On April 14, 1970, the Apollo 13 astronauts traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history, capturing this iconic view of the Moon's far side. But now, the Artemis II crew surpassed that distance.
To be fair, the Apollo 13 astornauts did have a minor ‘degree of difficulty’ associated with their flight that, thankfully, Artemis II did not.
Ok_Volume3211 on
Okay now my question is, did Apollo 13 get closer to the moon? Because that looks really quite close lol.
LionGoffling on
Could they see the flag planted on the moon you think?
Gibberish45 on
Wow this is unbelievable!
handyandy314 on
I have passed some large objects in the past. But the moon! My eyes are watering.
Melodic_692 on
Is that Ptolemaeus Crater just about centre frame? I’ve seen this picture before but never noticed that crater was visible, cool!
Crucial_Fun on
My great uncle was a mechanical engineer for NASA back then; helped design the fuel systems on the LEM on Apollo 13. He died four years ago, but I know he’d be happy we went/are going back!
gabrrdt on
Ok, I’ll have to watch Apollo 13 again. I’m physically obliged to it. Tom Hanks, here I come again.
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To be fair, the Apollo 13 astornauts did have a minor ‘degree of difficulty’ associated with their flight that, thankfully, Artemis II did not.
Okay now my question is, did Apollo 13 get closer to the moon? Because that looks really quite close lol.
Could they see the flag planted on the moon you think?
Wow this is unbelievable!
I have passed some large objects in the past. But the moon! My eyes are watering.
Is that Ptolemaeus Crater just about centre frame? I’ve seen this picture before but never noticed that crater was visible, cool!
My great uncle was a mechanical engineer for NASA back then; helped design the fuel systems on the LEM on Apollo 13. He died four years ago, but I know he’d be happy we went/are going back!
Ok, I’ll have to watch Apollo 13 again. I’m physically obliged to it. Tom Hanks, here I come again.