Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [video]

Re:Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [vi... by islandbytes on Sunday April 05, 2026 @11:02AM (#47650153)

Incredible achievement but I'll be honest — if you showed me this photo without context I would have no idea it was the far side. Just looks like the Moon. Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.

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Re:Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [vi... by andyjohnson0 on Sunday April 05, 2026 @11:07AM (#47650201)

> Just looks like the Moon.

It is the moon.

> Also didn't realize we could capture an image like this in what I assumed was total darkness.

The "Dark Side of the Moon" is a misnomer. It gets as much light as the side we can see.

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Re:Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [vi... by BigTTYGothGF on Sunday April 05, 2026 @11:06AM (#47650193)

That's because it's the near side, not the far side.

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Re:Artemis II crew see first glimpse of far side of Moon [vi... by ufo on Sunday April 05, 2026 @12:01PM (#47650765)

There's a little bit of far side on the right of the picture.

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