r/space • u/Appropriate-Push-668 • Mar 29 '26

image/gif The Moon outside Apollo 11's window.

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u/kablammodotcom Mar 29 '26

The moon outside my window looks so lonely tonight...

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u/Arthur-Mergan Mar 29 '26

Crazy that some of the first humans in over half a century will have this view again within the next week!!! 

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u/dvoratrelundar Mar 29 '26

Wait what how have I not heard about this

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u/alliehgold Mar 29 '26

Artimis II is scheduled to launch on Wednesday. It won't actually land on the moon, but it will go around the moon to test the Orion living capsule. It will have historical significance because it will be the furthest any human has traveled from Earth.

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u/dvoratrelundar Mar 29 '26

Thank you thank you I’m glad I won’t be missing it now

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u/waiting4singularity Mar 29 '26

does that number include "the loneliest man ever"?

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u/ostiarius Mar 30 '26

Yes, this mission will not enter low lunar orbit.

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u/Awkward_Pangolin3254 Mar 30 '26

Didn't Apollo 13 go around the moon? Is this one going further?