#apollo 17

[lonestarflight]

Apollo 17 vs Artemis II

[cosmonautroger]

Apollo 17, 1972

[msbarrows]

The last splashdown of the Apollo program was in December 1972. My parents were both alive (and iirc we hadn't learned of mom's cancer yet... though it would be soon), a young couple with four children aged 7 (about to be 8 a week later) to 2.

I turn 60 this summer. That's how long it's been; most of a lifetime between manned moon missions.

I have no real memories of the Apollo program; as I like to put it, I'm old enough to have seen the first moon landing on TV but not actually old enough to remember it. I do remember the space shuttles. And the space shuttle disasters (I am not a religious person but absolutely yes I was praying for a safe descent, splashdown, and retrieval for Artemis II. I was teared up well before all three main chutes opened safely).

I am so, so very happy to have lived long enough to finally see the resumption of manned space missions to anything more than LEO and Mir/ISS. May there be many more. May humankind not stop again, but continue onwards, upwards, and outwards.

*Beats about the head with her entire SF collection anyone who thinks space exploration is not worth the cost and effort*

[apollomission8]

Happy Apollo 17 Landing Day!

[janedoodlee]

Saw someone put this dialogue from undertale over the Blue Marble photo from Apollo 17 and the new one from Artemis 2 and decided to draw it! I really like how it turned out :333

[droideplane]

Apollo 8 (left), Apollo 17 (center), and Artemis 2 (right)

[steadynightruins]

Earth in 1972 from the Apollo 17 crew (left) and Earth in 2026 from the Artemis II crew (right)

[blue-green-memes]