Space Portal — The Best Image from NASA’s Artemis II Launch

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Godspeed Artemis, twin sister of Apollo… to go where no man, woman or Canadian has gone before.
Voyaging farther than the prior record from Apollo 13, the crew will have views of the full moon in front of Earth.

And you gotta admit, NASA launching the new moon mission on April Fool’s Day is a great way to troll the morons who think heroic moon missions are a hoax.

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One response to “Space Portal — The Best Image from NASA’s Artemis II Launch”

jurvetson

Apr 2, 2026 at 1:26 pm

Fly me to the moon… NASA had all bases covered

The low point in the NASA program… describing the science objectives of the mission no less…

The engine in that stage separation shot above is an RL-10. I have one in my office. It has been flying for over 60 years! DETAILS HERE
Launch escape system, a tower with 4 solid rocket engines
Inside Orion, some protected switches, like Apollo had
The views they will have (this one from Artemis I) Flying SLS

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