Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

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During their far-flung voyage around the moon, the Artemis II crew remained vigil while zipping by the darkened side of the moon, on the ready to try and record meteoroid impact flashes visually on the lunar landscape.

But it’s extremely difficult to capture impact flashes with a camera – which is one of the benefits of sending trained crew to observe the Moon.

The latest from the Artemis II Lunar Science Team is that they are currently working to archive the science data from the Artemis II mission on NASA’s Planetary Data System.

Image credit: Artemis II/NASA

Scientists excited

For Artemis II, the Orion spacecraft carried 31 cameras designed to capture the mission from every angle, be it from external cameras to internal cabin equipment used to document the distant sojourn around the Moon.

NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the Moon that cameras struggle to capture.

Here’s why scientists are excited…and for more details, go to my new Space.com story – “NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts saw flashes on the far side of the Moon that cameras struggle to capture” – at:

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/artemis/nasas-artemis-2-astronauts-saw-flashes-on-the-far-side-of-the-moon-that-cameras-struggle-to-capture-heres-why-scientists-are-excited