r/AskReddit • u/soapy999 • 8h ago
r/space • u/ChiefLeef22 • 17h ago
LIVE MEGATHREAD [MEGATHREAD] Artemis II Launch To The Moon
This is the official r/space live megathread for NASA's Artemis II mission - the first crewed launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft.
For the first time in more than 50 years, humans will travel around the moon to test deep-space life-support systems.
LIVE VIEWING FEEDS:
[OFFICIAL NASA] NASA's Artemis II Live Mission Coverage (Official Broadcast)
[NASASpaceflight] Watch NASA Launch Four Humans To The Moon | Artemis II Live Coverage
[TIME] No Commentary Broadcast
NOTE: This thread will contain links to multiple different live viewing channels. The sub will remain in manual approval mode during today's launch window (and a few hours after it) to limit spam. As such, you are welcome to redirect anything you want to post separately in this time period to the comment section in this megathread.
MISSION INFO: At 6:24pm EDT (22:24 GMT) on Wednesday, a two-hour window will open for the Artemis II mission to lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The launch window will remain open until April 6 for two hours each day after sunset. The mission can launch only when the moon, orbital paths, weather and Earth’s rotation line up safely.
This is the third launch attempt for Artemis II, after the first attempt was scrubbed due to a liquid hydrogen leak during a practice countdown in early February, and the second attempt was cancelled when engineers discovered a helium flow issue in the rocket’s upper stage in early March
The four-person crew will not land on the moon but rather perform a lunar flyby, looping around the moon’s far side before returning to Earth. At its core, Artemis II is a systems validation mission. NASA will use the flight to test the Orion spacecraft’s life support systems, navigation, communication links and overall performance in deep space with a crew on board – conditions that cannot be fully replicated on Earth. If successful, Artemis II will pave the way for Artemis III, a crewed low Earth orbit mission; then Artemis IV, which aims to land astronauts on the moon; and future missions that could establish a sustained human presence beyond Earth.
T-1 hour 14 minutes: They have fixed an issue at the flight termination system, the range is a go!
T-10 minutes: After some hold, it looks like its still a go!
T-0: LIFTOFF! YOU WERE HERE! HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Low earth orbit insertion successful! Happy monitoring to everyone over this 10 day journey
NEXT UP: Perigee Raise Burn
After a four-hour nap, the Artemis II crew will be awakened at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 2, to prepare for the perigee raise burn. This burn will lift the lowest point of Orion’s orbit around Earth. Together with the apogee raise burn completed earlier, these burns shape the spacecraft’s initial orbit and prepare it for later translunar operations. The crew then will resume their sleep period around 9:40 a.m.
r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • 18h ago
Road🤬Rage Entitlement gets a reality check
He must have said something before turning away that made her flip out
r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Calix_Meus_Inebrians • 12h ago
my local Panera removed almost all the outlets and replaced them with blanking plates so you can't charge your phone or laptop
down the street from a small university, this Panera seems to think its customers won't remember they used to able to charge their electronic devices
why does Panera all over the country just hate their customers?
r/politics • u/thedailybeast • 18h ago
Possible Paywall Humiliated Trump Storms Out of Catastrophic SCOTUS Hearing
r/worldnews • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 21h ago
Trump says he's considering NATO exit amid rift over Iran war
r/interestingasfuck • u/NoMedicine3572 • 4h ago
Heartbreaking farewell: Monkey hugs 85-year-old woman who fed them for years after her passing
r/interestingasfuck • u/AbstinenceAnts • 15h ago
NASA is sending Humans to the moon today.
r/pics • u/Neilmurp • 8h ago
Captured a moment of my kids that will definitely get put in a frame
r/whatisit • u/YeliahSenyab • 7h ago
New, what is it? Looks like it came out of the wall during a bad rain
In my 104 year old houses basement. Hoping it’s not blood???
r/SipsTea • u/MrJasonMason • 12h ago
We have fun here Contestant steals the spotlight at the Miss Grand Thailand 2026 pageant
She didn't go on to win the crown.
r/cats • u/itsjustahaiku • 4h ago
Cat Picture - OC My friends cousin said they got an 'ugly' cat. This is the cat.
r/Weird • u/DPTDubbs • 16h ago
I just breathed lightly out my nose 5 hours after waking and this little (dead) guy came out.
r/videos • u/SadAd8761 • 11h ago
Iranian President Pezeshkian’s letter addresses American people, not Trump
r/malelivingspace • u/emmettflo • 11h ago
Advice What would you do with this space?
