Interactive scrubable timeline of NASA’s Artemis II mission covering April 1-10, 2026: crew moments, lunar flyby shots, and audio clips.
Key Takeaways
Timeline spans full mission arc from crew walkout and liftoff through TLI burn, lunar closest approach, and splashdown.
Audio clips are embedded at each milestone: Go/No-Go poll, Launch Director message, Orion comms check, and more.
Mission broke the Apollo 13 distance record and included live crater naming and eclipse/impact-flash observations.
A “Crew Photos Only” filter lets users step chronologically through just crew imagery using arrow navigation.
Hacker News Comment Review
Commenters noted the lunar surface photos produce a disorienting scale effect, where the Moon appears small and craters resemble rain-drop impressions in sand, likely a brain-scaling artifact from knowing Earth’s size.
Notable Comments
@ollin: Recommends enabling “Crew Photos Only” and using arrow buttons for the best sequential experience; links Hank Green walkthrough video.
