{"id":375991,"date":"2026-04-12T14:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375991\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T14:13:20","slug":"apod-2026-april-11-artemis-ii-flight-day-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/375991\/","title":{"rendered":"APOD: 2026 April 11 \u2013 Artemis II: Flight Day 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

APOD: 2026 April 11 \u2013 Artemis II: Flight Day 6<\/p>\n

Discover the cosmos!<\/a>
\nEach day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.\n<\/p>\n

2026 April 11
\n

\n\"See<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Artemis II: Flight Day 6
Image Credit:<\/p>\n

NASA<\/a>,
\nArtemis II<\/a><\/p>\n

Explanation: <\/p>\n

On flight day 6<\/a>
\n(April 6) the Artemis II mission achieved a
\nhistoric lunar flyby<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rounding the lunar far side, the deep space maneuver marked
\nhumanity’s first venture to the Moon
\nsince Apollo 17<\/a> in 1972.<\/p>\n

The Orion spacecraft Integrity reached a maximum distance of nearly
\n407,000 kilometers, and the
\nArtemis II crew<\/a>,
\nReid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen,
\nset the record for the farthest distance from Earth
\ntraveled by any human since the
\nApollo 13 crew<\/a> in 1970.<\/p>\n

From behind the Moon on flight day 6, a solar array wing camera
\nrecorded this space age selfie,
\nframing the spacecraft and lunar far side.<\/p>\n

Planet Earth, home to the Artemis II crew,
\nis the small, bright crescent beyond the lunar limb.<\/p>\n

The crew safely returned home on Artemis II mission
\nflight day 10<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Artemis II:
\nSplashdown<\/a>
Tomorrow’s picture: new comet<\/a> <\/p>\n

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