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Nov 27, 2022 · Credit: NASA. On the sixth day of the Artemis I mission, Orion made a close flyby of the Moon, passing about 81 miles (130 km) above the lunar surface. During the close flyby, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured black-and-white images of craters on the Moon below.
Aug 21, 2023 · Nature Reporter. New photographs from the Moon show its surface shortly after a Russian spacecraft crashed into it. The pictures were captured during the Indian space mission Chandrayaan-3,...
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May 3, 2024 · There’s no real “dark side” of the moon, but the far side, which faces away from Earth, is different from the near side we see every day. Samples could reveal why.
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Sep 26, 2017 · The most striking difference evident in the Luna 3 pictures is the absence of the large, dark seas of cooled lava, called maria, that cover a substantial fraction of the Earth-facing near side. The far side is instead densely peppered with impact craters of every size and age.
Dec 9, 2018 · It's often mistakenly thought that the far side of the moon is in darkness. Rather, it experiences day/night cycles just like the near side. When we see half of the moon being illuminated...
Despite the popularity of the phrase “dark side of the Moon,” there is no such thing. There is, however, a far side. We can never see the far side of the Moon from Earth, but thanks to satellites and spacecraft, we can see pictures of it. ©NASA/LRO. April 2024: Jupiter and Moon close approach.
Feb 7, 2024 · A post shared by NASA (@nasa) According to NASA, the photo is a mosaic of thousands of different lunar farside images taken by the agency's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The image...
