America prepares for a manned Return to the Moon - Artemis II / Orion Roll Out

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The eclipse from Orion.

On April 6, external cameras attached to the Orion spacecraft's solar array wings captured the Moon backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse.




Question asked by Merriam-Webster to Artemis II crew


https://x.com/MerriamWebster/status/2041590352499327329


Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Jason Adam Katzenstein for The New Yorker:




A few pics from Artemis II astronauts:


More here ay higher res: Artemis II multimedia resource collection





Artemis crew captured this view of the Moon eclipsing the Sun yesterday (Apr 6th). Earthshine on the left and the three "stars" to the lower right of the Moon are actually planets. The middle one has a slightly red tint...Mars.




Lucky numbers...




Avoid the AI slop, real photos from Artemis II:

NASA Journey to the Moon

NASA Johnson flickr

NASA Image and Video Library


The most expensive advertisement in the world turned out to be free — during a livestream from space, a... jar of Nutella flew into the frame...


"We've traveled to a lot of breakfast tables. Never any quite like this."
Nutella is honored


The Artemis II mission's stunning new images of the moon are making us think about the lunar maps created long before space travel was possible for humankind. This one is by Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687), often referred to as the founder of lunar topography.

"Copy, moon joy."


Going to the Moon: Early Cartography of the Lunar Surface


Meet our modern Hevelius: Ernie Wright. He maps the Moon using spacecraft data, which he used to train the Artemis II crew to see parts of the lunar surface humans had never laid eyes on before.