Artemis countdown…

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What else is near the moon at the moment

I just thought you were calling the Artemis program as whole dummies. My mistake.

 

[sdifox]

I just thought you were calling the Artemis program as whole dummies. My mistake.

And the should have clued you that my reply is in jest

 

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And the should have clued you that my reply is in jest

It did! Just was explaining myself a little more

 

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Orion flies far beyond the Moon, returns an instantly iconic photo

“It’s really hard to articulate what the feeling is.”…

arstechnica.com

Flight is still going well. Some pretty awesome imagery coming down.

If you want to see where Orion is this Artemis Tracker has that covered.

NASA: Artemis I

Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a sustained human presence at the Moon for decades to come.

www.nasa.gov

If you would like to see the deep space communications link you can view it here:

Deep Space Network Now

The real time status of communications with our deep space explorers

eyes.nasa.gov

Click on the antenna that says ART1 and then more info to see bandwidth, frequency and data rates.

 

[JEDI]

Orion flies far beyond the Moon, returns an instantly iconic photo

“It’s really hard to articulate what the feeling is.”…

arstechnica.com

Flight is still going well. Some pretty awesome imagery coming down.

How did Orion take a selfie?

or is this from the j.webb telescope?

 

[sdifox]

How did Orion take a selfie?

or is this from the j.webb telescope?

From this vantage point, on Monday, a camera attached to the solar panels on board Orion's service module snapped photos of the Moon and, just beyond, the Earth. These were lovely, lonely, and evocative images.

from the article

 

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How did Orion take a selfie?

or is this from the j.webb telescope?

From this vantage point, on Monday, a camera attached to the solar panels on board Orion's service module snapped photos of the Moon and, just beyond, the Earth. These were lovely, lonely, and evocative images.

from the article

Yup. There are literally GoPro's mounted on end of the solar arrays

 

[JEDI]

Yup. There are literally GoPro's mounted on end of the solar arrays

they probably scrubbed the pics of the secret base on the dark side of the moon.

also, another faked pic of the moon?
GoPros dont do outer space. nothing on their packaging says it can.

/tinfoil hat

 

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So the Artemis I mission should end starting at 12:00 PM ET with Command Module separation followed by entry descent and splashdown by 12:30PM.

There should be live coverage and some live video from the recovery ship on NASA TV & YT.

 

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Command module separation

 

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30 seconds to EI

 

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She’ll be going just under 25,000 mph at EI

 

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EI

 

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Blackout

 

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1 minute left in this LOS

 

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AOS - good data

 

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Performing skip entry maneuver

 

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In the second blackout period

 

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No data yet but air assets have visual sight on orion

 

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AOS Good data

 

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Still going Mach 10

 

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Down from Mach 32

 

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Now Mach 6

 

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Drogues out

 

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Drogues cut Mains out