# Back to the Moon! Artemis program follow along (it's finally happening!) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2022, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432 "2022-08-27T12:25:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 48
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/942 "2026-05-04T23:07:18Z")
NASA has now released 12,217 images from the flight. A lot of wade through but a few zingers in here: [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1777835956132601](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-TextTable.pl?results=1777835956132601) [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9301.JPG](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9301.JPG) [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9286.JPG](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9286.JPG) [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9283.JPG](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/DatabaseImages/ESC/large/ART002/ART002-E-9283.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/943 "2026-05-05T04:32:44Z")
The first link doesn’t work for me. Those other images are spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/944 "2026-05-05T09:39:09Z")
Great pics, thanks for posting! The first one of the solar eclipse is exceptionally beautiful and also interesting. The camera must have been at a wide aperture for greater sensitivity because many stars are visible. I believe they were relatively close to the moon when this was taken, so the immense size of the sun’s corona is evident. It extends 10-20 solar radii (around 7-14 million km) from the photosphere. Also interesting is that a small edge of the left side of the moon is faintly illuminated, presumably by the bright corona. If you zoom into the full-size image, small white dots (and at least one red dot) are visible on the dark surface of the moon. The red dot is at about the 10 o’clock position close to the illuminated portion. I initially thought they might be camera sensor defects, but they’re not all the same brightness. It’s hard to tell if there are any in the rest of the picture because of the star images but I think I spotted a few. Any guesses what those bright dots are? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/945 "2026-05-05T09:45:34Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > If you zoom into the full-size image… I’m no astro-guy who-knows-this science, nor do I pretend to be. But those are amazing images. Thank you for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/946 "2026-05-05T17:21:20Z")
Looks like they updated it, and a good thing too as this page has thumbnails… [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-Table.pl?results=177791454696961](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-Table.pl?results=177791454696961) > [@wolfpup](#): > > Also interesting is that a small edge of the left side of the moon is faintly illuminated, presumably by the bright corona. That’s caused by Earth shine. ---
**Author:** ![Ponderoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponderoid/32/19221_2.png) [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/947 "2026-05-05T17:23:57Z")
I’m getting " Error: missing query parameters file" again. This tells me your link goes to your temporary search results. It probably depends on a cookie on your computer. It isn’t something you can share. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/948 "2026-05-05T17:29:33Z")
Try the link in this article: [NASA just released 12,000 more Artemis II photos ‪—‬ here are a dozen of our favorites | Live Science](https://www.livescience.com/space/space-exploration/nasa-just-released-12-000-more-artemis-ii-photos-here-are-a-dozen-of-our-favorites) It’s the same as the one I just updated but perhaps it’ll work if you click through from that. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/949 "2026-05-05T17:44:31Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > Looks like they updated it, and a good thing too as this page has thumbnails… > > [https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-Table.pl?results=177791454696961](https://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/SearchPhotos/ShowQueryResults-Table.pl?results=177791454696961) The pics are great, but the interface for the gallery looks like it’s been designed 30 years ago, and the site is ultra-slow. Not a good look on NASA. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/950 "2026-05-09T16:00:32Z")
And here’s a nice video of reentry from inside the capsule posted yesterday by the Canadian Space Agency. Seeing gravity assert itself on Rise, the soft toy, is really cool. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/37HxR2dfMJM/maxresdefault.jpg "As if you were there: Return to Earth with the Artemis II crew") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37HxR2dfMJM) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/951 "2026-05-14T20:04:26Z")
An interesting video about the Artemis II images. Whodathunk you could see Earth-orbiting satellites that way?: [https://youtu.be/OdO\_g1S\_MBU](https://youtu.be/OdO_g1S_MBU) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432/952 "2026-05-14T23:58:08Z")
> **[NASA just confirmed the SLS upper stage on Artemis 3 will be replaced with a...](https://spacedaily.com/sd-n-nasa-just-confirmed-the-sls-upper-stage-on-artemis-3-will-be-replaced-with-a-hollow-spacer-and-the-choice-quietly-tells-you-the-moon-landing-has-officially-moved-to-artemis-4/)** > > NASA confirmed on May 13 that the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 3 will fly without a functioning upper stage. In place of the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage that powered Artemis 1 toward the Moon, the rocket will carry an inert... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-moon-artemis-program-follow-along-its-finally-happening/970432.md?page=47)