Posted on 04/11/2026 1:15:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: On flight day 6 (April 6) the Artemis II mission achieved a historic lunar flyby. Rounding the lunar far side, the deep space maneuver marked humanity's first venture to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. The Orion spacecraft Integrity reached a maximum distance of nearly 407,000 kilometers, and the Artemis II crew, Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, set the record for the farthest distance from Earth traveled by any human since the Apollo 13 crew in 1970. From behind the Moon on flight day 6, a solar array wing camera recorded this space age selfie, framing the spacecraft and lunar far side. Planet Earth, home to the Artemis II crew, is the small, bright crescent beyond the lunar limb. The crew safely returned home on Artemis II mission flight day 10.
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Whoa.
They got some awesome shots from space. So cool! So HAPPY they landed safely; we watched the landing last night. (On TV)
That’s nothing.
This is the unplanned Artemis historical event that got everybody excited!
Yum! Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkrzOkZVQZ8
Iâm not much of a Pink Floyd fan, but I do love that album coverâŠ.
I was watching it live when that Nutella got loose. I was hoping it wouldnât bump into some control buttons and send them into deep space.
I'd love to hear how NASA named that jar of Nutella in Mil-Spec speak.
From The Reluctant Astronaut - Don Knotts
My first thought was Caddyshack:
And then I thought of this:
It’s out of this world! đ
LOL! ITâS NO BIG DEAL!
This video has a TON of interestign facts and many great photos from the ship-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaXRREHVkHo
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