Boneyard Safari
Preserving Aviation HIstory

Another look at the Artemis II launch on April 1st from KSC, note the escape baskets sliding away from the launch tower. #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Bravo to the Navy diver that photographed the heat shield of the Orion capsule after splashdown of the Artemis II mission around the moon! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the first of four emergency egress baskets on the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at KSC being tested in Jan 2026. The baskets, similar to gondolas on ski lifts, are used in the case of a pad abort emergency to enable astronauts and other pad personnel a way to quickly escape away from the mobile launcher to the base of the pad and where waiting emergency transport vehicles would then drive them away. #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the NASA Orion space craft being winched into the well deck of USS John P. Murtha LPD-26 after returning from the Artemis II lunar mission on April 10, 2026. #ussjohnpmurtha #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Touchdown Artemis II, successful flight to the moon and back! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Artemis II is currently on the backside of the Moon! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

A look at the Artemis II launch and the SRB’s. #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

TLI was successful and the crew of Artemis II is headed out to the moon! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Yesterday we got to see a beautiful launch of Artemis II from KSC, well done to all that made it happen! #liftoff #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari

Here is the Artemis II launch! #artemisii #nasa #boneyardsafari #aviationsafari