Daniel Knight

Apollo 18 flag is finally heading to the Moon.

Nominal translunar injection burn complete. The Artemis II crew is officially on the way to the Moon. America is back in the business of sending astronauts to the Moon. This time, farther than ever before.

Here's the moment Mission Control in Houston confirmed a good burn to place the Artemis 2 crew on course for their mission to pass around the far side of the moon.

Looks like a good burn

The Artemis 2 TLI burn is underway.

Artemis II: All engineering cams from launch now available! 44 minutes of goodness! images-assets.nasa.gov/video/KSC-2026…

In the Words of Gene Cernan Apollo 17 Commander "As we leave the Moon at Taurus-Littrow, we leave as we came, and God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind." We are about to return to the Moon #Artemis2

"Houston is go for TLI," or translunar injection, Mission Control informs Artemis 2.

Really good website to follow along to Artemis II sunnywingsvirtual.com/artemis2/

Artemis 2 is go for TLI

Lunar Permanence will require using resources on the Moon rather than hauling them from Earth. Our in-situ resource utilization system extracts oxygen from lunar regolith to create breathable air for astronauts and propellant for refueling landers and fuel cells. It also produces iron, aluminum, silicon, construction materials, and even solar power systems. The materials for a Moon base are produced right where they’re needed, and at much lower cost than being brought from Earth.

If China can't get there with there simple hypergolic lander they should reconsider there space program as a whole.

@NASAAdmin @NASA_Johnson @NASAKennedy Are the elevator doors intact?

Artemis II astronauts are doing great. The Orion spacecraft is performing well in an impressive elliptical orbit, and the @NASA_Johnson Mission Control team is taking good care of the crew. Meanwhile, back at @NASAKennedy, the teams are out at the pad getting ready for what comes next. We are going to get into a rhythm of launching Moon rockets around here 🇺🇸

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet. The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy. There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one. That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure. 📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

Posting this gem one more time

You gotta respect this SpaceX engineer just sayin' that the interface in Orion is superior to Dragon (physical buttons >>>)

Buttons over Touchscreen its Spaceflight not Cosumer electronics

The Orion spacecraft successfully separated from the upper stage of the rocket, and the "proximity operations" test is underway. The Artemis II astronauts are manually piloting Orion similarly to how they would if they were docking with another spacecraft.

#Artemis II update: Orion has separated from the rocket's upper stage 🚀 Our European Service Module is in the driving seat!