"Um dia a lembrança disso vai machucar tanto que eu não vou conseguir respirar, e farei o que sempre faço, vou entrar na minha cabine e vou fugir! Fugir de toda a dor e todos os lugares que for lá estará."
A new milestone for humankind: The crew of Artemis II are now the farthest any human has ever travelled, reaching a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth.
This surpasses the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by about 4,102 miles.
Approaching the near side of the Moon.
The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to grow larger and larger in the windows of the Orion spacecraft as the Artemis II mission gears up to observe the far side. The astronauts are predicted to make their closest approach of the Moon around 7:02pm ET (2302 UTC).
Signal acquired! 📡
Engineers at @NASAJPL have confirmed that the Orion spacecraft is communicating with the Deep Space Network. For the first time in over 50 years, we’re receiving a signal from a spacecraft carrying humans toward the Moon.
Because this is reality and not a hoax, you don’t just land on the Moon on the very first flight with new equipment. So, just like the last time we went and eventually landed, NASA build up to it.
Artemis I = uncrewed test
(Just like Apollo 4 and Apollo 6)
Test the rocket.
Test reentry.
Prove the system works.
Artemis II = crewed lunar flight
(Just like Apollo 8)
First crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit.
Navigate to the Moon.
Enter lunar orbit.
Operate in deep space.
Return safely at lunar reentry speeds.
This isn’t new. It’s how you don’t kill astronauts.
For the first time in over 50 years, humans are Moonbound.
At 6:35 p.m. EDT (2235 UTC) NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft lifted off from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, sending four astronauts on a planned test flight around the Moon and back. https://t.co/0Q9ZB4IWVI