This is a fantastic photo

#ArtemisII

April 11, 2026 - 19:30 UTC

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do we know the state of the heat shield? i'm really curious
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Not yet.
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Yes we do. Isaacman tweeted about it last night. Not a problem. Discoloration was something they saw in testing. No material came off.
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They all look like they’d give anything for a long shower 😆
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Someday ill see a photo of them that doesnt make me cry. Today is not that day. 💜🚀
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who made it (wondering whom to credit - thanks)
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www.flickr.com/photos/nasahqphoto/55199636042/
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I’m glad they were able to recover the module’s basketballs.

For too many precious space missions, the basketballs sank before recovery.
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They look tired for the first time in this photo! I wonder what sleeping in gravity once more feels like
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This is the Artemis II crew in front of their Orion capsule "Integrity" on the USS John P. Murtha earlier today, Saturday 11 April 2026.

Source: flic.kr/p/2s6NyEN

Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Is that the capsule they were travelling in behind them? I mean, is that the entire thing? I had no idea it was so small
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Yep. Out at least, that's the bit that came back to Earth.
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I think the angle of the photo is a bit misleading (see this picture for a technician working on an unfinished test article), but it's still bigger than the capsules for used for Apollo, Starliner, and Dragon!
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They're so happy :)
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