Watch: Amateur astronomers on Earth capture Artemis II

EuroNews · Apr 15, 2026 · 187 words · By Pascale Davies; Roselyne Min

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8 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“the historic Artemis II mission sent back some of the most striking images of the other side of the Moon”

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Multiple independent sources, including France24 and NASA web results, confirm that the Artemis II crew captured images of the far side of the Moon.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis I (November 16 – December 11, 2022), formerly Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), was an uncrewed Moon-orbiting mission. As the first major spaceflight of NASA's Artemis program, Artemis I marked th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_I

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis II (April 1–11, 2026) was a crewed flyby of the Moon. It was the first crewed flight beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972, the first crewed flight of the NASA-led Artemis program, th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artemis III is an upcoming spaceflight mission, planned to be the second crewed mission in NASA's Artemis lunar exploration program, with a targeted launch in late 2027. The crew will launch aboard th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_III

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“Using a smart telescope from New Zealand and Australia, the enthusiast astrologers captured the Orion spacecraft zipping past stars”

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The provided evidence for this claim is irrelevant. Web results discuss the Orion Nebula and general smart telescopes, but none confirm amateur astronomers in NZ/Australia capturing the Orion spacecraft.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed on 1 January 1901 as a federation of six self-governing former British colonies. The human history of Australia, however, commences with the arrival of the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A list of notable groups devoted to promoting astronomy research and education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_astronomical_societies

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“NASA sent four astronauts on a mission around the Moon on 1 April”

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Multiple web search results explicitly state that NASA launched four astronauts on the Artemis II mission on April 1st.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Twenty-eight people have traveled to the vicinity of the Moon, including 12 who landed and walked on the surface. These 28 are the only astronauts to have traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Between Dece…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Moon landing or lunar landing is the arrival of a crewed or robotic spacecraft on the Moon. The first human-made object to touch the Moon was Luna 2 in 1959, and the first crewed mission to land on …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program and for research in aeronautics…
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“for the first time in over 50 years”

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Five independent cross-references (NBC Washington, Al Jazeera, Daily Maverick, France24) confirm this was the first crewed mission around the Moon in over 50 years.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As part of the Artemis program by NASA, crews of four astronauts are planned to fly lunar missions beginning in 2026. The Artemis II flyby of the Moon included the first four astronauts to fly beyond …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Artemis_astronauts

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“The 10-day voyage set a new record distance for humans in space.”

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Multiple sources, including UT Austin News and BBC News, confirm the mission lasted 10 days and set a new record for the furthest distance humans have traveled from Earth.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apo…
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“NASA's broader Artemis programme... aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface and, for the first time, explore the Moon's south pole.”

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Wikipedia and NASA's official program descriptions confirm the goal of returning humans to the lunar surface and exploring the south pole.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration, aimed at returning humans to the Moon for the first time since the Apollo pro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

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web search NEUTRAL — US space agency NASA reveals why we left the Moon and how the Artemis II program could mark our return to the lunar surface after decades.The Artemis program is NASA's closest opportunity to get human…
https://www.uniladtech.com/science/space/artemis-moon-progra…

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web search NEUTRAL — Explore how NASA’s Artemis mission will return humans to the Moon, prepare for Mars, and shape the future of space exploration.
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/artemis/

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“One of the most striking images sent from space was a solar eclipse viewed from lunar orbit.”

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NASA web search results specifically mention that the Artemis II astronauts captured an in-space solar eclipse during their flight.

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“amateur astrologers on Earth also captured the speed at which the spacecraft travels with the Odyssey Pro smart telescope from the French company Unistellar.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the use of the Odyssey Pro smart telescope by amateurs to capture the spacecraft.

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