Updates Artemis II

[GLS]

A sliver of Moon

 

[GLS]

Spacecraft now turning to see the "Solar eclipse".
Back on Earth, the DSN big dish at Madrid is also turning to point it to the spacecraft, and handoff comm from Canberra.

 

[GLS]

Back on Earth, the DSN big dish at Madrid is also turning to point it to the spacecraft, and handoff comm from Canberra.

No big antenna yet, but 2 small ones pointed and receiving.

 

[GLS]

No big antenna yet, but 2 small ones pointed and receiving.

Big antenna went for Voyager 1.
They are now in viewing attitude, ready for Sun set, or "Solar eclipse".

 

[GLS]

They are now in the shadow of the Moon!

 

[GLS]

Onboard description: Moon currently with the solar corona on one side, and Earth shine on the other... going to make for some interesting pictures.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041255233083322654

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041315839895355522

 

[Tycho]

Victor Glover in particular has proven himself highly articulate in conveying what he is seeing, not just descriptively but emotionally. Really makes me wish I could be up there with them, taking in these incredible views. That they are clearly enjoying what they are doing is gratifying, because we are living vicariously through them.

 

[GLS]

5 lunar impact flashes visible so far!

 

[Tycho]

These descriptions are riveting. Absolutely riveting.

 

[GLS]

Now back in sunlight, all the way back to Earth.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041314695370744251

 

[Tycho]

It was pretty surreal to see Reid Wiseman point an iPhone to the live feed with a photo of the lunar far side.

Hertzsprung Basin, by the looks of it, for the lunar geography nerds at home.

 

[richfororbit]

Yes the use of these phones on a spacecraft is a little bonkers.

 

[N_Molson]

Looks like they've beaten the Apollo 13 distance-to-Earth record. They are now effectively the human beings that have ventured the deepest into space.

 

[rodion_herrera]

I wish I had a larger monitor (btw thanks to the guy who did the SCN with the TLE, saved me a lot of time to do this).

 

[Ajaja]

In Celestia:

 

[GLS]

Photos!!!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041538272690622798

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041501971480273167

https://twitter.com/x/status/2041495294911676771

 

[GLS]

Lots more photos here: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii-multimedia/

 

[N_Molson]

These nearly real-time (at the scale of a human life) pictures are something. It feels so weird knowing I'm somewhere on that blue ball...