astronauts have specific orders to observe, image and describe specific regions on the moon when they flyby. One astronaut will photograph, one control, the other will observe with the naked eyes, as the pilot is flying the spacecraft.
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The observing period will take 5 hours over the illuminated and the dark side of the moon. This includes the new observation targets but also old Apollo 12 landing sites. During the flyby around the moon the astronauts will also see an eclipse
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The crew will have an average of 8 minutes to observe a single target site. Astronauts are already training their eyes by watching the moon to make the eyes used to the structures to be able to see details better tomorrow
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NASA confirmed that at today's test, the pressure in the Orion spaceship was not reduced. It was part of the testing plan, but not needed. The reason why it was planned, is that they expect cabin pressure reduction in future docking maneuvers.
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The crew constantly give detailed descriptions back to the science team of what they see. For example more impact craters close to the south pole and something that looks like snow (it will be something else) on the top of mountains. Currently they look to a double crater.
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There are Go-Pro cameras on the solar wings. The reason why the live stream quality is not as good as you may would expect is that parallel all other system information has to be send back to Earth in real time as well.
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The crew currently holds a "crew choice event", where the crew has time to name a special structure or crater or orientation with a name that is suggest then to the International Astronomical Society, same with the two crater name suggestions earlier on.
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