This morning Finnish time, Artemis II finally left for the moon. It would have been nice to watch the launch from Florida with a few others, but it's a bit of a risk to leave Finland for Florida, because you never know for sure whether the launch will happen. This launch was also postponed twice. Maybe one day I'll get to watch the rocket launch...

Gene Cernan was the last Apollo astronaut to leave the moon in 1972. I met his child in 2019, who said that his father hoped he wouldn't be the last man on the moon. Gene died in 2017, so he didn't get to see this flight. There are five Apollo astronauts still alive. It would be nice to hear what they think about the Artemis flights.

Now there are an exciting 10 days ahead. If this flight is successful, then humans will return to the moon after 50 years.

Video of the launch -> CNN youtube

Photo of the launch