Artemis 2

[Asmodeus]

Finally the day arrives. Today NASA's Artemis project will launch their second step, a lunar flyby mission where four astronauts will travel to the moon and return. The entire mission takes 10 days. This moon mission marks the 250th anniversary of the USA and the 50th anniversary of the Apollo mission, the first moon mission.



Here is the official video telecast about the mission.

Event	Date (Sri Lanka)	Time (SLST)
Launch (Liftoff)	Thu, Apr 2, 2026	03:54 AM
Earth Orbit Insertion	Thu, Apr 2, 2026	~04:30 AM
Trans-Lunar Injection (burn to head to Moon)	Thu, Apr 2, 2026	~06:00 AM
Mid-course corrections	Apr 2–3, 2026	Various
Closest approach to Moon	Sun, Apr 5, 2026	~02:00 AM
Return trajectory burn	Sun, Apr 5, 2026	~04:00 AM
Re-entry & Splashdown	Sat, Apr 11, 2026	~07:00 AM

Artemis II Crew​

• Reid Wiseman (Commander) – NASA astronaut
• Victor Glover (Pilot) – NASA astronaut, first person of color on a lunar mission
• Christina Koch (Mission Specialist) – NASA astronaut, first woman on a lunar mission
• Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist) – Canadian Space Agency astronaut

Backup Crew:

• Andre Douglas (NASA): Selected to back up the NASA astronauts on the mission, bringing extensive operational experience.
• Jenni Gibbons (CSA): Assigned as the backup for CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen, ensuring Canada's seat on the mission is maintained.

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[UbeThaththa]

 

[Inigo Montoya]

මුන්ගේ හඳ වටේ යන්නේ පොඩි ස්පේස්ක්‍රාෆ්ට් එකක් නේද, මන් හිතුවේ ලොකු රොකට් එකක් යනවා ඇති කියල.

 

[Asmodeus]

මුන්ගේ හඳ වටේ යන්නේ පොඩි ස්පේස්ක්‍රාෆ්ට් එකක් නේද, මන් හිතුවේ ලොකු රොකට් එකක් යනවා ඇති කියල.

Yes, this spacecraft will fly by the moon, which means that thing doesn't need to defy gravity, and gravity will help to reduce the need for fuel too. because the return journey almost uses the earth's gravity and a little nudge from the lunar orbit.

 

[SDCR]

NASA bump

 

[Stimulus mind]

ත්‍රෙඩ් එකට පොඩ්ඩක් පරිභාහිර දෙයක්:

"In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)" කියන 'documentary' එක බලපු නැති කෙනෙක් ඉන්නවා නම් අනිවා බලන්න. මුළු 'Apollo program" එකම වගේ කවර් වෙන විදිහට කරපු 'documentary' එකක්. එඩ්වින් ඕල්ඩ්‍රීන්, මයිකල් කොලින්ස් ඇතුළුව "Apollo missions" ඔක්කොටම සම්බන්ධ වුණු 'astronuts' ලා එක්ක කරපු 'interviews' එහෙමත් ගොඩක් තියෙනවා ඔය ෆිල්ම් එකේ.

 

[Amith0424]

TFS

 

[Asmodeus]

Fueling operations started, and these operations at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B involve loading over 700,000 gallons of cryogenic (supercold) propellant liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen into the rocket, followed by a simulated launch countdown.

 

[NRTG]

එළකිරි

 

[Asmodeus]

The scale of the distance of the Moon.

 

[2osama]

I love to hear that

 

[Encyclopedia]

I have been waiting for this moment

 

[leeroxxroxx]

 

[Miami-Vice]

 

[MR.BILLA]

 

[Candid-B]

If the Artemis project happened in Sri Lanka, it would look like this.

 

[batwise]

The window opens at 6:24 p.m. EDT (3:54 a.m. SLT) and lasts for two hours, closing at 8:24 p.m. EDT (5:54 a.m. SLT).

 

[damith144]

Oka nikn film ekak wage. Netflix eke oya jayhiye ewama balala hithenwa alienla wage set wei kiyala

 

[Voldemort Bro]

Lanakwe ekekut innawa crew eke