One giant leap for mankind
History was made on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to set foot on the Moon.
For more than 5 decades, the total number of moonwalkers has remained at 12. NASA will change that with Artemis IV.
This is the image that defines a generation.
This raw shot from the Artemis II crew shows reality of deep space travel.
The smudges on the glass make it feel real. We are finally back.
Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.
La tripulación de la Artemis II ha movido la cámara para que pudiéramos ver la tierra a través de las ventanas, además tambien pudimos ver la orina del depósito siendo expulsada al espacio🤣
#ArtemisII ⬇️
Ist Euch aufgefallen, wie die abgetrennte ESM-Verkleidung beim Aufstieg des #SLS vom Triebwerksstrahl regelrecht weggedrückt wird?
Schauen wir uns das mal genauer an 👀
Reid Wiseman captured this image of the Moon using an iPhone from inside the Orion spacecraft. The cabin is kept dark to create optimal conditions for photography.
#Artemis#NASA#Moon
“NASA lost the technology” is one of the most misunderstood quotes in conspiracy circles. They did not lose the ability to go to the Moon. They retired the Apollo hardware. The factories were shut down, the tooling was scrapped, and the workforce moved on. That is what happens when a program ends. You do not keep 1960s manufacturing lines running forever.
“Destroyed the technology” refers to the physical equipment and production capability, not the knowledge. The engineering documents, blueprints, mission data, and scientific records still exist. What was taped over were old magnetic telemetry tapes that stored raw engineering numbers, not the broadcast footage and not the mission itself.
If NASA wanted to rebuild Apollo today, they could, but it would be slower and more expensive than designing modern systems from scratch. That is why Artemis exists. It is not a reboot of Apollo. It is a new program built for long term exploration.
Nothing about this points to a hoax. It points to how large engineering projects work in the real world. The only people claiming it is “proof” of anything are the ones who never looked past a meme.