Artemis New Moon Mission

Snoopy, mannequins and other Apollo11 items. what else, no omega watch on space mission?

In fact:
50 years ago… Apollo 17 slogan “ Only A Beginning “ ...
November 16, 2022 (unmanned) Artemis I mission launched, taking flight in historic leap forward for NASA’s new Moon program.
(Photos: MoonwatchUniverse / NASA)

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There is some excellent footage of the launch here. It is definitely worth watching the replay: NASA Television | NASA

16 November 2022....

I was interested to see the capsule is travelling a lot slower than Apollo. I wonder if that will be the same on the manned missions, The solar panels certainly remove some battery time pressures. If they could take more fuel or improve propulsion then an 8 hour transit does sound more attractive and reduces radiation exposure time (although you need to slow down as well :0). Looking at the tracking site it’s funny to see how the earth and moon distances change. Elliptical orbits are hard to envisage sometimes. Would be nice to see a live shot from inside the capsule / get the pilots view,


Historically, most lunar missions have taken about three days to reach the moon, assuming the moon is at an ideal distance of 240,000 miles (386,243 kilometers) away. This means astronauts travel roughly 3,333 mph (5,364 kph) on their journey to the moon.

Some uncrewed missions have taken longer in an attempt to save on fuel weight (such as China's Chang'e missions which have taken four to five days each). The fastest-ever mission to the moon was the very first one: 1959's unmanned Luna 1 took just 36 hours at a speed of roughly 6,500 mph (10,500 kph). In 2006, New Horizons zoomed past the moon on its way to Pluto just eight hours and 35 minutes after launch and at a speed of 36,373 mph (58,536 kph).

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now i am eagerly curious and thinking what could be next real moonwatch to 1969 landing. Will it be 321 still in 2025? or the 3861. Snoopy might have an idea which one in advance.

my wild guess is that it will be the 321 to be used again for the scheduled 2025 US 2nd moonlanding or moonwalk. It will be the 60th anniversary of the speedmaster321 to have been qualified and approved by nasa after passing the rigid tests over the other branded watches in 1965.

I had a great opportunity today to meet Artemis 2 pilot Navy Captain Victor Glover. During the event I was also fortunate to receive an ISS flown lapel pin as well as a NASA International Space Station challenge coin made with metal flown onboard the ISS.



Also in attendance at todays event was Rosemary Roosa daughter of Apollo 14 Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa. Before becoming an Air Force pilot and astronaut Stuart Roosa was a US Forestry Smokejumper and during his Apollo 14 mission he carried a variety of tree seeds along with him. Over the years these "Moon Trees" have been planted around the world. Today his daughter presented the Langley Research Facility a tree grown from the flown seeds to be planted at the facility. It is being held by Victor Glover.

I have just one word:

FINALLY.

Well, maybe my "new" watch will be ready in time...