Artemis, Christina Koch and Moon
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Artemis 2 kicks off a lunar "relay race" that will lead the NASA and its international partners to a moon base and, eventually, Mars, NASA chief Jared Isaacman says.
Christina Koch, one of the four astronauts on Artemis II, says she flew confetti from the Philadelphia Eagles' Super Bowl LIX victory around the moon during the crew's historic trip.
“You’d fall in straight to the center of the moon if you stepped in some of those,” the pilot Victor Glover reported about the vast field of craters, never seen before, that pockmark the other side of the moon. He described islands of light, valleys that looked like black holes. Our moon not only has a face; it has a spine.
For the first time ever, humans have glimpsed the entire far side of the moon with their own eyes — and their photos are beginning to come in
As of Monday, April 13, the Moon phase is Waning Crescent. Tonight, 21% of the moon will be lit up, according to NASA's Daily Moon Guide.
This week, we got a different moon—the Artemis moon. The moon captured by America’s first mission there in generations is not the moon I look for every time I step outside. It is not the moon I grew up with or the one my parents learned about during the Apollo missions.
NASA’s Artemis II mission, the first crewed flight around the moon in more than 50 years, has been a feast for the eyes. See the stunning images from the mission.
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'Screams of delight:' Why Artemis II sightings of meteor flashes on the moon have scientists giddy
Meteorite strikes spotted on the moon by the Artemis II crew will help scientists assess dangers to future moon bases, infrastructure, and astronauts.