38 Really, Really, Really, Really Good Tweets About The Artemis II Space Launch

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In lawsuit you missed the memo, humans are officially heading backmost to the Moon for the archetypal clip since the Apollo 17 ngo successful 1972. This 10-day ngo is carrying 3 Americans and 1 Canadian further into abstraction than immoderate quality has traveled successful implicit 50 years.

A assemblage  watches a rocket launch, with the rocket soaring skyward, leaving a way   of smoke, against a wide   sky. An American emblem  waves nearby

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The unit is connected a ngo to ellipse the moon, and they'll adjacent spend 40 minutes successful implicit vigor soundlessness connected the acold broadside of the satellite earlier heading backmost to Earth. This ngo is seemingly a "test flight" to nonstop astronauts to the satellite successful the adjacent fewer years.

Four astronauts successful  orangish  abstraction  suits basal   smiling successful  beforehand   of a NASA building, with a logo and radical   disposable   successful  the background

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The reactions online person been, for once, precise inspiring! So, present are the best, funniest, and astir absorbing ones:

1. "How I’m acting watching this Artemis motorboat erstwhile I cognize perfectly thing astir rockets."

Three men, casually dressed, intently watching thing  off-camera. The substance   supra  humorously notes their cluelessness astir  rocketry

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2. "Bro crook around."

 "bro crook   astir   ?"

3. "I would besides similar idiosyncratic to conceal snacks successful my covering erstwhile I caput retired to work."

Astronaut successful  an orangish  suit   has snacks placed successful  suit   pouch  by different  person. Tweet supra  humorously mentions hiding snacks for work

4. "Oil crisis, unpopular war, corrupt president, stagflation and NASA sending radical to the moon. Welcome backmost 1970s!"

Tweet comparing existent   events to the 1970s, mentioning a corrupt president, stagflation, and NASA's satellite  mission

5. "Our archetypal manned ngo to the satellite successful 50 years. Piloted by my frat brother, Victor Glover. A arrogant subordinate of Phi Beta Sigma Frat Inc. and the archetypal Black antheral to aviator a ngo to the moon. Godspeed my brother! Sigma’s to the moon."

Two men airs  successful  beforehand   of the White House. One wears a NASA formation  suit, pointing upward; the different   is casually dressed, smiling and gesturing thumbs up

6.

A cartoon shows a "UNHATED US Government Agency Annual Meeting." An bare  spot   with the NASA logo is astatine  the table. A tweet beneath  praises NASA

7. "The diverseness of being canadian."

Astronauts successful  orangish  suits hole   for Artemis II satellite  ngo  astatine  Kennedy Space Center. The TV header  mentions diverseness  milestones

8. "Knowing Guy Fieri was astatine the motorboat makes this adjacent *more* American, somehow."

Tweet speech   astir  Guy Fieri attending a NASA Artemis launch, emphasizing its American vibe, with a video of the motorboat  included

9. "The bully news: we’re connected our mode backmost to the moon. The atrocious news: toilet’s broken."

 Good news, going backmost  to the moon. Bad news, Orion capsule toilet broken. (NASA subordinate  admin comments connected  glitches.)

10.

Tweet gag  astir  a malfunctioning toilet connected  Artemis II, implying it smells bad

11. "BREAKING: THE TOILET IS FIXED. Artemis II's unit WILL boldly Go wherever cipher has Gone before."

 THE TOILET IS FIXED. Artemis II's unit  WILL boldly Go wherever  cipher  has Gone before."

12.

Screenshot of a National Geographic tweet with a docket   from 8 AM to 10 PM featuring quality  activities and a notation   to Artemis II

13. "Just watched the Artemis II unit locomotion retired and caput to the motorboat pad. Not utilized to being connected this broadside of it. Scott and I are present if they request immoderate backmost ups."

Two men, 1  wearing a achromatic  garment  and hat, the different   successful  a bluish  headdress  and button-down shirt, basal   smiling extracurricular  a building, with radical   successful  the background

14.

When I was 17, I stood connected a Disney Channel acceptable and sang "We went to the satellite successful 1969" into a camera. It was expected to beryllium a gag — a deliberately silly opus astir a humanities fact. But someway that small earworm stuck with millions of kids who are present the adults watching… pic.twitter.com/844u1XZ7qA

— ChristyCarlsonRomano (@ChristyRomano) April 1, 2026

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15. "Congrats to @NASA for successfully launching 4 astronauts into abstraction astatine 17,500 miles per hr connected their travel to the moon. Coincidentally, this is the aforesaid velocity y'all look to spell connected I-40."

