This is by far the most difficult picture I have ever done
Each element carefully plotted on this chart tells part of the incredible story—from launch trajectory to lunar orbit
highlighting the simplicity and elegance of human innovation in space exploration
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500 light-years from Earth
Drawn by the Moon, Artemis II Moon This is by far theOrion and the Moon's far side, closer than any crew has been in over 50 years. April 6, 2026. The Orion spacecraft, lit up by the Sun, passes over the Moon during the Artemis II flyby. In the background, a waxing gibbous Moon reveals a view almost never seen from Earth. Near the center bottom sits Orientale basin, a 600 mile wide impact crater ringed by mountains, straddling the boundary between the near and far sides. To its left: the far side, the