Launch of Artemis I, a camera on the mobile launcher shows the rocket and spacecraft lifting off as umbilical arms swing away to provide a clean path for the rocket’s ascent (pic: NASA/C. Coleman, K. Davis)

#OTD: 16 November 2022, @esa.int and NASA headed back to the #Moon together, with the launch of #Artemis I and NASA’s Orion spacecraft powered by the first European Service Module, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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⚡🔋 Lunar Link, le module de télécommunications de l'@esa.int à destination de la station lunaire Gateway a été allumé pour la première fois par @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social à Cannes. Prochaine étape : l'intégration du reste des unités.
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⚡🔋 First power-on! Lunar Link - @esa.int's telecommunication element for the lunar Gateway - has been switched on at @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social in France.
Next step: integrating the rest of the units 🌑. #ForwardToTheMoon

“Der #InternationalMoonDay erinnert mich an einen faszinierenden Moment während meiner #BlueDot-Mission, als ich von der #ISS aus völlig unerwartet diesen beeindruckenden Mondaufgang erlebte. Zusätzlich möchte ich zwei meiner Lieblingsbilder teilen: einen Fernblick aufgenommen von der @NASA DSCOVR Sonde, der die Rückseite des Mondes vor der Erde zeigt, und ein Foto, das meinen Geowissenschaftler-Kollegen Jack Schmitt während der #Apollo17-Mission zeigt, inmitten von Mondstaub und Felsen. Diese Perspektiven erzählen spannende Geschichten von Entdeckung und Erkundung, und erinnern uns daran, dass unsere Reise in die faszinierendsten Ecken unseres Sonnensystems gerade erst begonnen hat. #ForwardToTheMoon.” Alexander Gerst

“Der #InternationalMoonDay erinnert mich an einen faszinierenden Moment während meiner #BlueDot-Mission, als ich von der #ISS aus völlig unerwartet diesen beeindruckenden Mondaufgang erlebte. …”
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“We rise together back to the Moon and beyond.”

#OTD on 16 November 2022 #Artemis I launched #ForwardToTheMoon. 🚀🌖 The historic journey included our #LunaTwins 👥 and paved the way for humankind to return to the Moon.

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Happy #MoonDay from our DLR robots! 🌖 Last year, they explored Mount Etna 🌋 for #ARCHES. The lunar analogue mission tested the collaboration between robots, lander & space station. A vital contribution to future lunar exploration #ForwardToTheMoon. 🚀...

Orion is back at Kennedy Space Center! 🥳 Following the #Artemis I mission #ForwardToTheMoon 🌖, @NASA_Orion arrived at @NASAKennedy on 30 December 2022. The capsule was transported cross-country by truck 🚛 from California to Florida:...

Hello, can anyone hear me? My name is Helga 🙋‍♀️ – one of the #LunaTwins aboard @NASA_Orion. Today, it’s my turn to tell you about the MARE mission on our journey #ForwardToTheMoon as part of #Artemis I. 🚀🌕

🌖↩️ @NASA_Orion emerges from the far side of the #Moon. Signal has been acquired and the spacecraft provides us with another beautiful view of Earth.🌏🤩 #ForwardToTheMoon

3, 2, 1… lift off! 🚀@NASA_SLS and #OrionESM shoot into the sky. #Artemis I is soaring #ForwardToTheMoon with the 🇩🇪 and 🇮🇱 #LunaTwins on board! 👏🌖

Quick refresher on our #LunaTwins, as we approach the #Artemis I launch 😍➡️ Helga & Zohar are the result of a collaboration between Israel 🇮🇱 & Germany 🇩🇪. The phantoms are modelled on the female body & will measure cosmic radiation #ForwardToTheMoon. Overview 👇

Next stop: The Moon! 🌕

Watch #Artemis I and our #LunaTwins launch #ForwardToTheMoon.

Live now ▶️ https://youtu.be/m5NbqH4s_jU #WeAreGoing

Only 1⃣ more sleep for our #LunaTwins💤👥 before they launch #ForwardToTheMoon! Thanks to a power-saving strategy the twin phantoms, Helga & Zohar, endured the waiting time prior to launch well. 🤩 Details on their approximately 26-day #Artemis I journey:...

“What an amazing opportunity to go to space not just once but twice,” says @AstroSamantha. 👩‍🚀 The Italian astronaut spent another 170 days on the #ISS during her #MissionMinerva and now looks forward to the future of European spaceflight #ForwardToTheMoon 🌖 and beyond.

Spend a #Moonday on Earth – in #Cologne! 🌝 The #LUNA facility is being built at the @DLR_de site – designed to recreate the lunar surface. The @esa & @DLR_SpaceAgency project will provide a training ground for astronauts 👩‍🚀 & a test centre for technology #ForwardToTheMoon. 🦾

We heard it’s poetry week! ✍️
While it’s not easy to summarise the journey #ForwardToTheMoon "We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard" … sound familiar? 😉
Without further ado, here is our lyrical #NASAMoonSnap contribution. ⬇️

#Artemis I will launch from @NASAKennedy in less than three hours! 🚀 Watch the historic event live and join us in wishing our #LunaTwins, Moonikin Campos, @Snoopy and @shaunthesheep Bon Voyage 👋 #ForwardToTheMoon.

🔴Watch live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsaaaIxEaIY

⌛️Our #LunaTwins are waiting patiently in #OrionESM atop @NASA_SLS on launch pad 39B at @NASAKennedy.

Soon the twin mannequins from @DLR_de & @ILSpaceAgency will journey #ForwardToTheMoon and become the very first space radiation experiment to leave Earth orbit. 🚀🌘

On this exciting #Moonday – waiting to embark #ForwardToTheMoon – we're admiring these beautiful images of Moon rocks through a microscope. 🔬🪨 #DYK the #Apollo lunar samples helped confirm the theory of how the Moon formed? 🌕

Hang on to your hats! It’s L-2 days until the launch of #Artemis I #ForwardToTheMoon with our #LunaTwins on board. 👥🤩 Watch the historic launch live – starting Monday, 29 August at 12:30 CEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsaaaIxEaIY @NASAArtemis @ILSpaceAgency

Our #LunaTwins are identical, but ... on the journey to the Moon 🌕 & back, Zohar will be wearing an innovative protective vest 🦺 developed by @LMSpace & @StemRad, while Helga will fly unprotected. After #Artemis I both datasets will be analysed & compared. #ForwardToTheMoon

👥Phantom who? The #LunaTwins on board #Artemis I arose from a collaboration with @ILSpaceAgency. In Hebrew ‘Zohar’ means light or brilliance. ‘Helga’ is derived from Old Norse & means blessed. Both will measure the effects of #radiation on the female body #ForwardToTheMoon. 🌙

⏳🌕 The countdown #ForwardToTheMoon has begun! Our #LunaTwins Helga & Zohar will soon embark on their journey with #Artemis I. At present, possible launch dates are:

🚀 29 August 14:33 CEST
🚀 2 September 18:48 CEST
🚀 5 September 23:12 CEST

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The European Service Modules ESM-2 and ESM-3 will take @NASA_Orion and @NASAArtemis #ForwardToTheMoon 🌖🚀. Take a look at the technologies developed in Europe - live now on #ESAWebTV: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV
@ESA @AirbusSpace

Mit @NASAArtemis und @NASA_Orion geht es wieder #ForwardToTheMoon - angetrieben von den Europäischen Servicemodulen ESM-2 und ESM-3. 🚀🌖 Heute ab 11:30 Uhr könnt Ihr auf #ESAWebTV einen Blick auf die Technik "made in Europe" werfen.
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