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Artemis II set to return humanity to the Moon with launch on Wednesday evening - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)

submitted 3 hours ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] VaalaVasaVarde@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I get 1968 vibes, there's a war on and civil rights are being stomped on, and then we send a rocket to the moon.

[–] brackled@lemmy.world 1 points 7 minutes ago

And this time throw in a dash of potential disaster... https://idlewords.com/2026/03/artemis_ii_is_not_safe_to_fly.htm

Tldr: NASA does not seem to have fully addressed the heat shielding issues from Artemis I mission

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Live stream: https://www.youtube.com/live/Tf_UjBMIzNo

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 hour ago

Launch thread with all the livestreams :)

[–] infeeeee@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

It's 22:24 UTC today