r/nasa

Essentially what the title says. I know it's been 56 years since we've been near the moon, and I grew up as a NASA kid (parents worked as contractors for NASA [shameless plug, ask me about my contribution to modern space travel]). But why haven't we gotten at least a few satellites to robit the moon to keep constant communication, take photos, and study a lot of other stuff.

Just wondering why isn't the same team of Astronauts used for following missions in the same program, for example back in Apollo we always had a different crew and it looks like it will be the same now with Artemis? Wouldn't the experience they have already gathered help to have a higher chance of making the mission and whole program successful?

Had that thought because I do like the four Astronauts we have with Artemis 2, but I feel it is kinda odd that they'll probably never step on the moon, even though they have that experience of technically flying to the moon

Later today when Artemis II is at its furthest point from Earth, there will be an exact spot on the planet, on the direct opposite side of the globe, that is the furthest away from whichever astronaut is on the deep space side of the capsule. Given that Artemis II will send humans further from Earth than ever before, that astronaut and some unknown person at or near that specific spot on Earth will share a record for the two humans who have been furthest from each other, ever. Seems most likely that would be someone (tall, and standing) on an airline flight, but the ISS introduces a curveball. Based on some very very rough estimates I think that spot might be somewhere near the Prime Meridian. Has anyone else thought this through or worked on a plausible scenario for where that person will be?

Every day for “wake up” Mission Control plays a song in place of an alarm clock in order to wake the crew up in a fun, positive way. At the time of creation, I couldn’t find any other playlists for it, so I made one. I’m updating it daily with that day’s crew wake up song. Enjoy!

I have a friend telling me that yesterday's manual control of the Orion vehicle was the first ever in history, but from what I see Apollo did this all the time. She says that that was a hybrid system and this was the first time for full manual control. What about Apollo 13 when the computers were off? What about Gemini and Mercury?

Help!

Artemis II - Track and visualize the Flyby here

I am visualizing all the events of today here - https://sankara.net/astro/lunar-missions/mission.html?mission=artemis2 in a scientific, to-the-scale, geometry-correct animation using NASA JPL orbit data here.

You can try your shot composing Earth-set, Earth-rise, and the eclipse images here.

The following are events are tracked

- Lunar SoI entry
- Earth set
- Closest aporach
- Max distance
- Earth rise
- Eclipse start
- Eclipse end
- Lunar SoI exit

https://preview.redd.it/76a4yeuhultg1.png?width=1222&format=png&auto=webp&s=b316dd6a462660c1c54c021590f9d07e89bd0eff

Where can I get similar 20 second video of EARTH and SUN in a turntable rotation video format from NASA website?

I got for our moon from the MP4 Link from NASA. I want to keep these three in my triple monitor setup ☀️🌑🌍 ;)

Hi all.

I hope you’re all enjoying the historic mission underway - I’m really enjoying it.

I’ve collected various mission patches over the years - mostly STS and ISS ones as I see them.

I’ve tried to purchase the Artemis II patch off the NASA merch store but its $50 shipping to the UK. A bit steep.

Is there any authorised resellers this side of the Atlantic?

Thanks!