Did you understand Seattle’s Museum of Flight options a complete exhibit devoted to Project Apollo? Some of these missions paved the way for the Artemis II mission launch that’s set for as we speak.
Ted Huetter with the Museum of Flight says that the scientific timeline main as much as the Artemis II Mission begins with Apollo 8 in 1968.
“Apollo 8 was a similar mission — in that it was just go to the moon, loop around, come back down to earth, which is essentially what the Artemis II mission is,” Huetter mentioned.
It continued with Apollo 13 in 1970.
“Instead of landing, because they couldn’t do that anymore, they were put on a trajectory around the moon to send them back to Earth just like Artemis is going to do,” Huetter mentioned.
Both of these crews flew inside 100 miles of the moon. Artemis II will fly 4000-6000 miles additional.
“The moon is going to be so far away, it will be about basketball size, like if you hold out your hand, kind of like that. Beyond that is the Earth; they are way out there,” he mentioned.
That’s like standing in Japan and the moon in Seattle!
“The moon will be in their full view with the Earth behind it, and that itself is kind of mind-boggling. You’re in deep space at that point,” Huetter mentioned.
The Artemis crew and the capsule they’re staying in are greater than Apollo’s, however he mentioned they’ve comparable working programs.
He tells us that, similar to Apollo 8 and 13, Artemis II will set the stage for a long time of future developments
“There are other plans of how we are going to land on the moon and establish a base there, but this is the one that will make it happen,” Huetter mentioned.
