Artemis II Crew Moon Photo Annotations
NASA released handwritten tablet annotations from the Artemis II crew showing lunar impact flashes observed during their April 2026 mission. The newly available dataset gives researchers a firsthand look at observations made from the Orion spacecraft.
NASA released handwritten tablet annotations from the Artemis II crew showing lunar impact flashes observed during their April 2026 mission. The newly available dataset gives researchers a firsthand look at observations made from the Orion spacecraft. During the April 6, 2026, eclipse, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen marked five faint pinprick light bursts on a tablet screenshot.
The crew recorded these impacts, caused by rocky debris hitting the Moon, while positioned 46,000 miles away. Wiseman used blue ink, Glover used green, and Hansen used red to note specific flashes and timing details. The released annotations form part of a broader lunar science dataset now open to the global science community and the public.
These crew observations provide direct human accounts of lunar meteoroid impacts during deep space flight operations.
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Original publication: 7 October 2026 21:14
