Artemis II: What’s next?
Space historian Jordan Bim talks about what’s next for the Artemis II mission after Wednesday’s launch.
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Chapel Lawn’s music has reached new heights.
‘Hot To Go!’ Katy Perry may not have flown into space like Katy Perry did last year, but her hit song ‘Pink Pony Club’ was delivered as a warning to crew members on the Artemis II moon-orbiting mission on Saturday, April 4th.
During NASA’s livestream of Saturday’s moon mission, flight controllers used Roan’s 2023 pop anthem to wake up astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft. But unfortunately, the track was interrupted after only a minute.
“We were all looking forward to the chorus,” Commander Reed Wiseman said, and laughter could be heard on the livestream.
The capsule communicator can be heard replying and promising, “Please try again next time,” before telling the team good morning and an overview of the day.
Wiseman was one of four astronauts who departed Earth’s orbit on April 2 on a historic mission to see parts of the moon that no one had ever seen before. For about six hours on April 6, the research team will see the far side of the moon, which is invisible from Earth. According to NASA, the Sun, Moon and Orion spacecraft will be aligned in a straight line and will be able to see about 20% of the moon’s sunlit far side.
The crew also included Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, who lifted off from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 at 6:35 p.m. EDT.
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NASA’s space program begins after Chapel Lawn’s opposition
Even after Chapel Lawn came under intense scrutiny for an incident involving bodyguard and soccer player Jorginho Frero, its cultural influence around the world and in space remains intact.
On March 21, Frero accused Roane’s security guard of making her 11-year-old daughter cry after she encountered him at a hotel in Brazil. Bodyguard Pascal Duvier later clarified that he was not part of Rohan’s team and said in an Instagram post on March 25 that he took “full responsibility” for what happened.
The Grammy Award-winning musician, who was in Japan to perform at Lollapalooza Brazil, posted a video on March 22 in which he explained that the security guards were “not my personal security” and “didn’t even see the women or children.”
“I did not ask the security guard to come up and talk to this mother and child,” she said. “They didn’t come to me. They didn’t do anything. It’s unfair to our security to simply assume that someone doesn’t have good intentions when there’s no reason to believe when no action has been taken.”
Contributor: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY
