Artemis II • Mission Player

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Launch

Pre-dawn countdown, ignition, and liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.

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Mission Brief Context for the crewed lunar flyby and the player controls

Artemis II is a crewed Orion mission that launches from Earth, performs a translunar injection burn, flies past the Moon, and returns to Earth on a free-return trajectory. There is no lunar landing in the real mission profile.

Launch to departure: Countdown, liftoff, Earth orbit, and translunar injection.
Deep space: Outbound coast, lunar flyby, and the far-side pivot into the return arc.
Return home: Earthbound coast, atmospheric re-entry, splashdown, and recovery.

Start Mission / Restart Scene Logic: Triggers scene-specific scripted action from the player wrapper.
Pause / Play: Freezes and resumes scene timers and CSS/Web Animations.
Replay / Previous / Next: Reloads the active scene or jumps through the mission timeline.
Keyboard: `space` pause/play, `s` start, `r` replay, left/right arrows navigate.

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Artemis II
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