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Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations

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Briefings

NASA's Artemis II crew observed five faint 'pinprick' light flashes from the Moon during a 2026 mission, caused by rocky impacts. The crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor 'Ike' Glover, and Jeremy Hansen recorded these impacts on a tablet screenshot taken on April 6, 2026, while the spacecraft was 46,000 miles from the lunar surface. A full lunar science dataset from this journey is now publicly available for global study.

Key points

• The Artemis II crew observed five extremely faint 'pinprick' bursts of light from their view aboard Orion, which was 46,000 miles away from the Moon at the time of observation.
• The impacts were caused by rocky fragments hitting the Moon, and the crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor 'Ike' Glover, and Jeremy Hansen recorded these events on a tablet screenshot taken on April 6, 2026.

Context and limitations

The evidence is limited to a single screenshot from April 6, 2026, and does not include data from the full 2026 mission duration or the complete lunar science dataset available to the public.

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