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Lunar Flyby

https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/
729kipi | | 180 | HN
_august | parent | next
Are full size/larger images available somewhere? 1920x1280px seems low.

Edit: Found 'em: https://images.nasa.gov/search?page=1&media=image&yearStart=...

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farmerbb | parent | next
It looks like changing the `~large` in the image filename to `~orig` gets you the full size versions.
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madrox | parent | next
There is something uncanny about the bandwidth and quality of all the artifacts coming from this mission.

I've subsisted on photos from the Apollo missions and artistic renditions for so long that seeing the modern, high resolution real thing to be quite stirring in a way I didn't expect. It actually does make me believe that the future could be quite cool.

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ranger207 | parent | next
I have to admit, I've been an Artemis hater ($4 billion per launch lol) but the experience of watching people go back around the Moon has been incredibly inspiring, and it proves to me that maybe we can still do hard things
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dylan604 | parent | next
I listened to pretty much the entire fly by yesterday, and I was imagining how I would have spent my time at the windows with a camera. Listening to the comms made me think of that episode from From The Earth to the Moon where they take the astronauts out and give them geology lessons so they could be more productive with their descriptions.

I was also very curious of their descriptions during the eclipse where the Earth shine was lighting up the dark side of the moon to such a surreal look they couldn't really describe it. They were even commenting that they didn't feel the photos being taken were doing it justice either.

I also was wondering if they will make any modifications to the capsule since covering a window to block the Earth shine caused concern on the ground from some of the readings they were getting. Assuming it was overheating as they redirected air flow to the window. Then again, the following missions won't be so concerned with a single fly by so probably not something they'll address.

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LorenDB | parent | next
I think my favorite of all these images is https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/amf-art002e009287/. The sheer size difference, while simply a trick of perspective, makes Earth feel tiny and insignificant.
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irickt | parent | next
This is the best animation of the trajectory I've seen: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap260406.html
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gasi | parent | next
I built a zoomable collection viewer for all NASA Artemis II + Apollo 8 gallery images at their full original resolutions—nearly 2 gigapixels across 104 images. Spanning 1968 Earthrise to 2026 Earthset:

https://zoomhub.net/showcase/photography/nasa

Try different layouts with L (grid, masonry, spiral, etc.), filter by gallery or camera, WASD/Q/E/Tab to navigate.

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sph | parent | next
I shared some of these pictures with family members that hadn’t even heard of Artemis, and one asked if the blue thing was Mars. I am shook.
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cogogo | parent | next
Are the bright spots to the lower right in this photo galaxies or just camera artifacts[0]? Unreal photo either way.

[0]https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e009301/art002e00...

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wishfish | parent | next
Zoomed into several of the lunar surface photos and noticed some of the very small impact craters are in a regularly spaced straight line.

Looks to me as if a meteorite came in at a shallow angle and basically skipped across the surface. Leaving dimpled craters as it bounced. Looks very similar to rocks skipping on a pond. Am I correct or is there another explanation for these?

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ge96 | parent | next
Wonder how it feels after being out there, seeing that, then coming back like alright back in the system I go.
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jflessau | parent | next
Just wanted to say how moving I find these pictures. Proof of what humanity is capable of :)
joemi | parent | next
I started rewatching For All Mankind a week or so before the Artemis II launch, so it's been pretty wild to watch an alt-history about people going to and settling on the Moon and Mars, and then to see real life people just starting to return to the Moon at the same time.
ashton314 | parent | next
Amaze, amaze, amaze!

Loved the Project Hail Mary quote from one of the mission controllers. :)

This bright spot in world news has been good for my mental health and general motivation. Thank you NASA!

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neverkn0wsb357 | parent | next
I wish they would’ve flown by and taken a picture of the Apollo 11 lunar landing site.

I think it would’ve been a super cool throwback to the history of lunar exploration; maybe it’s just me but I think it would’ve been really exciting. It would basically be the like visiting a UNESCO (moon?) heritage site.

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SegfaultSeagull | parent | next
Can someone ELI5 how it is one side of the moon is never seen on Earth? The moon orbits and also rotates, does it not?
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suzzer99 | parent | next
I hope they listened to Dark Side of the Moon on the flyby.
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boguscoder | parent | next
There’s something off about gps coordinates in EXIF data
PedroBatista | parent | next
Very cool pictures, especially those ones backlit by the Sun are something new. ie real photos that we usually only see in sci-fi games or movies.

But the real question is: Who of those 4 clogged up the toilet? That's what the public demands to know.

balajeekalyan | parent | next
Really cool! Artemis III will be even more breathtaking I think https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/
linzhangrun | parent | next
The best camera position for landscape photography. Well done.
aosaigh | parent | next
I cannot fathom what it must be like to witness this in-person. The pictures are spectacular but to spend time experiencing it outside the window in your proximity must be overwhelming in the most incredible way.
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drfloyd51 | parent | next
The solar eclipse pictures are absolutely beautiful.
cmos | parent | next
What a trip. They must all be so excited!

I hope they will come back as ambassadors of peace.

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ggm | parent | next
odd they don't do a carousel. I get that it's not necessary and minimalism has a joy of it's own, but click-through would be useful.
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Almondsetat | parent | next
We're so not accustomed to moon pictures taken with "normal" cameras. These almost look like 3D renders to me, it's incredible
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NooneAtAll3 | parent | next
I've been thoroughly disappointed in NASA's handling of "public relations" part of the mission

every significant achievement point became a publicity stunt of lowest quality, with forced line reads and little practicality

I'm eagerly awaiting future engineering challenges and science results - but I'd want NASA to concentrate on that first, and farce show-making second

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cruffle_duffle | parent | next
These things are so damn cool!
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