NASA's Artemis II astronauts have reached a distance of 406,000 kilometres from Earth, breaking the record held by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
The mission is the first time humans have circled the far side of the moon since 1972.



NASA's Artemis II astronauts have reached a distance of 406,000 kilometres from Earth, breaking the record held by the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission in 1970.
The mission is the first time humans have circled the far side of the moon since 1972.









I've found all this quite exciting. I watched the launch last week and the lunar flyby most of the day today.
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| Alex_The_Hedgehog said: How long till Mars? |
Not until next decade at the earliest. We aren't gonna be walking on the moon again until Artemis IV in early 2028. Plan is to build a moon base over several missions.
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trunkswd said:
Not until next decade at the earliest. We aren't gonna be walking on the moon again until Artemis IV in early 2028. Plan is to build a moon base over several missions. |
A Moon Base... So cool.
Hope everything goes well. The universe is something that fascinates me. Just thinking of all the things we don't know yet...









Alex_The_Hedgehog said:
A Moon Base... So cool. Hope everything goes well. The universe is something that fascinates me. Just thinking of all the things we don't know yet... |
Space exploration feels like something we can get behind as a species. Though that could be the Trekkie in me.
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trunkswd said:
Space exploration feels like something we can get behind as a species. Though that could be the Trekkie in me. |
The "Edge of the Universe" is the biggest mystery ever for me.
Does the Universe have an Edge?
If Yes, what's outside that?
If No, how is that even possible?

I doubt that anyone would believe if they were told back in '72 that it would take human species 55 years to get back to Moon.
| HoloDust said: I doubt that anyone would believe if they were told back in '72 that it would take human species 55 years to get back to Moon. |
Yeah, sadly our leaders had different priorities. Now with our new AI overlords taking the reign soon we have a last ditch effort to prove our usefulness as a species, so that our new masters show mercy on our asses. /jk