Artemis II Crew Shares 'Overwhelming' Emotions and 'Moon Joy' After Lunar Flyby
NASA's Artemis II astronauts have described the powerful emotion felt when soaring over the moon, sharing their 'overwhelming' feelings and 'moon joy' with mission control and the public after photographing impact craters, cracks, and ridges during their journey home.
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NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Spread ‘Moon Joy’ to the Public
While science can seem colorless and plain, NASA’s lunar crew members have brought expressiveness and emotion about their journey to mission control and the public.
By Katrina Miller
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Nasa astronauts begin journey home having collected eagerly-awaited photographs of impact craters and ridges Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts have described the powerful emotion felt when soaring over the moon as they photographed impact craters, cracks and ridges and began their long journey home. Among the eagerly-awaited images captured by the crew, who worked in pairs at the Orion capsule windows, are those of the Earth rising from behind the moon, a solar eclipse and parts of the 590-mile (9...
By Ian Sample Science editor
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