Here’s your chance, thanks to NASA, to send your name around the Moon!
Four astronauts will fly around the Moon and back on Artemis II, the first crewed flight under NASA’s Artemis campaign. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, as well as CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen will be the first humans aboard the SLS (Space Launch System) rocket.
The flight is another step toward crewed missions to the lunar surface and helping NASA prepare for future astronaut missions to Mars.
Submitted names via this web page will be included on an SD card that will fly inside Orion when the Artemis II mission launches later this year.
This flight is another step toward crewed missions to the lunar surface and helping the agency prepare for future astronaut missions to Mars.
• Submit your name for a boarding pass for the Artemis II mission here
It seems only fitting that the Jeff Hawke Fan Club have nominated their newspaper strip hero to be one of those “aboard” for this epic space mission. Back in 1959, after all, “Jeff Hawke” creator Sydney Jordan predicted the date of the first moon landing.
The Artemis II Mission
NASA is sending astronauts to explore the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build the foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars. Artemis II will test NASA’s deep space capabilities, as humans fly on the SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft for the first time.
The approximately 10-day mission will launch from Launch Complex 39 at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida no later than April 2026.
The crew will perform initial checkouts of Orion’s systems and manually test the spacecraft’s handling near Earth over the first two days of the mission, before heading toward the Moon.
Orion’s service module will provide the push needed to break free from Earth orbit and set course for the Moon. This translunar injection burn will send astronauts on a four-day outbound journey around the far side of the Moon in a figure eight pattern extending more than 230,000 miles from Earth.
At maximum distance, the crew will fly approximately 4,600 miles beyond the Moon, evaluating spacecraft systems along the way. Several payloads will fly aboard Artemis II to expand our knowledge of space radiation, human health and behaviour, and space communications. What we learn will help advance future exploration efforts.
Orion will undergo high-speed re-entry through Earth’s atmosphere, before safely splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, where a NASA and Department of Defense recovery team will retrieve the crew and spacecraft.
• Submit your name for a boarding pass for the Artemis II mission here
• Stay tuned for the latest mission updates, including information about launch at nasa.gov, or sign up for the newsletter to receive NASA updates in your inbox
Head downthetubes for…
• downthetubes: Moon Landing: T Minus 5 Days – Predicting The Date by Jeremy Briggs
• The Jeff Hawke Club is online at jeffhawkeclub.co.uk
• The History Of The Beano (AmazonUK Affiliate Link)
On the 30thJuly 1938 a rainbow of colour emerged into the lives of children in bleak, pre-war Britain. The Beano was born.
To celebrate its 70th year, and as a tribute to both yesterday’s fans and today’s enthusiasts, DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., and Waverley Books published this lavishly illustrated history in 2008. Researched and written by DC Thomson staff writers, this account explains how the comic has evolved and innovated, examining the secret ingredients behind seven decades of success.
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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