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Artemis II Catches Glimpse of the Moon's Grand Canyon, a Basin That Looks Like a Giant Bullseye
Learn about the Orientale basin, a ringed impact structure on the moon that was recently seen by the Artemis II crew.
The photos show an eclipse and a distant Earth disappearing behind the moon, a disorienting and surreal perspective. Here's what to know.
The Orientale Basin, often referred as the “Grand Canyon of the Moon,” is one of the largest and best-preserved impact basins in the solar system. Spanning roughly 950 km, the immense structure sits near the Moon’s western edge,
A gray powder that looks like ash can become something closer to stone when hit with the right beam of light. Engineers have shown that simulated lunar soil can be melted and layered into solid shapes using a laser-based 3D printing technique, producing ...
In an on-going overhaul of NASA's Artemis program, agency officials say it will take seven years to build a sophisticated base on the moon.
Staff at a Welsh laser company are "over the moon" after their technology was used in the Artemis II space mission. The four astronauts on board the Orion spacecraft achieved a historic lunar flyby that saw them travel further from Earth than any other humans.
Gio Insignares provides the latest on the Artemis II moon mission, which now has the group of NASA astronauts heading back to Earth with their landing scheduled for Friday.