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Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon | WIRED

The shock and awe on the face of the folks at Mission Control as they chatted with the astronauts as this happened…

  • During their flyby of the far side of the moon, the Artemis II astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft saw as many as six flashes emerging from the lunar surface. Surprisingly, they were witnessing small meteorites impacting the ground and producing brief flashes of light.
  • NASA’s control room recorded the team’s surprise during the mission livestream, although the cameras did not pick up the flashes. According to the astronauts, the flashes were white or blue-white and lasted less than a second. The cameras they were using to document the moon weren’t fast enough to record them.

Source: Artemis II Astronauts Witnessed 6 Meteorites Colliding With the Moon | WIRED

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Solar Eclipse from Dark of the Moon

Artemis II in Eclipse

art002e009301 (April 6, 2026) – Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. We see a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk. The science community is investigating whether this effect is due to the corona, zodiacal light, or a combination of the two. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document their observations during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. Credit: NASA

The pics of a blue Earth are frakkin’ brilliant, but this image taken from the Artemis II is breathtaking. And I still don’t understand how the flat-earthers can see these images and only hold more tightly to their delusions.

Also, I’m examining this pic very closely for signs of the Ark and/or Sentinel Prime…

Source: Artemis II in Eclipse | art002e009301 (April 6, 2026) – Capt… | Flickr