these people have 8+ years of additional training and experience.
Very exciting! For some reason I haven't been following this closely and just realized it was coming up this week due to a video I saw on Nebula yesterday.