Yes, the launch was spectacular. I wathed it from outside the Eagles last night. Then went inside and watched on TV when it was out of sight. WoW

Watch The Launch Again - scroll to 21 minutes(1 min to launch)

Sounds of Artemis I - A night time launch scroll to 3 minutes then 7 for the last recordings from the Mobile Launcher Platform/Launch Umbilical Tower - click through the pics

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There are "look backs" during certain times, when the astronauts are sleeping for one:

24/7 Live Coverage Continues - The Orion is on a high orbit around Earth after a series of burns. After a few hours of sleep a "Perigee Raise Burn(PBR)" took place, 8:15 am EST, putting Orion on an even higher orbit for a Trans Lunar Injection(TLI) burn tonight at 7:50 pm EST, if all goes well, that will send them on a course to the moon. The SLS is completely autonomous. The spacecraft's Guidance Navigation and Control Systems completed "star field maneuvers" so it knows where it is and where it is going before that PRB burn, amazing

"star field maneuvers": The way a spacecraft orients itself using stellar tracking cameras to determine its orientation (attitude) while navigating through space

The astronauts are taking a nap

EDIT: They are up getting ready for their busy day. Communications have begun checking all systems, life support etc before the TLI burn which will put them on a trajectory to the moon

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In 2017 when Artimus program started some of the technology hadn't been developed yet. It had to be developed. The Apollo computers were a 16 bit system with 4kb of ram yet successfully guided astronauts to the moon. The shuttle program used 5 main computers, 16 bits with 32 bit registers. The Artemis program uses 2 vehicle management computers and 6 power and data units. They are 20,000 times faster and have 128,000 times more memory then the Apollo computers had

I don't think I could sleep

I'm still excited too mbday630...it's been a long time coming!

We've come a long way!!!

This morning on my walk with that full moon so bright and shining I could imagined I saw a tiny speck headed for the moon...

I don't think I could sleep either soot, especially when we were coming up on the moon. You and I both would be glued to the windows


NASA'S Deep Space Network - keeping in touch with Integrity while in deep space

NASA's Set Coverage - times are EST. Mission Map

NASA's Artemis II Live Views from Orion

This is some excellent live mission coverage. Thursday at 7:50 pm EST a 5:50 minute Trans Lunar Ignition(TLI) burn has the Orion pulling away from the earth. Next stop........the moon. You can check the distance of the craft moving away from Earth and the distance they have left to the moon bottom right during animation views on the live feed

** Now that the crew is on their way to the moon they hope to have the cameras on inside the Orion capsule as much as possible


If you missed the 3 events that happened on thursday here they are:

The 6 minute Trans Lunar Ignition(TLI) burn and Mission Control's news brief after - segmented. During the burn you will see the Orion spacecraft, nicknamed "Integrity", starting to pull away from the Earth

Live event with the astronauts inside the Orion Spacecraft - 1st one, very good! As they continue with these "live downlinks" I expect a tour of the capsule and more

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Many Very Interesting Views of the Launch! - segmented

Day 4

CSA Live Downlink Event held April 4th at 1:10 am EST - CSA audio not very good

Orion's Selfie taken today from a solar array

Earth - NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun


How to Eat in Space and Crew Menu

Space - What's out there

Day 5 - 24/7 Live Coverage - while crew sleeps replays of earlier video runs at times


Track Artemis - left click hold to swing around. Click on bottom left for more tracking options. This is telemetry of the spacecraft in real time

Today's Schedule

Updates on the Mission

Massive Update - briefing - Everything to Know Before the Artemis II Moon Encounter on 6th April


April 4th Live Downlink Event at 5:15 pm EST

Artemis II Astronaut Jeremy Hansen Speaks to Media - again not very good audio from CSA


An excellent view of the launch

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April 6th, Day 6 - Lunar Flyby. Times are EST

12:41 am - Orion enters lunar sphere of influence - where the moon's gravity is the dominant force on a spacecraft rather than the Earth's gravity

10:50 am - Crew wakeup

2:45 p.m - Lunar observation period begins

9:20 p.m - Lunar observation period (flyby) concludes

10:50 p.m.: Live downlink event

Thank you Orion for this awesome information source!

It's definitely an exciting time for NASA and all who have an interest in space flight especially when it comes to going back to the moon soot


Daily highlights from the mission:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4


Journey to the Moon - images uploaded/downloaded to earth. More to come. No audio on Vids