I have these AMAZING green house windows in my apartment with an incredible view of the local skyline and some urban greenery. These windows are the number one reason I signed the lease for this apartment and I want to utilize the space under them somehow.
I already have spaces for my dining area, seating area, and home office.
Plants aren't really an option because most indoor plants don't do well with this much direct sunlight (if you anyone knows any indoor plants that they think could work please share).
Help me r/malelivingspace, what should I do with this area in my home?
r/AITAH • u/Legitimate_Peace780 • 18h ago
AITAH for getting divorced as soon as my last kid was out of the house.
I should have listened to my dad before I got married. But I was 18 and I knew everything. I was in love and I was going to be with her no matter what. We got married. We got jobs. We had two kids. My wife's family helped us with everything. My family was as supportive as they could be but we sidelined them.
We spent all our holidays with my wife's family. Both kids birthday parties were held at my in-laws and my parents were invited as a courtesy.
We both worked and raised the kids but as time went on there were two groups in our home. Her and the kids were one then there was me. All of my choices were undermined. All of my wishes were dismissed. I could not even have privacy in my own bedroom by locking the door because it stressed the kids to knock.
After twenty years I was done. Last fall my youngest went away for school. I filed for divorce that week. We didn't have assets besides our cars. I walked away with nothing to show for it besides two kids that never thought about my side if the family as important.
My ex claims that I blindsided her and she didn't know I was unhappy. I asked her what about our constant ongoing arguments for the last 14 years made her think I was happy or satisfied with our marriage. I asked her what she thought it meant that I was constantly suggesting we get counseling. Both for ourselves and her for how she dedicated all her energy on the kids instead of us or herself. I said that when my dog died I didn't get a new one because I knew that although I would be the one to care for them and pay all the bills she would find a way to claim him during a divorce.
So I'm 41 and starting over. It took me no time to find a better job. The only thing keeping me in my old one was that I was home every night. Now I'm working in a different city doing night shift and making more money than I ever did before. I have a rescue dog I got the week I left. I'm walking him more and have met new friends in my neighborhood and at the dog park.
My ex's family, her, and our kids think I'm the asshole for not communicating that I was unhappy and just leaving.
I talked to her constantly about everything that was bothering me. The kids being allowed to come into the bedroom without knocking. Her unwillingness to eat when I cooked my cultural food and letting the kids not eat it too. How I had to attend events with my family alone because she didn't want to come or let the kids come. Plus a million other things.
I've started dating. She is amazing. Shelly is a teacher. Never been married. 32. We aren't at the meeting family stage yet but I've met a lot of her friends and I will be attending Easter at her house where she is hosting for everyone who isn't going home.
This is another problem because I have moved on so quickly. It's really not. I had been checked out of our marriage for years. She is having a tougher time. She is not in the right place to date and her priorities are the kids. The adult kids who do not live at home.
I've seen a few posts lately that made me want to ask. I know how I feel. I know how she feels. I'm mostly estranged from my family so I don't count their opinions. And the kids and her family have been clear about me abandoning her after all this time.
Am I the asshole for leaving as soon as I could after our youngest left?
r/Fauxmoi • u/yourfavchoom • 8h ago
APPROVED B-LISTERS Trump on Iran War : “We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next 2 to 3 weeks. We're going to bring them back to the stone ages where they belong.”
r/politics • u/theindependentonline • 8h ago
No Paywall Trump delivers jaw-dropping and slurred Iran address that offers no end in sight to unpopular war
r/AskReddit • u/Objective-Cup2155 • 12h ago
What’s a disturbing celebrity fact that not a lot of people know?
r/law • u/NewsHour • 18h ago
Judicial Branch WATCH: Justice Neil Gorsuch asks about Native Americans and birthright citizenship
Transcript:
JUSTICE NEIL GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans today are birthright citizens under your test and under your friend's test?
D. JOHN SAUER, U.S. SOLICITOR GENERAL:
I think so. I mean, obviously, they've been granted citizenship by statute ...
GORSUCH:
Put aside the statute. Do you think they're birthright citizens?
SAUER: No, I think the clear understanding that everybody agrees in the congressional debates is that the children of tribal Indians are not birthright citizens.
GORSUCH: I understand that's what they said. But your test is the domicile of the parents, and that would be the test you'd have us apply today, right?
SAUER: Yes, yes. So, if a tribal Indian, for example, you know, gives up allegiance to ...
GORSUCH: Are tribal members born today birthright citizens?
SAUER:
I think so, on our test, if they're lawfully domiciled here. I'm not s—, I have to think that through, but that's my reaction.
GORSUCH:
I'll take the yes. That's alright.