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Thread for updates and discussion of the Artemis II mission. Planning, timeline, crew etc. Note that the hardware (SLS and Orion) has its own threads in the relevant forum sections.



Artemis I Updates thread:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=56782.0

Artemis I discussion threads:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=53923.0
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57677.0
« Last Edit: 01/09/2024 06:38 pm by zubenelgenubi »

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #1 on: 02/03/2023 08:40 am »
https://twitter.com/nasa_marshall/status/1620919932555825154

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Artemis I ✅
Artemis II, next up. 🚀

The next #Artemis mission will take four astronauts on a 10-day trip to flyby the Moon and confirm that all of @NASA_Orion's systems operate as designed with people aboard in deep space.

More HERE>> https://go.nasa.gov/3jo6qvD

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #2 on: 02/04/2023 05:55 am »
Animated version of mission profile:

https://twitter.com/lmspace/status/1621734340475379712

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Wheeeeee! Can’t wait!

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #3 on: 02/14/2023 07:05 am »
https://twitter.com/stephenclark1/status/1625173094997409798

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NASA plans to name the Artemis 2 crew “in a month or two,” says NASA astronaut Stan Love in remarks at the Michoud Assembly Facility this morning.

Love will not be on the crew, but he says he will be a CAPCOM (spacecraft communicator) in mission control for Artemis 2.

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #4 on: 02/14/2023 08:25 am »
Artemis I Updates thread:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=56782.0

Artemis I discussion threads:

https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=53923.0
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=57677.0

Shouldn't the Updates thread be moved to this subforum, just as every update/discussion duo? The updates are no longer just about SLS or Orion separately, especially since Artemis-I's landing.
« Last Edit: 02/14/2023 08:26 am by eeergo »
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #5 on: 02/16/2023 07:14 pm »
https://twitter.com/tgmetsfan98/status/1626310329536765952

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With the first crewed flights of both vehicles coming up, Starliner and Orion teams are gearing up training operations ahead of Boeing's Crewed Flight Test, as early as April, and Artemis II, as early as next year.

By Chris Gebhardt (@ChrisG_NSF):

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/02/starliner-orion-crew-preparations/

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #6 on: 02/16/2023 08:03 pm »
This thread is labelled as a "Discussion" thread but populated as an "Updates" thread.  Clarification please.
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #7 on: 02/17/2023 04:13 am »
« Last Edit: 02/17/2023 05:03 am by yg1968 »

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #8 on: 02/17/2023 10:18 am »
ASAP annual report over 2022 is out, and in it ASAP voices concerns over NASA's safety culture and workforce while it prepares for Artemis II:

https://spacenews.com/nasa-advisers-raise-concerns-about-artemis-safety-and-workforce/
« Last Edit: 02/17/2023 10:18 am by woods170 »

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET May 2024
« Reply #9 on: 02/19/2023 03:11 pm »
https://twitter.com/nasaspaceflight/status/1627314563178799105

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Staging for SLS.

ML-1 (Mobile Launcher -1) is being worked on in ahead of Artemis-II; ML-2 - for SLS Block IB - should soon start rising from the ground next door.

You can also see both Crawler Transporters (CT-1, CT-2).

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #10 on: 03/07/2023 04:29 pm »
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1633157373920710662

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NASA's Jim Free says the agency is still targeting, approximately, "November 2024" for Artemis II.

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #11 on: 03/07/2023 04:38 pm »
That is 6 months later than the previous date I heard about of May 2024 (18 months). Nov 2024 is 24 months. With the Orion Artemis I trea down and avionics work going on schedule with very few issues and no scheduling issues. Why a date of Nov 2024?

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #12 on: 03/07/2023 04:46 pm »
twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1633153385762529280

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Teams prepping for engine section join on Artemis II core stage. We have 2 engines out of the box and ready for installation now. Production restart test series, engine test sched for later this week.

https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1633156764517662720

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Updates to ground software for Artemis II based on lessons learned for Artemis I. Adding environmental control system, removing shuttle systems well past their useful life. Testing new H2 sphere later this year.

https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1633157476114923521

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There’s a pretty defined schedule we have in place as we waited for the avionics boxes. Allows late November 2024 timeline, early return doesn’t allow us to move up schedule any more but can provide margin.
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #13 on: 03/07/2023 04:47 pm »
https://twitter.com/bubbinski/status/1633161875205799936

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SM complete mid-May. CM part will be complete mid-June. Mating by late June. Multi element verification at pad this summer. ML can start processing this year. Stacking Q1 2024. Integrated operations June/July, target launch date Nov 2024.

