Artemis II kicks off trip around moon
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The Artemis II crew will travel farther than any human before. Here's everything you need to know about the historic moment.
Russia has delayed the launch of three spacecraft - the Luna-28, Luna-29, and Luna-30
Four NASA astronauts have now travelled further from Earth than any humans before them as they flew around the moon during the Artemis II mission on 6 April
The distance Orion will travel during the Artemis II moon flyby will let the crew see the entire lunar disk, including features Apollo astronauts didn’t observe.
“The dark side of the moon”: The term has a poetic ring. It has long been mined in popular culture, not least by Pink Floyd, the English band whose so-named top-selling semi-psychedelic rock album cemented the term in the 1970s.
Iran, for its part, has been demanding a permanent end to the war. Iranian state media IRNA reported that Tehran would reject a temporary ceasefire given that during previous rounds of negotiations with the U.S., the Trump administration launched military strikes while talks were ongoing.
A floating Nutella jar aboard NASA's Artemis II went viral, with internet users calling the zero-gravity moment the greatest free advertisement in history.
The moon looks to most amateur photographers like a bright detail on a completely dark background, and it appears to be about half the width if one fingernail on an outstretched hand. That makes it tricky to shoot with an iPhone, as anyone who has ever tried it can attest.