SpaceX and other space stuff

[ahc]

Houston we do not have a problem yet!

Yes we do...

 

[gln1955]

Yes we do...

Did the "troubleshooting" involve a plunger?

 

[fig]

Relief for astronauts as fault fixed on Nasa’s $30m Artemis II toilet

Mission control confirms ‘toilet go for use’ after glitch sorted

www.theguardian.com

The issue only concerned urinating, not defecating. After Mission Control confirmed the toilet good for use, they gave the astronauts usage suggestions. “Happy to report that toilet is go for use. We do recommend letting the system get to operating speed before donating fluid, and then letting it run a little bit after donation.”

"Donating fluid" LOL! That tickled me. So polite and very professional. I suppose a Number 2 could've been "Dropping the kids off at the pool." LOL

The fun and informative article also mentions the turd floating around in the capsule on Apollo 10's mission. Never heard about that, but the transcript verified it.

Glad to hear the Trans-Lunar Injection (TLI) burn went well.

 

[sleddogn]

just got home from work, am now planted in front of tv with nasa channel on....am stoked about this stuff

 

[Spectrum]

Artemis 2 just now went out of view behind the moon. Back in 40 minutes.

 

[MJ5150]

So awesome. I had butterflies in my stomach the whole time watching that on TV.
Amazing.

-Mike

 

[sleddogn]

I was worried when it came back around it would be perfectly fine but no one on board

 

[MJ5150]

I was worried when it came back around it would be perfectly fine but no one on board

-Mike

 

[Wood and Wire]

Surprised this isn't already posted :

Artemis II Lunar Flyby - NASA

The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon's far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse. Released April 7, 2026, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch and CSA (Canadian...

www.nasa.gov

NASA Image and Video Library

NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.

images.nasa.gov

I kept hearing CapCom reminding the crew about the use of their protective glasses at the beginning, and end of the eclipse : I’d imagined some fancy NASA specialist equipment.

I was not expecting it to be those cheap cardboard efforts, that we all use on Earth

I guess weight, and due diligence are prioritised over making things idiot proof.

 

[fig]

Splashdown of Artemis 2!

 

[Wood and Wire]

Splashdown of Artemis 2!

As a kid, I was always transfixed by the old archival footage of various Splashdowns throughout the 60's, so it's incredible to now have the technology where we can livestream an on-board view as the capsules enters the Earth's atmosphere, and see debris immediately begin to fly, and flames build up, before the sudden loss of signal.

And then almost immediately see the capsule picked up on camera, and from several aeroplane camera positions, see it freefall past the plane, and after a long freefall, drogues deploy.

Back in the day, the cameras rarely picked up the vehicle before the main parachutes had opened, and there wasn't any on-board footage of re-entry.

 

[Wood and Wire]

C'mon now : it's been hours since three guys, and a girl, returned to Earth, after vanishing behind the moon.

How long do we have to wait, before Reid can stretch like a rubber band. Before one guy turns to orange rock, or the girl can turn invisible?

Flame on!

 

[FugaziBomb]

Maybe this time we'll go to the moon for real

 

[sleddogn]

was much fun watching all this start to finish, am looking forward to keeping this going for sure

 

[bassistkll]

Last night's launch from Vandenberg viewed from Ventura, 90 miles away. These never get old.