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re: Godspeed the crew of Artemis II...Re-Entry takes place tonight
Posted on 4/6/26 at 5:39 am to Scruffy
Posted on 4/6/26 at 5:39 am to Scruffy
Fun facts the circumference of the earth is 24,901 miles (pole to pole), in about three hours that's how far they will be from the moon. At current speed it would take them 20 hours, or half the time to fly around the earth in a commercial passenger aircraft.
Theoretically, commercial passenger aircraft could fly around the Earth non-stop in approximately 42 hours at cruising speeds of 575–600 mph, though no standard commercial plane has the fuel capacity to achieve this without refueling
Theoretically, commercial passenger aircraft could fly around the Earth non-stop in approximately 42 hours at cruising speeds of 575–600 mph, though no standard commercial plane has the fuel capacity to achieve this without refueling
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Posted on 4/6/26 at 7:08 am to Scruffy
The crew Apollo 16 (?) Was given a lifetime honorary membership to the American Auto Body Association after they repaired a lunar rover fender with some old maps.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 7:50 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
The pull of gravity from the Moon is now higher than that of Earth on the spacecraft...
Think live coverage starts at 12 on a lot of platforms with them going into blackout a little after 6pm central
Think live coverage starts at 12 on a lot of platforms with them going into blackout a little after 6pm central
Posted on 4/6/26 at 8:22 am to Lsut81
The moon is huge now.
The astronauts said they can see topography with the naked eye
they are about to do a burn
This post was edited on 4/6/26 at 8:24 am
Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:56 am to The Baker
Wow, Jim Lovell with the moon day wake up call. They would have recorded that sometime last year.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 9:57 am to The Baker
Of course the first thing they ask about on this historic day is whether they can use the shitter or not. 
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:05 am to The Boat
quote:As CAPCOM said, it was a bit chilling to hear his voice today.
Wow, Jim Lovell with the moon day wake up call. They would have recorded that sometime last year.
I hope we get a live earthrise video feed along with some great high def photos of it. This laser data stream is amazing. They get better speeds near the moon than most of us get at home!
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:14 am to MSUDawg98
Netflix will begin streaming everything at noon today.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:16 am to MSUDawg98
Toilet looks to be venting nominally again. I believe CAPCOM told Reid they can use it again. Score another one for the woman plumber.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:22 am to MSUDawg98
Are you guys seeing all the white dots and stuff flying through the screen in the live feed? I'm assuming it's a combination of other satellites, space junk, and maybe stuff coming off the capsule?
This post was edited on 4/6/26 at 10:23 am
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:26 am to Chucktown_Badger
I’m not watching but it’s gotta be stuff from the capsule. Most likely urine ice crystals.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:29 am to MSUDawg98
I wonder who does the math on determining the correct timing and velocity with which to eject the poo?
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:34 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Turds are kept on board. Urine is all that’s ejected.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 10:44 am to Volvagia
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Turds are kept on board. Urine is all that’s ejected.
Don't want the aliens confiscating fecal matter so easily
Posted on 4/6/26 at 11:59 am to Lsut81
I don't know why but them talking about Apollo 8 and showing Lovell's patch hit a nerve.
I can't wait to see the 2026 version!
I can't wait to see the 2026 version!
Posted on 4/6/26 at 12:15 pm to Lsut81
One thing that’s funny about all of the toilet issues:
Apollo missions didn’t have toilets. They had an adhesive bag with an insert to use their finger to push the turd in.
It’s a matter of record even for an astronaut to say on CAPCOM “somebody get a napkin, we have a turd floating.”
Obviously they all hated it. NASA even gave them specialized food that was almost completely absorbable so they wouldn’t need to crap often.
In between that and wearing the same clothes for over a week the comment often remarked by the recovery team when they opened the hatch was the horrible smell.
Apollo missions didn’t have toilets. They had an adhesive bag with an insert to use their finger to push the turd in.
It’s a matter of record even for an astronaut to say on CAPCOM “somebody get a napkin, we have a turd floating.”
Obviously they all hated it. NASA even gave them specialized food that was almost completely absorbable so they wouldn’t need to crap often.
In between that and wearing the same clothes for over a week the comment often remarked by the recovery team when they opened the hatch was the horrible smell.
Posted on 4/6/26 at 12:31 pm to RollTide1987
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Highlights include (All CST):
• 12:56 p.m. (1756 UTC): Artemis II crew surpasses the Apollo 13 distance record
• 1:45 p.m. (1845 UTC): Lunar observation period begins
• 5:47 p.m. (2247 UTC): Predicted loss of communications as Artemis II heads behind the moon (roughly 40 minutes)
• 6:02 p.m. (2302 UTC): Artemis II's closest approach to the Moon
• 6:05 p.m. (2305 UTC): Artemis II reaches its furthest distance from Earth
This post was edited on 4/6/26 at 12:32 pm
Posted on 4/6/26 at 12:58 pm to AllDayEveryDay
Just set the record 
Posted on 4/6/26 at 1:02 pm to GEAUXT
quote:
Just set the record
To boldly go where no man has gone before!
Posted on 4/6/26 at 1:02 pm to GEAUXT
I may have just cried as Commander Wiseman named a crater after his late wife.
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