{"id":401086,"date":"2026-04-16T05:43:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401086\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T05:43:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T05:43:21","slug":"watch-amateur-astronomers-on-earth-catch-artemis-ii-speeding-past-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/401086\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Amateur astronomers on Earth catch Artemis II speeding past the stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n         Published on<br \/>\n            15\/04\/2026 &#8211; 10:50 GMT+2\n            <\/p>\n<p>While the historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2026\/04\/14\/shooting-for-the-moon-whats-next-for-nasa-after-artemis-iis-lunar-fly-by\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Artemis II mission<\/a> sent back some of the most striking images of the other side of the Moon, amateur stargazers also captured the moment from Earth. <\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n          ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Using a smart telescope from New Zealand and Australia, the enthusiast astrologers captured the Orion spacecraft zipping past stars at lightning speeds. <\/p>\n<p>NASA sent four astronauts on a mission around the Moon on 1 April for the first time in over 50 years. The 10-day voyage set a new record distance for humans in space.<\/p>\n<p>The mission represents a crucial step toward NASA&#8217;s broader Artemis programme, which aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface and, for the first time, explore the Moon&#8217;s south pole.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2026\/04\/02\/in-pictures-artemis-ii-astronauts-embark-on-historic-nasa-mission-to-the-moon-and-back\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">striking images sent from spac<\/a>e was a solar eclipse viewed from lunar orbit.<\/p>\n<p>But amateur astrologers on Earth also captured the speed at which the spacecraft travels with the Odyssey Pro smart telescope from the French company Unistellar.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video in the player above. <\/p>\n<p>Video editor \u2022 Roselyne Min<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on 15\/04\/2026 &#8211; 10:50 GMT+2 While the historic Artemis II mission sent back some of the most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[107033,61,60,6185,82,247,71824],"class_list":{"0":"post-401086","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-artemis-ii","9":"tag-ie","10":"tag-ireland","11":"tag-moon","12":"tag-science","13":"tag-space","14":"tag-space-telescope"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}