The Moon’s Great Scar
art002e010232 (April 6, 2026) – During the lunar flyby observation period, the Artemis II crew captures a detailed image of the Orientale basin, a 600-mile-wide impact crater marked by a dark patch of ancient lava that erupted through the Moon’s crust billions of years ago.
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April 6, 2026
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