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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.…
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The Artemis program patch in the space station's cupola. The patch is framed by the center circular window in the space. Earth can be seen behind the patch. The Artemis patch has five sides. It has a white background with a black border. There's a black "A," for Artemis. The crossbar of the A is made by a curving red trajectory line that crosses from left to right. That line continues beyond the "A" and beyond a small gray circle representing the Moon. Below the "A" is a blue crescent representing Earth. At the very bottom is the word "Artemis."
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Godspeed, Artemis II! – NASA

  • March 31, 2026
NASA astronaut Jessica Meir took this photo of an Artemis program patch floating in the International Space Station’s…