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Houston we have a problem: Artemis II crew sees Earth flashing lights

This is a humorous meme that imagines the reaction of the Artemis II moon mission crew when they look back towards Earth from space, and see hundreds of bright flashing lights coming from the planet. The joke refers to the fact that thousands of people on Earth would all take photos of the passing Artemis II rocket, creating a massive flash of lights that would look alarming from space. The meme uses the popular reaction image of actor Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper in the film *Interstellar*, with a shocked, wide-eyed confused expression while smoking a cigarette, to perfectly convey this surprised, alarmed reaction.
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Artemis II crew when the earth starts flashing with hundreds bright lights

Overview

This is a humorous meme that imagines the reaction of the Artemis II moon mission crew when they look back towards Earth from space, and see hundreds of bright flashing lights coming from the planet. The joke refers to the fact that thousands of people on Earth would all take photos of the passing Artemis II rocket, creating a massive flash of lights that would look alarming from space. The meme uses the popular reaction image of actor Matthew McConaughey as Joseph Cooper in the film Interstellar, with a shocked, wide-eyed confused expression while smoking a cigarette, to perfectly convey this surprised, alarmed reaction.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit as a joke about NASA's Artemis II lunar mission, the first crewed moon mission after the Apollo program. The original title references the famous Apollo 13 quote 'Houston, we have a problem'. The image template is taken from a scene in the 2014 Christopher Nolan film Interstellar, which is a widely used reaction meme template for shocked or confused reactions to unexpected situations.

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