Lift Off..! Artemis II

[jusplay4fun]

Artemis II launched from Florida, first manned mission to the Moon since 1972, today, about 30 minutes ago we had LIFT OFF...!! it is a TEN day mission to the moon and back, and includes one Canadian astronaut. Godspeed to the CREW and all involved in this mission.

[HitRed]

Bring me back a moon rock.

[jusplay4fun]

Bring me back a moon rock.

This Mission will NOT land on the Moon; I think #4 will do so, based on the plans.

Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first mission to use the standardized configuration of the Space Launch System (SLS), with a Centaur V upper stage in place of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) flown on the previous SLS launches.[1][2] The SLS will send an Orion spacecraft carrying the astronaut crew members to lunar orbit.

The mission depends on a prior support flight to place a lunar lander—either SpaceX's Starship HLS or Blue Origin's Blue Moon—into lunar orbit before the crew launch. When Orion docks with the lander the crew will transfer to it, descend to the lunar surface and conduct extravehicular activities (EVAs) there. They will then ascend back to the Orion waiting in lunar orbit, which will return the four astronauts to Earth. As of March 2026, launch is scheduled for May 2028.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV