The Artemis II mission wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby, marking humanity’s first return to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side.
As the lunar observation period ended, the crew witnessed a nearly hour-long solar eclipse as the spacecraft, the Moon and the Sun aligned.
During the mission’s loop around the moon, the crew took geological observations of places of interest on the lunar surface with their own eyes and snapping thousands of photos of the surface.
The Artemis II astronauts are making their way back to Earth after the lunar flyby and will splash down off the coast of California on Friday.
Learn more about their mission here: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2522113-the-artemis-ii-astronauts-have-flown-around-the-moon/
