We shall never forget what is riding on each flight,
never forget that human lives are at stake in everything we do,
never forget that flight crews depend on each of us to be the best we can be.
Our astronauts ask no more, and we can give nothing less.
--Richard H. Truly
Right after that we were even more of a proper country. 22 different airframes flying together
Learned something new today! The 555th Parachute Battalion was the first black paratroopers in the US Army. They never made it overseas.
Instead they were deployed from Georgia to Pendleton Oregon and Chico California.
There they served in a secret mission called Operation Firefly.
For non-space people who follow me, the Artemis 2 mission with four astronauts to loop around the Moon is on track, with countdown started to liftoff at 6:30 pm Eastern on Wednesday.