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science-and-technology17 days ago•4 min saved

Artemis 2 Crew Survives Historic Moon Flyby as Orion Heat Shield Flaws Are Resolved

NASA’s Artemis 2 mission successfully validated the Orion spacecraft’s life support and reentry systems, marking the first crewed lunar flyby since the Apollo era. The four-person crew completed a 10-day journey around the Moon, demonstrating that the vehicle can safely return astronauts to Earth. A redesigned reentry profile prevented the severe heat shield damage seen in the uncrewed Artemis 1 test, ensuring the capsule remained structurally sound. This success clears a critical hurdle for future lunar landings, with Artemis 3 now scheduled to test commercial landers in 2027.

via Gizmodo|

#aerospace-engineering #artemis-2 #nasa

space-exploration3 months ago•97 min saved

Moon-to-Earth laser link brings Artemis 2 data home in HD

Space.com reports that NASA’s Artemis 2 mission used the Orion Artemis 2 Optical Communications System (O2O) to beam back high‑definition video and images from the Moon via infrared laser links, delivering data at up to about 260 MB/s to ground stations and downlinking roughly half a terabyte over the 10‑day flight, enabling near real‑time public coverage and setting the stage for higher‑bandwidth communications on future Artemis missions.

via Space|

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space3 months ago•98 min saved

Verne’s Moon Vision Echoes Artemis 2, 160 Years On

Space.com notes Jules Verne’s 1860s novels From the Earth to the Moon and All Around the Moon described a three-astronaut lunar voyage on a near-equatorial launch and a free-return trajectory, with realistic details like orbital dynamics that eerily echo NASA’s Artemis 2, while also noting Verne’s missteps (instant cannon acceleration). The piece highlights Verne’s lasting influence on real space exploration, supported by Neil Armstrong’s remark that he foresaw lunar missions.

via Space|

#all-around-the-moon #artemis-2 #from-the-earth-to-the-moon

entertainment4 months ago•78 min saved

Redshift: Immersive JWST visuals, Artemis 2 audio, and Pink Floyd collide in NYC art show

At Heft Gallery in New York City, Ashley Zelinskie and DJ illich Mujica staged Redshift, an immersive audiovisual work that fuses JWST imagery, NASA-inspired sound design, and spoken-word samples (including Pink Floyd) to explore light as sound and the cosmos’ redshift, using the Volumes listening system after a Golden Record opening.

via Space|

#artemis-2 #entertainment #immersive-art

space-exploration4 months ago•71 min saved

Starry Window View Marks Artemis 2’s Lunar Road Trip

Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen captured a stunning view of swirling stars from the Orion capsule during NASA’s 10-day lunar flyaround aboard the spacecraft Integrity, a shot that highlights the program's goal of returning humans to the Moon and establishing a longer-term lunar presence (the crew splashed down on April 10).

via Space|

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space4 months ago•71 min saved

Giant Telescope Pinpoints Artemis 2’s Moon Loop in Unprecedented Detail

NSF's Green Bank Telescope tracked NASA's Artemis 2 Orion capsule around the Moon for five days from more than 213,000 miles away, delivering distance and Doppler measurements that matched NASA projections to about 0.2 millimeters per second and producing a pixelated image of the spacecraft with a scientist noting “there are four people in those pixels.” The observations illustrate how a giant radio telescope can assist future space missions and radar-related efforts, highlighting the Green Bank Telescope’s role as the largest moving structure on land.

via Space|

#artemis-2 #green-bank-telescope #nasa

space-exploration5 months ago•71 min saved

Artemis 2's lunar flyby yields a stunning 12,000-shot Earth timelapse

A new timelapse from NASA’s Artemis 2 archive showcases Earth in both day and night views, satellites, and auroras captured by the crew during their lunar flyby. The video compiles about 12,000 photos released from the mission, which launched April 1 and returned April 10 with four astronauts—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—marking the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17. The footage highlights Earth from behind the Moon, including an ‘Earthset’ shot, and underscores Artemis’ broader plan to return humans to the Moon in upcoming missions Artemis 3 and 4.

