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Artemis II: NASA's First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50 Years - NASA
2 days ago
Artemis II builds on the success of the uncrewed Artemis I in 2022, and will demonstrate a broad range of capabilities needed on deep space missions . . . .
launch No Earlier Than March 2026
mission duration 10 days
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Why the delays?
More to the point, will there be photographers near enough to record the event? (unless the rocket arcs sideways around 20 miles to go out of sight in an "orbit")
Modern cameras should be able to video, with zoom lenses, the ascent of the spacecraft from launchpad to the edge of space, 62 miles altitude. and beyond.
62 miles is the Karman line. Can optical equipment film that distance?
