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"Planet Earth: You. Are. A. Crew." Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch reflects on what it means to be a "crew."

I hope the Artemis II recovery team has insignia like Apollo did

So earlier I was creating a simple model to approximate the Artemis 2 trajectory to the best of information that we currently have. It was a pain in the ass to time everything correctly but I've got a tool now that can give me a rough idea of lighting conditions for any of the given launch windows. I noticed this while making it. If it does launch during the April 1 window , the lighting conditions just after lunar close approach on Flight day 5 are not only visually spectacular but it also mirrors the design of the mission patch (If the south pole is oriented upwards). It was meant to be!! Bonus, I scaled the rendering of this position to the same size as it should appear out the window, (just a standard 24mm smartphone camera here) the moon would appear a little under 5 and a half inches across on my display. Putting the mission patch in frame works fairly well compared to the scale of the two objects visually. It would be incredible to see a photo of the mission patch floating in the window at the same position of the vehicle here if the mission actually launches during that window.

A very special visitor came to Ames — the designer of the Artemis II Moon mascot, “Rise.” We welcomed Lucas Ye and his family, who joined us as we watched the Artemis II crew return back to Earth after successfully flying around the Moon. His zero gravity indicator was selected from thousands of submissions from over 50 countries. His design was inspired by the iconic Earthrise moment from the Apollo 8 mission. Congratulations again to Lucas!

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🛰️ 🔥 Hoy se repite este momento impresionante 👨‍🚀La nave de la reentrada en la Tierra de Artemis II tiene mejoras, pero es el momento más peligroso de toda la misión

The Pulsar Flag, my proposal for the flag of Earth

There are two Humanities of the future. Which one you prefer says a lot.