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #14 on: 03/07/2023 04:56 pm »
That is 6 months later than the previous date I heard about of May 2024 (18 months). Nov 2024 is 24 months. With the Orion Artemis I trea down and avionics work going on schedule with very few issues and no scheduling issues. Why a date of Nov 2024?

There were previous statements to the effect of a 27 month "iron bar" between Artemis 1 and 2 due to avionics recertification / reuse, so this is an improvement.
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #15 on: 03/08/2023 12:55 am »
That is 6 months later than the previous date I heard about of May 2024 (18 months). Nov 2024 is 24 months. With the Orion Artemis I trea down and avionics work going on schedule with very few issues and no scheduling issues. Why a date of Nov 2024?

There were previous statements to the effect of a 27 month "iron bar" between Artemis 1 and 2 due to avionics recertification / reuse, so this is an improvement.

Just to add to that. Jim Free essentially admitted that their 2 year gap (which they had mentioned last November and December) was already optimistic, so they didn't feel that they should move up the timeline despite the fact that the avionics went quicker than expected. He said that they will continue to work on building margins in the timeline but they prefer keeping that timeline as it is for now.
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #16 on: 03/08/2023 02:07 pm »
https://twitter.com/sciguyspace/status/1633480661813043203

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Do I think NASA makes late November 2024 for Artemis II? Probably not. But I bet the mission does not slip too much beyond that. Things are looking good after Artemis I.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/03/nasa-will-target-november-2024-to-send-astronauts-around-the-moon/

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #17 on: 03/09/2023 07:06 pm »
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JUST IN: On April 3, we will reveal the crew for @NASAArtemis II!

Four crew members – three from @NASA & one from @csa_asc – will fly around the Moon. Together, they’ll test the @NASA_SLS rocket & the @NASA_Orion spacecraft. We are going! #StateOfNASA

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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #18 on: 03/10/2023 05:08 pm »
https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-canadian-space-agency-to-assign-artemis-ii-moon-astronauts

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Mar 10, 2023
MEDIA ADVISORY M23-028

NASA, Canadian Space Agency to Assign Artemis II Moon Astronauts

NASA and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) will announce during an event at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT) on Monday, April 3, from NASA Johnson Space Center’s Ellington Field in Houston, the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon. Traveling aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft during Artemis II, the mission is the first crewed flight test on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term scientific and human presence on the lunar surface.

The event will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

Media are invited to attend the event and speak with the astronauts about their assignments. Other experts working on Artemis missions also will be available. Additional opportunities to interview crew remotely will be available on Tuesday, April 4.

International media wishing to attend must contact NASA no later than 5 p.m. CDT Friday, March 17. U.S. media must contact NASA no later than 5 p.m. Monday, March 27. Media can RSVP to the Johnson newsroom by calling 281-483-5111 or emailing: [email protected].

Artemis II is the first crewed mission aboard NASA’s foundational human deep space capabilities: the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems needed to launch them. The approximately 10-day mission will test and stress the Orion spacecraft’s life-support systems to prove the capabilities and techniques required to live and work in deep space in ways only humans can do.

The crew will include three NASA astronauts and one CSA astronaut, demonstrating the agency’s commitment to international partnerships through the Artemis program. Artemis II builds on the successful Artemis I flight test, which launched an uncrewed Orion, atop the SLS rocket, on a 1.4 million-mile journey beyond the Moon to test systems before astronauts fly aboard the systems on a mission to the Moon.

Learn more about Artemis at:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis/

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Artemis II is the first crewed flight test on the agency’s path to establishing a long-term scientific and human presence on the lunar surface.
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Re: Artemis II : Discussion Thread : NET Nov 2024
« Reply #19 on: 03/12/2023 09:45 pm »
With Artemis II flying an almost identical flight profile as Apollo 13, why is the Artemis elapsed mission time scheduled for 10 days whereas Apollo 13 was only 5.5 days?
Even Apollo 8 which made 10 orbits around the Moon came home in 6 days.
Will Artemis be traveling much slower than Apollo?
Thank you.
« Last Edit: 03/12/2023 09:46 pm by TJL »

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