NASA Artemis Launching to the Moon Tonight

[njhowie]

...unless it gets scrubbed again.

T-3 hours and counting

 

[Yoheadden]

Maybe, maybe not. They just discovered a new hydrogen leak :-(

 

[SecondCor521]

Maybe, maybe not. They just discovered a new hydrogen leak :-(

Fixed that, I think.

Now they have a Ethernet router or something that needs to be replaced so they can communicate with some radar asset somewhere. "Range is no go" for now...

 

[njhowie]

Seems like they are taking care of everything that pops up. Would be a shame if they don't get to launch.

 

[GalaxyBoy]

Leak fixed. Radar fixed. Now figuring out the new launch time (hopefully tonight!).

 

[Sunset]

Hopefully it's a full moon, so the target is bigger

 

[GalaxyBoy]

All is going well and it’s in orbit. I do miss Walter Cronkite calling the launch, but I did feel a bit like I was in grade school watching the Apollo launches.

 

[njhowie]

Cool launch. Very powerful rocket - could almost feel it through the live stream.

 

[Yoheadden]

Very impressive
I’m amazed they can deploy the solar panels at those speeds.

 

[njhowie]

My college roommate lives in St. Cloud and drove out at midnight to watch it.

 

[Qs Laptop]

Very cool launch to see. Seemed way more powerful than the Saturn V rockets.

Yes, it was like watching the launches when I was a kid in grade school and dreaming of becoming an astronaut.

One thing I noticed is the space capsule only circles the earth once before heading toward the moon. Apollo missions did two orbits of earth before leaving.