Anyone watching the Artemis II launch?
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Before taking his last steps on the moon, NASA astronaut Gene Cernan made sure to scratch his young daughter's initials into the lunar dust.
He had some parting thoughts for the rest of humanity, too.
"We leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind," the Apollo 17 commander said before departing for Earth.
That was December 1972. Now, more than half a century later, NASA may be about to fulfill Cernan's wishes.
As early as Wednesday at 6:24 p.m., an Orion capsule seated atop a 322-foot rocket will blast off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. If all goes according to plan, the capsule will carry four astronauts around the moon and back — sending humans the farthest they've ever been from our home planet. NASA's live stream of the launch began at 12:50 p.m
www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5768254/nasa-astronauts-about-to-launch-moon-artemis-ii
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I was always proud of the fact Jules Verne chose Port Tampa (a small neighborhood in Interbay where I'm from, not the port of Tampa) as the sight for the launching of his fictional moon launch. /off- topic
Jules Verne Park at Ballast Point... - Douglas Vance Karup https://share.google/wN3SvCT1srV2MSjuL
Edit, Correction: I'm guess this is how the exact location was attributed.
The park is nothing to write home about. I remember the plaque, a row of parking spaces, and a small fishing pier.
In any case, you get there by following Gandy Boulevard to the east coast of Interbay, and then taking a right turn to go south.
Turning left on Bayshore Boulevard would lead you downtown, and making a U-turn would lead you to the Gandy Bridge and Saint Petersburg.
If you go one block north of Gandy then you've left Interbay.
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Artemis II astronaut finds two Outlook instances running on computers, calls on Houston to fix Microsoft anomaly — puzzled caller describes ‘two Outlooks, and neither one of those are working’
Meanwhile, we are happy to learn that the toilet urine extractor fan has been fixed.
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Why didn't it occur to me until today that Artemis was Apollo's twin...
Photo titled "Hello, World"
More here:
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This morning's wake-up call for the crew was a message recorded by Jim Lovell a couple of months before his death last year.
“Hello, Artemis II! This is Apollo astronaut Jim Lovell. Welcome to my old neighborhood! When Frank Borman, Bill Anders, and I orbited the Moon on Apollo 8, we got humanity’s first up-close look at the Moon and got a view of the home planet that inspired and united people around the world. I’m proud to pass that torch on to you — as you swing around the Moon and lay the groundwork for missions to Mars … for the benefit of all. It’s a historic day, and I know how busy you’ll be. But don’t forget to enjoy the view. So, Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy, and all the great teams supporting you – good luck and Godspeed from all of us here on the good Earth.”
Jim Lovell
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-flight-day-6-crew-ready-for-lunar-flyby/
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I turned on the livestream at about 11 this morning and have had it on all day. The fly by was fascinating! Can’t wait for the photos from Artemis.
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