Welcome To The $MOON
TODAY - @NASA's Artemis II is executing its Lunar Flyby (Flight Day 5). The crew is orbiting the Moon RIGHT NOW, breaking the Apollo 13 distance record. Splashdown: April 10.
@elonmusk has shifted all of SpaceX's focus to the Moon, building "a self-growing city on the Moon." Next Starship launch: May 2026. The narrative doesn't get more solid than this.
We are literally watching humanity return to the Moon in real time.
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LIVE: Watch with us as the Artemis II astronauts make their closest approach to the Moon, traveling farther from Earth than ever before. https://t.co/Zpy7GdTqA8
For 40 minutes, the Earth will disappear.
NASA just released a new preview showing exactly what Artemis II astronauts are expected to see during their lunar flyby happening later today โ including the moment they pass behind the Moon and lose all contact with mankind.
Light to total darknessโฆ then back again, as the crew reemerges on the far side.
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.
We're going farther than ever before ๐
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
Get ready to see the moon as it really is, live and with your own eyes, today!
For the first time in history, the Orientale Basin a vast and mysterious region of the lunar surface has been discovered, and today weโll be able to see it up close
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