Artemis II flies by moon in first, historic look at the lunar dark sideBy Alex Oliveira

New York Post

By Alex Oliveira
Published April 6, 2026, 3:19 p.m. ET

Artemis II began its historic flyby of the moon Monday in the mission’s showstopper event — giving the crew the world’s first glimpses ever of parts of the lunar dark side, which they described as being “impossibly rugged” and “alien.”

The capsule began the flyby around 2:45 p.m. ET, and will spend just over six hours arcing around the moon with its windows pointed toward the far side of the lunar surface.

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