'It was surreal': How two Flathead Valley engineers launched into NASA history with the Artemis II Mission
Aerospace engineers Daniel Baca and Jeremiah Hall pose for a photo at the Kennedy Space Center. (Courtesy of Daniel Baca)
(Left to right) Aerospace engineers Daniel Baca and Jeremiah Hall pose in front of model scale of the Orion Spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. (Courtesy of Daniel Baca)
Crews ready Artemis II on the launch pad outside the Kennedy Space Center the night before launch. (Courtesy of Daniel Baca)
(Left to right) Aerospace engineers Jeremiah Hall and Daniel Baca pose in front of Neil Armstrong's astronaut suit at the Kennedy Space Center. (Courtesy of Daniel Baca)
Aerospace engineer Daniel Baca gazes up at the Artemis II earlier this year. (Courtesy photo)
It was T-minus three minutes to launch, and Jeremiah Hall had just enough time to dash outside the Kennedy Space Center to see the rocket launch.
He and fellow aerospace engineers stood in the center’s parking lot in Cape Canaveral, Florida, about 8 miles from the launchpad, as Artemis II began its ascent on April 1. For the first time in 53 years, four astronauts were headed to the moon.
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