Artemis II astronauts discuss historic moon mission
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This week, we got a different moon—the Artemis moon. The moon captured by America’s first mission there in generations is not the moon I look for every time I step outside. It is not the moon I grew up with or the one my parents learned about during the Apollo missions.
While the vast majority of the world were staring at the Moon during the Artemis II mission, NASA filmed our Sun receiving an unexpected visitor.
Artemis II is returning home after breaking the record for the farthest distance traveled by humans from Earth and setting the stage for a manned lunar landing.
Where has the Moon gone?
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