The Edge of Darkness 🌑🧑‍🚀

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Artemis II crew describe and provisionally name a couple of craters on the Moon: the Integrity crater after their spacecraft and this historic mission, and the Carroll crater in honor of Reid Wiseman’s late wife, Carroll Taylor Wiseman.

ℹ️ https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-flight-day-6-lunar-flyby-updates/

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Even Closer Now

Capturing a full view of the Orientale basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide impact crater.

See ALT text for a detailed description. Credit: NASA.

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Artemis II closing in on the Moon and beginning to see parts of the lunar far side.

Orientale basin is on the right edge of the lunar disk in this image. Artemis II marks the first time that humans have seen the entire impact basin. Credit: NASA

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