The morning opened to the beat of “Working Class Heroes (Work)” by CeeLo Green as the Artemis II crew, now flying about 65,235 miles from the Moon, began preparations for their first test objective of the day: an evaluation of the Orion Crew Survival System suit. The crew also heard a special message from Apollo astronaut Charlie Duke.
John Young and I landed on the Moon in 1972 in a lunar module we named Orion. I’m glad to see a different kind of Orion helping return humans to the Moon as America charts the course to the lunar surface. Below you on the Moon is a photo of my family. I pray it reminds you that we and America and all of the world are cheering you on.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, will conduct a full sequence of suit operations, including putting on and pressurizing their suits, performing leak checks, simulating seat entry, and assessing mobility and their ability to eat and drink.
The suits are designed to protect astronauts during dynamic phases of flight, provide life support in the event of cabin depressurization, and support survival operations after splashdown. The demonstration offers insight into how the suit performs during extended wear in microgravity and how its enhanced mobility, thermal management, and communication systems support crew operations during Artemis missions.
The kids have consumed a good bit of Easter sugar today, whereas I've gotten my high from doing a bunch of vibe coding1, watching women's hoops, and streaming NASA's live feed (as I have been doing each and every day). Yes, all at the same time.
I am so thrilled that we get a 24/7 look at Artemis II! Even mundane plumbing repairs and suit operations are really cool to watch, and only serve to increase that anticipation ahead of their lunar flyby tomorrow.
Charlie Duke, BTW, was the CAPCOM when the Eagle landed:
Roger, Twan—Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot.
An excitable boy, just like your space-obsessed blogger. I hope that you find peace and joy in whatever you are doing on this day.
1 - Went through a number of iterations of a custom tool specifically to evaluate overfitting of models that I've been training for my demos/labs. Developing new curriculum for a pilot I'm kicking off in a few weeks, which is necessarily leading with all things AI, so I must buildbuildbuild whilst biting off rabbit ears.
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