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“On the Moon is a photo of my family. I pray it reminds you that we and America and all of the world are cheering you on.”
Apollo 16 astronaut Charlie Duke recorded a message for the Artemis II crew. Fitting that they hear his words as they close in on their lunar destination.
We're going farther than ever before 🚀
Today, the Artemis II crew will break the record for how far humans have traveled from Earth as they fly around the far side of the Moon.
Coverage begins at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 UTC). Watch Artemis II make history: https://t.co/G7LpghURjg
Too difficult to see in daylight, especially with the naked eye, but here’s another timelapse from a different reboost showing a day to night transition, taking advantage of highlight-weighted metering on the camera. Note the thrusters are firing at the start of this video, you just can’t see them.
Approaching the near side of the Moon.
The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to grow larger and larger in the windows of the Orion spacecraft as the Artemis II mission gears up to observe the far side. The astronauts are predicted to make their closest approach of the Moon around 7:02pm ET (2302 UTC).
The 2D fashion sketch of the woman magically transforms into a photorealistic 3D living person. She steps right out of the paper and walks confidently forward toward the camera like a fashion model on a runway. Her white dress flows dynamically with her steps. As she walks across
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