Greensboro Police tweet humorously compares NASA's abstraction  question   velocity  to drivers' velocity  connected  I-40, noting some  astatine  17,500 mph

16. "The instrumentality to the Moon is an awesome thing. For those of you who consciousness the ngo is tainted by the existent US leadership, delight don’t fto that spoil this for you. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins made past portion Nixon remains successful infamy. So it volition beryllium with this caller adventure…"

Tweet by Tim Farron astir  a instrumentality    to the Moon, referencing Armstrong, Aldrin, Collins, and Nixon. Mentions enactment    concerns

17.

Tweet by idiosyncratic    saying watching astronauts spell  to abstraction  is "still chill  arsenic  fuck," with 12.5K views

18. "Please archer the satellite however overmuch we emotion her."

A MoonPie tweet astir  NASA's Artemis II mission, showing a rocket connected  the launchpad and playfully expressing admiration for the moon

19. "Donuts person arrived astatine KSC! Wouldn’t beryllium motorboat time without it."

A manus  holds a space-themed donut successful  beforehand   of a NASA building, celebrating motorboat  time  astatine  Kennedy Space Center

20. "This would've done numbers connected Tumblr."

A manus  holds a donut topped with space-themed decorations extracurricular  a ample  gathering  astatine  Kennedy Space Center

21. "I made my ain Artemis doughnut due to the fact that I unrecorded successful England and we don't get bully things."

A homemade doughnut decorated with bluish  icing, star-shaped candies, whipped cream, and reddish  syrup, connected  a plate

22.

Three radical   are intently watching a rocket motorboat  connected  a laptop surface  wrong  a spacecraft

23. "How large would it beryllium if we kept doing chill worldly similar this alternatively of perpetually trying to termination each other."

 "How large  would it beryllium  if we kept doing chill  worldly   similar  this alternatively  of perpetually  trying to termination  each   other."

24. "Just a reminder: Vice President Kamala Harris was the Chair of the National Space Council."

Kamala Harris stands smiling with 4  astronauts successful  bluish  formation  suits successful  a ceremonial  country   with flags. Text highlights Harris's relation   with the Space Council

25. "Is anyone other feeling insane that they’re really live to witnesser humans returning to the satellite aft implicit fractional a century."

Jasmine connected  societal  media expresses excitement astir  witnessing humans returning to the satellite  aft  implicit    fractional  a century

26. "Watching the artemis 2 motorboat sum and however tin you not beryllium amazed astatine humanity."

Tweet expressing amazement astatine  humanity portion    watching the Artemis 2 motorboat  coverage

27. "First successful my bloodline to ticker a satellite ngo motorboat connected youtube."

 "First successful  my bloodline to ticker  a satellite  ngo  motorboat  connected  YouTube." Posted connected  April 1, 2026

28. "Go Artemis II! Godspeed and champion wishes from the Hubble team!"

Screenshot of a tweet from NASA's Hubble relationship  wishing the Artemis II ngo  godspeed. The tweet includes an representation  of a rocket connected  a launchpad

29. "It's bully to beryllium reminded these days that science, and scientists, inactive fucking rule."

 "It's bully  to beryllium  reminded these days that science, and scientists, inactive  rule." Rocket emoji. Dated April 1, 2026

30. "All aboard the moon-elevator!"

Astronauts successful  orangish  suits basal   wrong  an elevator, preparing for a abstraction  mission

31. "Unprecedented abstraction ngo astir gives you a sensation of giddy mid 20th period optimism doesn’t it."

 "Unprecedented abstraction  ngo  astir   gives you a sensation  of giddy mid 20th period  optimism doesn’t it"

32. "Humanity is astatine its astir beauteous erstwhile agreed by a communal hope."

Screenshot of a tweet by NASA astir  the Artemis II ngo  motorboat  with spacecraft imagery, shared by different  idiosyncratic    highlighting unity

33. "That's however severely radical privation to leave."

Tweet by Ray Locker quoting Patrick Hedger; Hedger jokes Florida has flights to the Moon, Ray comments connected  people's tendency  to leave

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35. "The photos of Earth arsenic Artemis II with modern cameras arsenic it passes by the satellite volition deed similar crack."

Tweet predicting Artemis II photos of Earth and the satellite  volition  beryllium  captivating. April 1, 2026, with 722.6K views

36. "He accidentally became the ambassador of abstraction i’m crine."

Ryan Gosling sits connected  a signifier    nether  starry lights, casually dressed, addressing the Artemis II squad  successful  a video message

37. "Only successful this beingness could I ticker task hail mary and a palmy Artemis motorboat wrong a week of each other."

Tweet by idiosyncratic    @boboomef saying, "Only successful  this beingness   could I ticker  task  hail mary and a palmy  Artemis motorboat  wrong   a week of each   other."

38. And lastly:

 "it's a bully  clip  to beryllium  obsessed with space."

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