The #Artemis II crew are now further from home than any humans ever.
🌍 The record of 400 171 km was previously held by the Apollo 13 mission 🚀🌕.
Astronaut Reid Wiseman
“We choose this moment to challenge the current & next generation to make sure this record is not long lived”
#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion
EARTHSET.
April 6, 2026.
Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon.
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#Artemis II -
Todays ‘Earthrise’ image is reminiscent of a similar image taken in 1968 by astronaut Bill Anders of Apollo 8
Bill was 1 of 3 crew who became the first to leave low-Earth orbit and travel to the moon.
Pic 1 - Apollo 8 1968
Pic 2 - Artemis II 2026
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#Artemis II - Safety First!
The Artemis II astronauts can be seen in their eclipse glasses, worn to protect their eyes when they experienced a solar eclipse on April 6.
The Sun, the Moon, and the Orion spacecraft aligned — and Moon joy was had!
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On a black background of space, a blue and white Earth just before 'setting' behind the Moon, in foreground, seen from Artemis II, 6 April 2026
Totality seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, revealing a view few humans have ever witnessed, a dark disc surrounded by a pale solar corona.
✅ #Artemis II update: 'Earthset', 6 April 2026, and 'totality', 7 April, seen from lunar orbit, the Moon eclipses the Sun, a view few humans have ever witnessed (pics: NASA)
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🛰️ The Orion spacecraft spreads its wings.
☀️ The four solar arrays on the European Service Module unfolded like a concertina.
🔋 They are starting to collect photons from the Sun to turn them into electricity for the Moon trip.
Spectacular high-resolution image of our home planet viewed through the Orion Crew Module window by the Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon on Flight Day 2, 3 April 2026 (pic: NASA)
A full disc image of Earth, as seen from the Orion Crew Module. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. At lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with Spain and Portugal with twinkling lights where the planet curves. At top right, auroras glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space (pic: NASA/R.Wiseman)
😮 Awesome views from Day 2 of #Artemis II this morning.
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#Artemis II update: our European Service Module's main engine performed the translunar injection so precisely that flight controllers in Houston decided to cancel the first of three outbound trajectory correction burns on the way to the Moon 🥳
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen – in the centre of the image – peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft on day 3 of NASA's Artemis II mission. The controls over the commander and pilot seats are illuminated in the foreground, but the cabin is otherwise dark to avoid unnecessary glares on the windows.
The Moon approaching as seen by the crew of Artemis II on Flight Day 3
An illuminated sliver of Earth set against the blackness of space is seen through the window of the Orion spacecraft in this photograph from the Artemis II crew on the third day of their journey to the Moon.
✅ #Artemis II update: the Orion spacecraft with its European Service Module is now more than halfway to its destination, and crew preparations for lunar flyby are under way 🧪🔭
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Close-up on some detail on the Adapter Module, white with structures, including the red NASA worm logo and ESA logo, against the blackness of space.
#BTW nice to see the ESA and NASA logos together on this side of the European Service Module! 😊
"The Artemis mission is a truly international endeavour, and Europe stands proud at its very core." - @josefaschbacher.esa.int 👍
#Artemis II - We have now reached exactly 3 days since the launch of the Orion
182,282 Miles from Earth
98,978 Miles from the Moon
The spacecraft passing the halfway point between the Earth 🌍 and the moon 🌕 yesterday evening
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#Artemis II - Crew began mission day 4 prepping for their flyby.
Tasks include a manual piloting demo with Victor Glover, reviewing lunar science targets, and collecting bio-samples.
The Orion spacecraft remains on track for its flight around the Moon!
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#Artemis II - A story 54 years in the making
Left - Apollo 17, 1972
Right - Artemis II, 2026
Two photographs taken by one of us, of all of us, over half a century apart.
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Awe-inspiring new photos captured by the Artemis II astronauts showcase the moon and the interior of the Orion spacecraft, offering a glimpse into their lives in space as they close in on another historic milestone: https://cnn.it/41etgIs
Taken 3 April 2026, the Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.
✅ #Artemis II update: Flight Day 3, the Artemis crew are now closer to the Moon than they are to Earth. Their lunar journey powered by our European Service Module continues. Image at nasa.gov/image-detail...
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A new laser system aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft is sending sharper video and more data back to Earth
An image of Earth from space
An image of Earth from the window of a spacecraft
NASA released two images Friday taken by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman as he and the other astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft continued their journey in space.
📸: NASA
An image of Earth backlit by a mostly hidden sun, with a bright pinpoint of light to the bottom right of the disk.
The upper right corner of the image shows the blackness of space. Below and to the left lies a slice of Earth's atmosphere, decorated by a squiggle of exhaust plume.
A photograph taken inside a space vehicle, centered on a half-disk view of Earth seen out the capsule's window.
At the top of the image is a portion of the International Space Station. In the center of the image is a mostly lit moon. At the bottom of the image is a fuzzy view of Earth's atmosphere.
🚀🌔 Stunning views from NASA’s Artemis II mission and the International Space Station showcase Earth, the moon and even Venus, captured during humanity’s first crewed lunar mission since 1972. 🚀🌔 Follow all our mission coverage here: spklr.io/6001EyN07
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman and the Nobel Prize in Physics 1930
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It is hoped that the nearly £4 billion investment could transform Ireland's university and innovation prospects, positioning the country as a global leader.
To tackle the e-waste problem, this casing for electronics dissolves in water
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⚗️Dorotea Barnés González fue una pionera en el ámbito de la química
👩🔬Este documento sonoro reconstruye su biografía con la participación de dos investigadoras del IQF-CSIC y un grupo de teatro del @icmm-csic.bsky.social
📻 En Documentos RNE 👇
A Pompeii site reveals the recipe for Roman concrete. It contradicts the writings of famous architect Vitruvius
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✨ “Dorotea Barnés, luz en la ciencia”
Descubre el documental sobre una de las científicas más brillantes (y olvidadas) de la Edad de Plata, con la participación de investigadoras del #IQF
🎧 Escucha el podcast: rtve.es/a/16855111
📱 Más info: rtve.es/n/16853210
💎IN MEMORIAM: Federico García Moliner
📆Hoy, a las 15 horas en nuestro Salón de Actos
🎥En directo en Youtube aquí:
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🛥️ ¿Sabías que el Odón de Buen es el buque oceanográfico más grande y avanzado de la flota científica española?
🏅 Este barco del @ieo.es (#CSIC) ha sido galardonado esta semana con el Premio FINE, que reconoce la excelencia en el sector marítimo
🧴Prácticamente todos los alimentos estudiados contienen microplásticos. Ya puedes escuchar el último episodio del pódcast #CienciaParaLeerCSIC sobre el libro #QuéSabemosDe 'Micro y nanoplásticos':
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