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Taking one more small step for man (and woman), and the next giant leap for mankind, launching a new era of celestial exploration, Artemis II & its crew flew around the moon aboard Orion Integrity going further than anyone before them. @NASASpaceflight youtube.com/watch?v=Fbpd2Y…

The reactions of the #Artemis II astronauts to their photos of the Earth and the moon in the same frame are wholesome. Cannot wait to see these in full resolution, but the sneak peeks look amazing!

Our crescent Earth coming in contact with the lunar horizon from Integrity’s point of view yesterday evening. 1/800, f/7.1, iso 400 - Nikon D5 w/80-400mm [images.nasa.gov]

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back. Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: nasa.gov/artemis-ii-mul…

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A new milestone for humankind: The crew of Artemis II are now the farthest any human has ever travelled, reaching a maximum distance of 252,752 miles from Earth. This surpasses the previous record set by Apollo 13 in 1970 by about 4,102 miles.

The first astronaut in history to speak French while en route to the moon — Canada’s very own @Astro_Jeremy 🇨🇦

It’s more than a suit — it’s survival engineering. 🧑‍🚀 @NASAArtemis II astronauts wear the Orion Crew Survival System, a custom‑fit pressure suit built at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, to protect them during launch and splashdown. With a lighter helmet, fire‑resistant layers, touchscreen‑ready gloves, improved cooling, and boots built for agility, every detail is engineered for deep‑space safety. In an emergency, the OCSS can sustain an astronaut for up to six days with oxygen, hydration, and survival gear. Designed, tested, and tailored by JSC’s Orion Crew Survival Systems team, it’s one of the mission’s most essential pieces of hardware as Artemis II heads for the Moon.

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"In all of this emptiness, [...] you have this oasis" Victor Glover, Pilot, Artemis II, reflects on Planet Earth the evening before Easter.

As the @NASAArtemis II crew approaches the Moon, they will get a firsthand view of the Moon's surface. One of the most striking (pun intended) features they will see is the craters which mark its surface, and are especially numerous on the far side, which the crew will be able to directly see. These craters are formed by impacts that have happened over the history of our Solar System and act as a sort of historical record of the conditions around the Earth and Moon. The Earth has had many impacts over its history that have had big consequences on our planet (just ask the dinosaurs...), but plate tectonics, weathering, and volcanism have erased many craters on the Earth, and with them, the record of this history. The Moon helps us fill in the picture and tells us a unique story about our planet's past! Even so, there are still many craters on Earth, but many are often not as easily visible as those on the Moon. Some, like Manicouagan Crater in Quebec, Canada, are very readily seen from the @Space_Station. This crater was created over 200 million years ago, when a 5 km asteroid crashed into the Earth, and is over 70 km wide. I saw this view through the Cupola window as I was exercising and had to pause to take a picture!

🌖Artemis II survole la Lune aujourd'hui🌖 L'ensemble du survol sera retransmis en direct et en vidéo. Le début du passage sera en basse définition via une connexion RF standard mais si tout se passe bien (notamment la météo aux stations de réception) ils établiront ensuite une communication par liaison laser qui permet un bien plus haut débit même à cette distance, et ainsi une plus grande résolution. Voici le programme de votre soirée: - 19h00 : Début de la couverture du survol lunaire par NASA TV qui a mis les petits plats dans les grands et va streamer sur toutes les plateformes. - 19h56 : L'équipage dépassera le record de la plus grande distance par rapport à la Terre jamais atteinte par des humains (établi par Apollo 13 en 1970). - 20h10 : Commentaires de l'équipage sur le dépassement du record de distance d'Apollo 13 (audio uniquement). - 20h15 : Configuration de la cabine d'Orion par l'équipage pour les opérations de survol. - 20h45 : Début des observations lunaires. - 00h44 (mardi) : Perte de communication prévue au passage de l'équipage derrière la Lune vu de la Terre (durée approximative de 40 minutes). - 01h02 (mardi) : Point d'approche le plus proche de la Lune par Orion (6 550 km), toujours sans visibilité Terre. - 01h07 (mardi) : Orion atteint sa distance maximale par rapport à la Terre (406 772 km). - 01h25 (mardi) : « Lever de Terre » marquant la réapparition de la Terre sur le bord opposé de la Lune ; reprise prévue des communications lors de l'émergence de l'équipage. - 02h35 – 03h32 (mardi) : Éclipse solaire : le Soleil passera derrière la Lune du point de vue de l'équipage. - 03h20 (mardi) : Fin des observations lunaires.

"Thanks to you and to the whole team on the ground for building on our Apollo legacy with Artemis." In addition to a wake-up song this morning, the Artemis II astronauts were treated to an audio message from Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke.

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Onboard footage of Integrity separating from the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage back on April 1st. Notice the solar panels flexing and the Orion's RCS system take over the control post separation. 📸: NASA

This is beautiful, Artemis II's climb to orbit from the SAW cameras 10x sped up

Sweet dreams, @NASAArtemis II crew. One last look at the Moon before flight day six and your epic lunar flyby, taking you farther into space than humans have EVER traveled.

Make new friends, but keep the old. A new photo captures the Moon's near side on the right (the side we see from Earth, identifiable by its dark splotches) and its far side on the left. The Artemis II crew are the first to see the far side with human eyes.

Yes... in fact, we are going right now.

Christina H Koch @Astro_Christina

6 years ago

Same crescent moon, one year ago, out our window from space. And we are still going there. #ISSYearTBT #Artemis @NASAArtemis

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Why do the Artemis II astronauts keep calling their Orion spacecraft, "Integrity"? The crew chose this name for their home away from home because it "embodies the foundation of trust, respect, candor, and humility" of the teams behind the Artemis II mission.

Not bad for a first day in space. Yesterday, as they became closer to the Moon than the Earth, Commander Reid Wiseman and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen reflected on the feeling of the translunar injection burn. Rise, the zero-gravity indicator, hung out for the conversation as well.

Inspired by our scheduled @Space_Station link up with the Crown Princess of Sweden, I set my camera lens on my mother’s home country (I have dual citizenship with Sweden!). With the inclination of the ISS orbit, we never pass directly over Scandinavia, but I was lucky enough to catch some aurora dancing in that neighborhood, just a few days before our call. Heja Sverige! The timelapse shows city night lights but settings optimized for aurora, air glow, stars. :06 Norway appears at right edge of screen :10 Sweden appears at right edge of screen :19 Sweden in center of screen :28 Moscow appears on right of screen :37 Moscow in center of screen In the first image, you can see part of each of the Scandinavian countries – Sweden is in the center of the image (looks like some clouds over Southern Sweden, so lights look a bit blurry there), the air glow of the atmosphere at night, and the aurora (and the edge of an ISS solar array). In the second image, you can see parts of Norway and Sweden (again a bit blurry in Southern Sweden due to clouds). The large bright spot in lower right area of image is Stockholm. Both photos were taken on March 11, and the timelapse taken on March 13.

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