Yes, its hugh and series.
Allegedly from NASA's secret Syn 25 mission back in the day.
The same people say that there will be no live , candid,uncensored photos available from NASA of the far side of the moon because THEY do not want us to know.
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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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At least it wasn’t a Polaroid.
If that’s true, the moon should appear much smaller in the sky.
Much smaller than what?
“The moon” (per Pink Floyd) was a reference to Syd Barret’s “lunacy”.
Don’t take my Kodachrome away.😁
Yes, its hugh and series.
Allegedly from NASA's secret Syn 25 mission back in the day.
The same people say that there will be no live , candid,uncensored photos available from NASA of the far side of the moon because THEY do not want us to know.
“There is no dark side of the moon, really... its all dark”...Pink Floyd
That’s the real reason that the Artemis had to stay 6,000 miles away. So they couldn’t see the parked UFOs and alien bases.
What a stupid declaration of “first!”
It isn’t the first.
*John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band singing “On the Dark Side”*
Oh how I hated that song! Sounded just like Springsteen.
The moon does not have a “dark side”. It has a “far side”. The entire moon experiences full sunlight during its 28 day orbit around the Earth.
Hadn't really planned to go back to the moon until recently.
All Apollo flight went around the moon. ALL.
As I recall watching Apollo 1. I am pretty sure it never made it to the moon.
Apollo 7 was the first crewed Apollo mission to go into space. But it stayed in earth orbit to test the Apollo Command and Service modules.
Apollo 8 orbited the moon sans the Lunar Module.
Apollo 9 carried a Lunar Module…but stayed in earth orbit to test it.
…Just to clarify.
Than it actually does.
You are mistaken. Apollo did land on the moon more than once. The only people who believe it didn't are always those who don't know any physics and are suckers for smooth talkers.
If they didn't land, how did several other nations' lunar orbiters photograph the landing sites?
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