NASA Artemis II astronauts fly around far side of moon
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The sightings came at a surreal moment. About an hour after the spacecraft swung around the Moon's farside, the Sun slipped behind the lunar disk, giving the astronauts a view no human has ever had before: a solar eclipse from behind the Moon, according to NASA. In that darkness, the impacts stood out.
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA's Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has seen before.
The Artemis II crew, led by Reid Wiseman, was the first to lay eyes on several craters on the far side of the moon. The astronauts want to name one of them after Carroll Wiseman, who died of cancer in 2020.
The crew of the historic Artemis II mission memorialized the late wife of one of their astronauts by proposing to name a crater on the moon after her on Monday, an emotional moment that was captured o
The Artemis II crew enters a historic communications blackout Monday as their spacecraft slips behind the Moon's far side, breaking distance records.
The NASA moon mission completed several key milestones as its crew looped around the lunar body. It's expected to splash down on Earth on Friday.
Americans can soon watch astronauts reach the moon for the first time in more than 50 years. How to watch Artemis II lunar flyby.