04/02/2026
The new Bridge Crew at Starbase Max Brewer for Artemis II. The first 34 hours waiting went pretty fast. The last 2 crawled due the anticipation, the worry that you missed something that would mess up your pictures or videos and the fatigue of only getting a couple hours of sleep on the bridge, plus the anxiety of watching the cloud cover, hoping it would clear so you could see more than a few seconds of the launch before Artemis disappeared in the clouds. About 30 minutes before launch the clouds cleared and we a great launch. I had a great time. I am exhausted but I am ready Artemis III. We have finally begun the return journey to the Moon. I will be staying overworked to see the Atlas V 551 launch on Saturday. I saw a Falcon 9 launch on Monday and this morning.