Posted on 04/06/2026 4:30:24 PM PDT by Libloather
Artemis II began its historic flyby of the moon Monday in what is the mission’s showstopper event — giving its crew and Earthlings back home their first glimpses ever of parts of the lunar dark side.
The capsule began the flyby around 2:45 p.m. ET, and will spend just over six hours arcing around the moon with its windows pointed toward the far side of the lunar surface.
All four crew members will become the first people in history to see certain swaths of the far side — since most it remained in shadow when the Apollo missions orbited the moon over 50 years ago.
The Apollo flights were also so close to the surface that their range of sight was limited.
But Artemis II’s flyby is different — the capsule will stay between 4,000 and 6,000 miles from the lunar surface, which will allow the crew to see the entirety of the far side under the full light of the sun.
The moon will appear about the size of a basketball held at arm’s length to the crew looking out the Orion capsule’s windows.
It was also about three to four times larger than Earth as the flyby began, the crew reported.
Artemis II’s astronauts will spend the flyby photographing and making in-person observations of the far side as part of their research.
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...”lunar dark side”...
Should be:
Lunar FAR side.
X is the worst social media platform in existence. literally making millions dumber every day, and it is probably one big op designed to do exactly that.
Of interest? Photos at link:
https://blog.sciandnature.com/2024/09/alien-cities-filmed-on-dark-side-of-moon_25.html
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Alien Cities Filmed on the Dark Side of the Moon
Team Science-Nature September 25, 2024
The secret of Syn 25: Alien cities filmed on the dark side of the Moon by NASA on a secret mission.
This is surely one of the best-kept NASA secrets, a tale hidden in the dark for nearly half a century. If you haven’t heard about it, we have prepared “Syn 25” or NASA’s 25th Secret Mission to the Moon for you. This was a mission NASA had set up in the 1960s with a very unique and enigmatic purpose of doing explorations on the dark side of the Moon in search of life. It’s the aim of this article to decode the true aspects of this covered mission and the amazing pictures hidden for decades which can change the very idea of the Moon and our existence in the universe.
Are you sure they ever landed after being hit off the lunar surface? If it was me hitting them I would have sliced them to Mars. hehe
You are silly. Sheila Jackson Lee told us some years ago that Neil Armstrong planted the flag on Mars.
I hope he watered it afterwards so it would grow.
There is no room upon the hill?
…And in color!
No credibility when one says “dark side” of the moon. Lest they be speaking of Pink Floyd. All sides of the moon get sunlight. There is a FAR side of the moon. Not a dark side.
“It really is made of cheese’
Here’s what I don’t get. They swing around the far side and have LOS (loss of signal) once they lose line-of-sight with the Earth.
My question: why is LOS even a thing in 2026? We have multiple birds orbiting ***Mars*** acting as comm relays but we never put any around the Moon? What is wrong with us?
And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon.....
Actually, this space trip is pretty fascinating.
The transmission is line-of-sight only, so when they can’t see the earth, they can’t communicate.
If I understand, they’re using some sort of laser signaling because it can transmit so much more data than old-school analog radio.
Looks the same as th bright side...
Looks just like Cuba and North Korea!
Many people have seen the dark side of the moon. Most of the Apollo flights went around the moon.
I’m guessing a homeless camp.
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