Apr 6
Artemis II - floating Nutella
April 6, 2026
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Artemis II - floating Nutella
April 6, 2026
source : Avi Solomon - NASA - Flickr •
That there. That's home. That's us.
art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface.
The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region.
In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater’s formation.
Mind you this was a just a day and a few days ago…
One of lunar craters is named Carroll to honor the late wife of the Artemis ii commander Reid Wiseman, she passed away from cancer in 2020….
we've come a long way...but there's still a longer way to go, from dusk till dawn
earthrise, apollo 8, 1968 → earthset, artemis II, 2026
Love how the internet is divided between Project Hail Mary comparisons and Fantastic 4 Comparisons when it comes to Artemis II
Space: The Moon
The moon, like a flower in heaven’s high bower, With silent delight sits and smiles on the night.
Testing the lunar pogo stick. It was a plan to traverse the moon's surface in 50-foot leaps
(Ralph Morse. 1967)