via Space|

#artemis-2 #earth #lunar-flyby

space5 months ago•5 min saved

Artemis 2 Crew Witnesses Rare Far-Side Moon Meteoroid Flashes

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.

via The Daily Galaxy|

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space-exploration5 months ago•75 min saved

Artemis 2 teams with an astrophotographer to color the Moon’s far side

Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman joined forces with astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy to photograph the Moon’s far side, using Wiseman’s onboard camera bursts and McCarthy’s stacking technique to pull out mineral colors and surface details that a single shot can’t capture. The resulting images reveal color differences—blue-tinted titanium-rich basalts and other minerals—by reducing noise through stacked exposures, effectively giving the Moon “cyborg eyes.” McCarthy plans more edits from the mission’s data, building on NASA’s trove of Artemis 2 imagery.

via Space|

#andrew-mccarthy #artemis-2 #astrophotography

space5 months ago•71 min saved

Charred Orion Hull: Artemis 2’s fiery ride home

Space.com’s Space Photo of the Day shows NASA’s Artemis 2 Orion capsule charred at Kennedy Space Center after its 10‑day lunar mission, highlighting a reentry temperature near 5,000°F. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—returned to Earth with a Pacific splashdown on April 10, and NASA will study the heat shield’s performance to inform Artemis 3.

via Space|

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space5 months ago•2 min saved

Artemis 2 Captures: NASA Releases 12,000+ Moon-Earth Photos in New Gallery

NASA released a massive photo dump of over 12,000 images from Artemis 2, the first crewed lunar flyby, captured by astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen. Gizmodo spotlights photos of Earth from space, the Moon’s craters, a solar eclipse, and long-exposure star fields. The full dataset and preliminary mission reports are due in October and are already accessible on NASA’s Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, which makes sorting through the gallery an immersive but lengthy task.

via Gizmodo|

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space5 months ago•71 min saved

NASA Releases 12K Artemis 2 Photos, Showing Earth and Moon From a New Perspective

NASA has released 12,217 Artemis 2 photos in its public archive, offering a front-row view of the mission around the Moon. The shots include Earth glimpsed from Orion’s far side, a six-second star-trail exposure, and lunar-surface details described by the crew as browns and greens, plus two named craters, Integrity and Carroll. The Artemis 2 crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen—launched on April 1 for a 10-day lunar flyby, reaching a maximum distance of about 252,760 miles (406,773 km) from Earth. Data were initially limited via transmission; NASA recovered most images from the mission’s SD cards after splashdown April 10 and is now sharing them publicly.

via Space|

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space5 months ago•74 min saved

Oval Office nod to Artemis 2: Trump meets lunar crew

President Trump hosted Artemis 2 astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy Hansen, along with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, in the White House Oval Office for a livestreamed greeting, praising their historic Moon flyby and joking about joining a future flight; Artemis 2’s lunar loop—launched April 1 and returned April 10—marked the first time humans left Earth orbit since Apollo 17 and the farthest distance from Earth to date, as reporters pressed on UFO declassification and NASA’s broader moon program and budget context.

via Space|

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space5 months ago•71 min saved

Heat shield’s deep-sea postscript: Artemis 2’s fiery relic photographed underwater

NASA’s Artemis 2 heat shield was photographed underwater after the Orion capsule’s splashdown off San Diego on April 10, 2026. The scorched tiles endured reentry temperatures near 5,000°F (about 2,800°C), and divers captured images of the heat shield as the capsule is prepared for return to Kennedy Space Center for further study ahead of Artemis 3.

via Space|

#artemis-2 #heat-shield #nasa

science5 months ago•33 min saved

Christina Koch’s Earthly re-entry: relearning balance after lunar orbit

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who orbited the Moon on Artemis 2, struggles to walk on Earth in a video as her brain re-acclimates to gravity; experts note that long exposure to microgravity disrupts the vestibular system, so astronauts rely on visual cues to balance and may remain unsteady for days after return.

via Yahoo News New Zealand|

#artemis-2 #balance #christina-koch