MIflyer
Major
Taken from my back yard.
Artemis 2 Launch
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SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
You need a better fence.
talbot
Senior Airman
that is cool 
talbot
Senior Airman
from NASA....
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Hello, World - NASA
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn.
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MIflyer
Major
I recall that one Saturday night I was working in the SLC-3 blockhouse at Vandenberg AFB. The spacecraft people were running some tests and I was serving as test Launch Controller and Spacecraft Launch Controller. Things were quiet and I looked up at the TV monitors. There were the various views of the launch pad, LOX side, Fuel Side, MST view from the side, and so forth. The last monitor on the Left was an actual color TV set, and the range had routed the signal of a ball game being played in San Francisco. The game was over and they were just killing time, and had zoomed in on a very clear view of the Moon; it filled the screen. I scanned across the monitors and then came the one with the Moon.
I thought, "The Moon? Why do we have the Moon up on the screen? We are not launching a payload to the Moon!" The really funny part was that the Moon looked perfectly appropriate up there with all that rocket stuff, but it was a ballgame, not a destination.
I thought, "The Moon? Why do we have the Moon up on the screen? We are not launching a payload to the Moon!" The really funny part was that the Moon looked perfectly appropriate up there with all that rocket stuff, but it was a ballgame, not a destination.
talbot
Senior Airman
Sounds like a fun Saturday, as well as an interesting and rewarding career
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MIflyer
Major
Seems like I spent a lot of Saturday nights in the blockhouse but it probably was not more than three or four. I guess they were just especially memorable.
What's pretty epic!
fubar57
General
Pooper broke
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Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13 record | CBC News
Until the bathroom is fixed, mission control has instructed the astronauts to break out urine collection bags. The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned following Wednesday's liftoff and has been hit-and-miss ever since.
yosimitesam
Senior Airman
For those of you that have watched the Big Bang series, one of the characters (Howard Wolowitz), an engineer, designed a new toilet that was installed on the space station and later discovered it would "blow back" after about 10 "flushes". It was the first up at 11:00PM CDT last night of the several back to back showings of the series. Coincidence? Probably a great one. After Walowitz hopes he fixed the problem, using spare items on the ISS and the nebulous help of the other show's characters, the short denouement at the end of the episode shows the space station orbiting earth and the voiceovers have the following conversation:Pooper broke
Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13 record | CBC News
Until the bathroom is fixed, mission control has instructed the astronauts to break out urine collection bags. The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned following Wednesday's liftoff and has been hit-and-miss ever since.
ISS: "Houston, International space station here. We have a little situation up here. We'd like to make an unscheduled space walk."
Houston: "ISS, which crew members will be involved in the EVA?"
ISS: "Houston, we'd all like the step outside for a few minutes."
Houston: "ISS, I'm afraid we can't authorize that."
ISS: "Houston, this is more of an FYI call. We are basically out the door."
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Antarctica
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Nice pics. When NASAS announced that Artemis II was going to launch on April 1st, I thought "Capricorn One" again 
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
First thing I thought of when I heard the news.
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MIflyer
Major
How many TIMES do people have to be told about smoking in the airplane restrooms??????
Pooper broke
Artemis II toilet acts up again as astronauts speed toward the moon to break Apollo 13 record | CBC News
Until the bathroom is fixed, mission control has instructed the astronauts to break out urine collection bags. The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned following Wednesday's liftoff and has been hit-and-miss ever since.
A new record, the first toilet to break that far from earth…
