How the Artemis II crew trained to observe and photograph the moon: A NASA science team geologist explains
The article discusses the Artemis II mission's record-breaking distance from Earth, its scientific objectives, and the geological training provided to astronauts. It highlights the collaboration with Indigenous communities and the development of new science protocols for lunar missions.
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“The Artemis II crew has now broken the record — previously held by Apollo 13 — for the farthest distance any humans have ever travelled from Earth.”
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“The crew also completed a flyby of the moon’s far side and sent back some amazing images of the lunar surface.”
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“Artemis II was at a much higher altitude — around 6,545 kilometres above the lunar surface.”
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“This greater distance allowed the crew to view the moon as a full disk, including regions near both the North Pole and South Pole.”
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“The crew was also able to take targeted photographs of various geological landforms on the lunar surface as part of the Artemis II science program.”
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“One of the primary goals of these investigations is to inform future missions, including the planned first journey back to the lunar surface with Artemis IV as soon as 2028.”
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“Both science officers and the evaluation room are brand new for NASA’s Artemis program; they did not exist during the Apollo program.”
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“Three of the crew members — Hansen, Christina Koch and back-up crew Jenni Gibbons — undertook geology training at the Kamestastin Lake impact structure in northern Labrador.”
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“The entire crew travelled to Iceland in August 2024.”
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“The Kamestastin Lake crater was formed approximately 35 million years ago by the impact of an asteroid between one and two kilometres in diameter.”
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“The crater also formed in a rock called anorthosite — the exact same rock that makes up the lunar highlands.”
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“Kamestastin Lake and the surrounding region are on the territory of the Mushuau Innu First Nation.”
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