Family Legacy

Space Shuttle meet Artemis! A family legacy filled with history of Space Exploration, the Space Shuttle, along many others, paved the way for the Artemis missions to explore the stars. 

Here, you'll find the handoff of the Space Shuttle to Artemis, the current space program the United States of America is working on. 

The one-panel comic is created by Irma, of https://www.imycomic.com/. It is her art that inspired this remix.

From NASA: 

For the first time in a generation, NASA is building a new human spacecraft that will usher in a new era of space exploration. Named after one of the largest constellations in the night sky and drawing upon more than 50 years of spaceflight research and development, the Orion spacecraft will meet the evolving needs of America’s deep exploration program for decades to come. Orion will be the safest, most advanced spacecraft ever built, and will be flexible enough to take us to a variety of exciting destinations.

SLS consists of a core stage, four RS-25 engines, two solid rocket boosters and a variety of payload adapters, fairings and upper stages. The core stage is more than 200 feet tall and 27 feet, seven inches in diameter. It will store more than 730,000 gallons of super-cooled liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen to feed the engines. Propulsion for the core stage will be provided by the four RS-25 engines, being upgraded from main engines left over from the Space Shuttle program. Improvements to the engines include a new engine controller, nozzle insulation and increased thrust to 418,000 pounds each, up from 395,000 pounds each when used on the Space Shuttle.