Major US Launches this Week: ★ MON CA Falcon9 rideshare • MON FL Falcon9 Starlink (booster B1067's 34th mission) ▶︎ WED FL ArtemisII NASA (crewed lunar circumnavigation) • THU FL Falcon9 Starlink - SAT FL Atlas V Amazon ______ Updated: 4 APR / 0230 (all times US Eastern) Last week
• NASA live coverage of ArtemisII
ARTEMIS II AS SEEN BY THE OFFICIAL NASA CESSNA
THIS IS THE BEST LAUNCH VIDEO AND IT ISN'T CLOSE pic.twitter.com/ikLxSYbHKW
— Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) (@DrChrisCombs) April 3, 2026
It appears one of the first communications as Artemis reached orbit was the toilet problem. A filter was missing in the mechanism and required consultation with Houston ( which was silenced to the public) to find and install a spare (whew!) to eliminate using any more bags.
Wollowitz would be proud.
–mech
Just ran across your cultural ref
https://youtu.be/r5iFc7Gn9nM?si=xlfeYag2v-qEEL8G&t=24
The adventure continues, except now with a burning smell from the hygiene bay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qQJjGkY4L8
–mech