Artemis 2 Crew Witnesses Rare Far-Side Moon Meteoroid Flashes
TL;DR
Artemis 2 astronauts observed brief meteoroid impact flashes on the Moon’s far side with the naked eye, a rare sight that yields data on how often such impacts occur, the craters they create, and how shock waves travel through the lunar interior. The sightings bolster ongoing citizen science efforts and NASA data collection, with crew imagery and transcripts to be released publicly to aid lunar science and future outpost planning like Artemis Base Camp.
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