What Artemis II’s astronauts will look for on the Moon’s far side

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Orientale basin (rendered here in false colour using a computer model) is a multi-ringed impact crater on the far side of the Moon that the Artemis astronauts will see during their fly-by. Credit: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio

This Monday, 6 April, if all goes to plan, the astronauts aboard NASA’s Artemis II mission will fly around the far side of the Moon. It will be the first time humans have visited our celestial neighbour since 1972.

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