At the time of posting this, the Artemis II mission is about halfway to the Moon. When the astronauts arrive, they will conduct a lunar flyby and collect scientific observations of the Moon’s surface. Credit: NASA by Busy_Yesterday9455
_MintyAngel on April 4, 2026 2:12 am It’s wild that we can casually say halfway to the moon like it’s nothing now
HyBr1D69 on April 4, 2026 2:14 am Dumb question, how come the moon looks smaller from Orion vs on Earth? Wide-angle lense?
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Been a while since anyone’s had this view.
It’s wild that we can casually say halfway to the moon like it’s nothing now
December 15 1972.
Dumb question, how come the moon looks smaller from Orion vs on Earth? Wide-angle lense?
That’s no moon… Wait, my bad. Yep, that’s the moon.