The NASA Artemis II mission is targeted for launch as early as Feb. 6.

[akasci@fosstodon.org]

The NASA Artemis II mission is targeted for launch as early as Feb. 6.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen will complete a 10-day journey around the Moon and back (no moon landing) to test systems and hardware, in preparation for future lunar landing missions.

It will be the first crewed mission to the vicinity of the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972.

Launch vehicle: Space Launch System (SLS)
Spacecraft: Orion

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-invites-media-to-cover-artemis-mission-from-johnson-space-center/
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[photo55@mastodon.social]

@AkaSci
#Apollo 8
The #sequel.

[karlauerbach@sfba.social]

@AkaSci Does the 2nd stage of the SLS system still have that ancillary internal combustion six cylinder piston motor that uses scavenged hydrogen and oxygen?

[leeloo@chaosfem.tw]

@AkaSci
Perhaps move "(no landing)" after "around the moon" instead of after "and back"?

[hnapel@mastodon.social]

@AkaSci

It's a hazardous journey and I'm glad I don't need to make it, this will be 10 days of nail biting, I whish therm all the courage in the world.

[bouriquet@mastodon.social]

@hnapel @AkaSci We did it successfully in the 1960s using stone knives and bearskins for equipment and computers by overthinking each and every situation, developing a culture of “failure is not an option”.
May you walk in the footsteps of your predecessors. Tread carefully.