#Artemis II - Dr Lori Glaze, who leads development & operations, reminds us this mission is still a test flight & that NASA "continues to get lots of new data every day" She adds that they are "not tracking anything"of concern right now and "intend to learn as much as we can" about the spacecraft.

#Artemis II - Just after 30 minutes after the Translunar Injection burn and Orion spacecraft has gone from just over 100 miles above earths surface to over 6,000 miles away, as it heads towards the moon! 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - Update on the earlier leak warning just before Orion spacecraft got into TLI burn, this was due to a Air recirculation system being transferred into a different state That warning has since been cleared 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen “with that successful TLI, the crew feeling pretty good up here on our way to the moon, & we just wanted to communicate to everyone around the planet who’s worked to make Artemis possible, that we firmly felt the power of your perseverance.” 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - Has completed a successful Translunar Injection burn Orion spacecraft is on its way, for the first time in over 50 years astronauts are on their way to the moon! 🌕 Mission Control confirms good burn! View from Orion looking back at earth 🚀

#Artemis II - We are Go for The Translunar Injection burn This will last 5 mins and 55 seconds as Orion's main engine will provide up to 6,000 pounds of thrust during the manoeuvre Mission Control “Integrity good engine, good control!” 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - We are T-Minus 5 mins until The Translunar Injection burn The Orion spacecraft is now at the correct altitude for the upcoming trans-lunar injection burn. The spacecraft is less than 500 miles from Earth. This will go down to around 115 miles above the surface before burn starts 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - We are T-Minus 10 mins until The Translunar Injection burn For this TLI burn the engine on the Orion spacecraft will fire with enough thrust to accelerate a car from 0-60mph (0-96.5kmh) in about 2.7 seconds. 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - We are T-Minus 25 mins until The Translunar Injection burn All systems looking good in Mission Control, teams have given the final go for TLI, with the most recent coming from the flight controllers in Artemis Mission Control 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - We are T-Minus 35 mins until The Translunar Injection burn (5min 49secs duration of burn) Whilst currently 5,000 miles from earths surface, At the point of the burn Orion spacecraft will be only 115 miles above planet earth Approx 1,000lbs of fuel will burn during this TIB 🚀

#Artemis II - A very important mission update incase anyone missed it…………The Toilet is a GO FOR LAUNCH!! T-Minus Now! 🚀 🌕🚽

#Artemis II Update: We are a GO for TLI! The Translunar Injection burn is a go! The Orion spacecraft will ignite the main engine on the European Service Module for five minutes and 49 seconds beginning at 00:49 BST/01:49 CEST. 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - The morning routine in space. Now they're awake, the crew will likely begin their morning routine with personal hygiene. Due to the lack of a shower, astronauts use wipes, "no-rinse" soap & water on washcloths to stay clean, toothpaste needs to be swallowed or spat into a towel. 1/2

#Artemis II - NASA's livestream burst into life with music. With Mission control confirming John Legend & Andre 3000 being played on the Orion capsule for the astronauts, who have been taking a nap. A crackling voice comes from Orion: "Houston-Integrity, we are ready to go, and that was awesome."🚀

The amazing moment a plane passenger captured #Artemis II outside their cabin window 🚀☁️

#Artemis II is the first time humans have travelled to the moon since 1972. The last crewed 🌕 mission was Apollo 17, which landed & returned to Earth in December 1972. In total, 24 astronauts have travelled to the Moon with half of those walking on its surface, all during the Apollo programme.🚀

The #Artemis II will perform three slingshots during their mission, twice around the earth and once around the moon itself 🚀🌕🌍

#Artemis II - While the astronauts catch four & and a half hours of sleep, let's recap Artemis II's journey so far. 1/4 🚀🌕

#Artemis II - Comments from mission specialist Christina Koch "I just wanted to describe for you guys the beauty that we're seeing,You can actually make out the coastline of the continent, you can make out rivers because of the sunglare, you can see high thunder clouds the South Pole lit up." 1/2 🚀

#Artemis II Update - Astronauts in final orbital position before setting course to Moon 🚀🌕

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Where will the #Artemis II astronauts live on their way to the moon?, see in the video below 🚀🌕 #NASA

#Artemis II Milestones - Separation of Orion 🚀🌕

Hubble Telescope’s Top 100 Images - No.20 Butterfly emerges from stellar demise in planetary nebula NGC 6302 This celestial object looks like a delicate butterfly. But it is far from serene. 1/2 🔭 #Science #Astronomy #Space

Reliving the historic launch of #Artemis II - Where were you when watching? 🚀 #NASA 🌕

#Artemis II Mission Update - 51 mins into flight, Orion spacecraft had a comms issue leading to temporary partial loss of comms. There were no issues with the vehicle itself, comms with the crew have been restored. They are actively working the issue and will keep everyone informed 1/2

Our current view from the Orion spacecraft of #Artemis II as it orbits Earth 🚀🌍🌕

#Artemis II - The Orion spacecraft has its 4 solar arrays unfolded which are starting to collect photons from the Sun to turn them into electricity for the trip to the Moon 🚀 Several cameras installed on the wings will also take amazing pictures of the spacecraft from different angles

#Artemis II Update - We have a successful Perigee Raise Manoeuvre which places Orion into a much larger, 24-hour elliptical orbit with an apogee of roughly 74,000 km. 🚀

#Artemis II - As the crew are set to reach their next milestone, we look back at a historic day for Artemis II 🚀

#Artemis II - Next milestone is the Perigee Raise Maneuver, a critical engine burn. While most lunar missions head straight for the Moon, Artemis uses a unique "High Earth Orbit" strategy to ensure the Orion spacecraft & its life support systems are fully functional before committing to deep space

#Artemis II Update - All four solar array wings are open and latched 🚀👏

#Artemis II astronauts when they were sitting on the launch pad at T-Minus 10 minutes “This is Victor. We are going for our families.” “This is Christina. We are going for our teammates.” “This is Jeremy. We are going for all humanity.” 🚀

#Artemis II is now only 242,000 miles away from the moon 🚀

#Artemis II - We have main engine cut off 🚀

#Artemis II - Passing 5 minutes into flight and destination of the moon is in site! Now approaching 10,000mph 🚀

#Artemis II - 3 minutes into flight passing 5,000mph

#Artemis II - Goes supersonic! 🚀

#Artemis II - WE HAVE LIFT OFF! 🚀

#Artemis II - Update T-Minus 2 Minutes 🚀

#Artemis II - Update Go for purge system 4, helium purge from all 4 engines 🚀

#Artemis II - Update T-Minus 6 minutes and counting. GLS System is Go, for arming the termination system if needed

#Artemis II - Update Crew axis arm is being retracted 🚀

#Artemis II UPDATE - Countdown resumed, our new T0 is 18:35 EST 🚀 We are GO FOR LAUNCH!

#Artemis II UPDATE - We are GO FOR LAUNCH! 🚀 Countdown to be resumed shortly

Loss of lock was only recorded for 2 seconds but it was in the allowable of 30 seconds. So recommendation is Go! #Artemis II

#Artemis II UPDATE, we are on hold at T-Minus 10 Minutes. Lost lock with the vehicle is currently being checked by Mission Control 🚀

#Artemis II UPDATE - More details on the battery issue, This was an instrumentation failure which means there was something wrong with the sensor. This has now been cleared. Both batteries are fully operational and working 🚀 Go for launch!

#Artemis II UPDATE - The issue with launch abort system battery not responding has been resolved! We are GO for launch! 🚀

#Artemis II under 25 minutes and counting for launch! 🚀