Artemis 2 astronauts saw a rare solar eclipse while in space
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Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.
The four astronauts — NASA commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — spent Monday’s seven-hour lunar flyby taking photos and making observations from the Orion spacecraft, which they named Integrity.
The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.
The total lunar "blood moon" on March 3, 2026, was the last one visible for nearly three years. The next total lunar eclipse will not occur until December 31, 2028. The 2028 total lunar eclipse will not be visible over much of the United States. Early in ...