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@Truthful_ast @KerbalNut The physical inaccuracies really bothered me, like it looked like they just eyeballed the X-15 flight

@KerbalNut It was my favourite space movie above Interstellar until Hail Mary came out, underrated gem.

I think now is the best time to post the best scene from a space movie.

I think we need to prepare for a distinct possibility on April 5th. Space twitter, this is very important for you all to read and understand, so you can explain to the laymen in the event that this actually occurs. In 1968, humans went to the moon for the first time ever, and they did it during Christmas. And, for the occasion, the Apollo 8 astronauts read a passage from the book of genesis. Fast forward to 2026, and Artemis II is flying a very similar mission, this time, during Easter. An equally, if not more important holy day to Christians all over the world. Now as many of you may know, Astronaut Victor Glover has been very vocal about his faith, and has brought a bible with him to the Moon. This means that there is a significant chance that a reading from the Bible occurs on Easter, in a similar vain to what Apollo 8 did on Christmas. Spitter, your job will be to remind people that this is NOT a political event, and is in fact, something that NASA astronauts have done before, the last time we went to the Moon. Wether this actually occurs, I can’t say, and I imagine it is rather unlikely, but I think that if it does, this will be an extremely publicized and unfortunately an extremely politicized event, and we need to be the rational voices explaining why it is happening. Thank you all for your attention to this matter.

@SentinelTMA1 @Truthful_ast That can’t be quite right, there were plans for a 5-person variant of the CM

@Truthful_ast A lot more room than the Apollo Command Module

Orion looks quite cozy ngl

@Blobifie @mightbejell0 The real april fools joke was that you weren’t changing your profile picture

Ive made a timelapse of the first 100 hours leading up to the launch of Artemis II and the 24 hours that followed it. Not sure what use this has but i thought it would be cool to keep a record of the lead up to this historic launch.

@conspiracyslyr @Polishkerbal I haven’t seen this one yet

Orion Camera View of Artemis II ICPS Separation

It's uncanny how easy it is

@SpectreHuntress @_Testflight_ Nah. Challenger happened because of cold weather. It was 80+ on Wednesday. Additionally, that SRB failed at Max Q, not SRB separation.

@Jacks0nPainter @_Testflight_ Because of the history of the 73 second mark. Challenger was famous even here in Australia. We cut to random people in case the Artemis exploded. We have NASA official footage of Challenger. History should not repeat itself.

Random ass baseball game camera operator got better footage of SRB sep than the NASA coverage 😭🙏

The Artemis 2 cinematic I have yet to finish used this samecamera angle!

@nathans_codes_2 @Codey_T3 I actually used that camera angle in my unfinished Artemis 2 cinematic, neat to see it irl now

holy shit this footage is insane

@_Testflight_ Almost more wobble than the LM Ascent Stage

Time-lapse of the successful Trans Lunar Injection Burn! The Artemis II crew are now on a path to the moon, becoming the first crew to do so in over 50 years!

@Joseph_Lee042 @_MaxQ_ If it didn’t bend, it’d break

@_MaxQ_ Are they supposed to do that

The SRB’s flexing upon ignition is both one of the spookiest but rad characteristics of SLS. Goodness me.

Perspective: when we poll GO for translunar injection (TLI) and the engine(s) on the Orion Integrity service module propel us toward the moon, our actual destination is Earth. The ultimate destination of every human space flight.

Rubio: Imagine if Iran funded the well-being of its people, rather than its military Trump, two days later: We can’t fund daycare or Medicaid, we need more money for our military

Artemis II if it was shot on Apollo 11 era Kodak Ektachrome film.

@Starfleet2269 Technically that’s a Saturn 1B but sure

Saturn V Space Launch System

@mightbejell0 @mcrs987 @Blobifie

@mcrs987 @Blobifie Dawn/dusk launches are better than daytime launches

I don't want to hear a SINGLE person saying night launches are better than daytime launches

Beautiful booster separation during Artemis 2 (SLS). Proud to witness this historic moment from the ground. The engine glow was incredible! 🚀 #Artemis #NASA #SLS

@LowIQSpaceymen @ThePrimalDino They actually broke the record on the first orbit. Polaris Dawn reached 1400km (~750 miles), and A2 reached ~2222 km (targeted), or around 1200 miles. Currently, they’re around 35000 miles from Earth.

@ThePrimalDino So Artemis II has beaten Polaris Dawns record of highest orbit humans have been around earth that weren’t going to the moon?

Still not MoonBound quite yet, but this is the furthest humans have been since the Apollo era.

@jassifun @brickmack Like this is definitely pointed up, but they were down on Artemis 1. But yeah. You were right.

@Jacks0nPainter @brickmack Still convinced you are right after Artemis II?

With Centaur V being designed for several-day missions, it is possible that (especially if refueled) the new SLS configuration could place Orion directly in low lunar orbit, rather than just TLI