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Full disc image of the Moon taken by the Artemis II crew. Some of the far side is visible on the left edge, just beyond the black patch that is Orientale Basin, a nearly 600-mile-wide crater that straddles the Moon's near and far sides and is partly visible from Earth.
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The Near Side of the Moon

  • April 6, 2026
The astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft captured this photo of the Moon’s near side on April 4, 2026.…