Captain tells man on flight out of Florida to look out the window as Artemis II passes by in once-in-a-lifetime moment
Published on Apr 02, 2026 at 2:43 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Apr 02, 2026 at 2:59 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Emma Matthews
These passengers on a flight out of Florida had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Artemis II – the rocket that’s taking ‘us’ to the Moon – from their window.
No one else before them can make that claim.
And no one else after will be able to, either.
But the good news is there’ll be a follow-up mission soon.
The chances of this happening are so low they’re impossible to calculate
A man called Micah MacDonald was one of the lucky passengers on a plane that was leaving Florida at exactly the same time as Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in over 50 years.
As the plane was approaching cruising altitude, the captain broadcast a message over the PA.
“Dear passengers, this is your captain speaking. If you look out of the window now, you’ll be able to see the rocket for the Artemis II mission taking off as we speak,” they said.
He shared the reel to Instagram and, unsurprisingly, it’s already been reposted over 1,300 times.
And we can totally see why.
We actually asked AI to calculate the chances of that happening, and the number is amazingly low.
Even if you boarded a flight that took off at the correct time, and even if you picked an airport within roughly 150-200 miles of Kennedy Space Center, the statistical probability of this happening was still below 0.01 percent.
Imagine that.
About Artemis II
Last February, as competition from SpaceX was mounting, NASA announced its plan to go back to the Moon with a mission labeled Artemis II.
The first mission, now underway, will see four astronauts fly further into space than anyone else before, going past the Moon, orbiting it twice, and returning to land.
This’ll be the first Moon mission since 1972, but it’ll also serve as an information-gathering expedition ahead of a future manned mission that will see humans walk on the Moon again.
The journey is expected to span 4,700 miles beyond the far side of the Moon and take 10 days to complete.
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After beginning his automotive writing career at DriveTribe, Alessandro has been with Supercar Blondie since the launch of the website in 2022. In fact, he penned the very first article published on supercarblondie.com. He’s covered subjects from cars to aircraft, watches, and luxury yachts - and even crypto. He can largely be found heading up the site’s new-supercar and SBX coverage and being the first to bring our readers the news that they’re hungry for.
