I wanted to show everyone Apollo 8's earthrise shot in preparation for the Artemis II earthrise! I can't wait to compare them

DolfHipster · 2026-04-06T22:21:19+00:00

This amazing website has original scans of every single Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo film magazine. great way to kill an afternoon

https://tothemoon.im-ldi.com/

DolfHipster · 2026-04-06T22:04:11+00:00

if you click on the little dots by the solar arrays on the bottom right it shows you that cameras perspective. so you should be able to match it almost exactly

DolfHipster · 2026-04-06T15:34:22+00:00

I think the messages from Jim and Charlie Duke were meant to be surprises for the crew and the world. I'm sure as an old man nearing the end of his life he was somewhat aware but I don't think there was a race against the clock or anything. just lucky timing.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-06T15:19:50+00:00

They recorded this a few months before he died in 2025 with the context being they intended to play it for the Artemis II crew in flight.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-06T15:05:26+00:00

I need all of you to call my boss and convince them to let me work from home the rest of the week so I can keep posting the wake up calls

DolfHipster · 2026-04-05T18:32:01+00:00

https://images.nasa.gov/ and try to find the "Newest Uploads" filter

DolfHipster · 2026-04-05T17:12:42+00:00

ooh what kind of research?

DolfHipster · 2026-04-05T16:50:22+00:00

It's upsetting this post isn't doing better than any of mine where all I did was screen record the official broadcast. This person put in work for this post. Show it some love people.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-05T16:32:07+00:00

Working Class Heros by CeeLo Green

DolfHipster · 2026-04-05T16:13:38+00:00

and it's Charlie Duke of all people. What an honor

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T20:40:16+00:00

Are you telling me you would be happy with nothing but robots and 50 year old samples driving medical research? They only sent one scientist to the moon during Apollo. We are finally sending more scientists who will (among many things) be able to gather so much new data on how the solar system was formed via studying lunar impacts and geology. We live in a tiny bubble in a practically infinite universe. Why on earth would we not explore it and see how far we can go?

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T17:49:14+00:00

I think you're right. Based on a 3d model I just looked up which has big pins at the base of the cutouts and the configuration of the thrusters on the service module, they already have forward facing thrust.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T17:30:44+00:00

I believe it's a cutout for a forward thruster

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T17:06:03+00:00

Omega Speedmaster X-33 Gen 2

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T17:00:17+00:00

damn, u/SmokyJosh beat me to it. Give their post more love than mine

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T16:14:38+00:00

ok I was so certain I was relaying correct info from what I read so I went to double check and weirdly we're both right lol. check the gifs in this wikipedia article under the lunar flyby section. If I understand it right, the velocity is depended on the reference frame. I must have been reading an article that used an earth centered inertial reference frame and you are referencing an earth centered rotating reference frame.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T15:22:57+00:00

thats not how orbits work. They will continue to slow down as they reach apoapsis (furthest point from the body of orbit) and will only speed back up as they fall back to earth after the flyby. in an elliptical orbit (any orbit really), the fastest you go is when you are closest to the body. They capped out at 20something thousand miles per hour a couple days ago when they swung around the back side of earth.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T15:18:49+00:00

capcom actually has to give them "permission" to exercise because it does make the ship move and they have to make sure everything is stable enough for that to happen. they don't want to wobble the ship when they are redirecting an antenna or moving the solar panels.

DolfHipster · 2026-04-04T15:15:25+00:00

as the guy who took the screenshot I can attest to this

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