Astro Hawk (Ian Kluft) ✅🚀🛰️"Artemis II Flight Day 9: Crew Prepares to Come Home" by #NASA #Artemis - Crew of #Artemis2 are preparing the spacecraft for re-entry and splashdown on Friday in the Pacific off San Diego, California. Splashdown time 17:07 Friday (US/Pacific Time) / 00:07 Saturday UTC. NASA+ streaming coverage begins ~90 minutes before at 15:30 Pacific/22:30 UTC. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/09/artemis-ii-flight-day-9-crew-prepares-to-come-home/ #MoonJoy #Moon🌖 #Orion #space
This solar eclipse image from #NASA #Artemis2 makes me think it could become the next big space tourism destination. (At least initially it would just be a billionaire thing. But they already do space flights.) Made-to-order total solar eclipse: just travel to the Moon's shadow. It's always there waiting for you. #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #Orion #space #travel
#NASA #Artemis2 update for Flight Day 7 included highlight photos of Earthset and the solar eclipse view with the solar corona providing contrast for the outline of the Moon. https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/07/artemis-ii-flight-day-7-crew-makes-long%e2%80%91distance-call-begins-return/ #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #Orion #space
"Artemis II astronauts channel Apollo 8 with a striking Earthset photo" by @AssociatedPress / Marcia Dunn - High resolution lunar images from #NASA #Artemis2 include an "Earthset" view as the crescent Earth set behind the Moon on Monday's fly-by. That rise & set view is now much anticipated, but was first captured by total surprise on Apollo 8 in 1968. Since Apollo 8, going to the Moon always includes a unique perspective of Earth. https://apnews.com/article/nasa-artemis-moon-astronauts-earthset-5ca505933a4c22e6859f15cc100858b6 #MoonJoy #Artemis #Moon🌖 #Orion #space
Artemis II's Earthset photo channels Apollo 8's Earthrise shot
The Artemis II astronauts are now forever intertwined with Apollo 8. A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking photos taken by the crew. The four astronauts channeled Apollo 8's famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with a powerful photo of Earth setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon. Another image captures the total solar eclipse that occurred when the moon blocked the sun from the crew's perspective. The three Americans and one Canadian are now headed home, with a splashdown in the Pacific set for Friday.
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"‘Moon joy!’ Artemis 2’s crew sets a distance record, documents lunar far side and heads back toward Earth" by GeekWire / @alanboyle - Science, emotions and lots of photography punctuated moments across 7 hours of lunar observations on the much anticipated fly-by. The science team on the ground told the astronauts they coined the term #MoonJoy for the extraordinary day. https://www.geekwire.com/2026/moon-joy-artemis-2-distance-record/ #NASA #Artemis2 #Artemis #Moon🌖 #Orion #space
I cannot deal with how insanely cool it is that the #Artemis2 crew are seeing meteor impact flahes on the surface of the Moon, a thing we presumably *anticipated* them being possibly able to do since this eclipse is a planned mission event.
I believe the kids call this "aura farming"