Artemis 2 launches

2:39So, yesterday NASA launched Artemis 2, the first crewed mission beyond low Earth orbit. We've got our trusty LEGO-built Artemis 2 SLS space launch system here that we built out of LEGOs. By we, I mean Lester did all the work and I am going to take credit for it because that is our dynamic, right? As as friends. Anyways, launch date April 1st, 2026 on April Fools. The launch window opened up. The Earth and the moon were in the right spot, so you know, you got to do it. It's the first crewed mission of the Artemis system. They tested the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft. Right now, as we are taping this, this

3:20is on Thursday, April 2nd, um they have already completed their apogee raise burn and they've done that high elliptical orbit where they go a little bit far away from the Earth and they test all those systems. Now they're on their way back and if everything goes well, then tonight, in about 3 hours, they are going to go to the moon. They're going to put their rocket launchers on and go all the way to the moon. I'm really excited. The crew, four veterans of space, actually no, I should say three veterans of space travel and one rookie. The three veterans are Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch from NASA. And the rookie is Jeremy Hansen from the

4:02Canadian Space Agency. Can you imagine it is his first It is his first time in space and he's going straight to the moon. >> What a lucky guy, yes, you know? >> Yeah. And I think we have some good graphics here for what it's going to look like. >> Yes, I wanted to actually go through some of the graphics of how the Artemis mission is going to go to the moon because I think it's like a really nice exercise in orbital dynamics physics. So, if we go to the first graphic, this is from NASA. They're showing that Artemis does that apogee raise burn and then it slingshots around Earth and goes to the moon. Now, you can see the moon is still traveling with the Earth. It

4:43takes 3 days to get there. The Artemis is going to meet the moon, slingshot around, and then return back to Earth.