NASA Astronauts on Artemis II Observe Five Meteor Impacts on the Moon

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Published: 2026-10-11
Category: science
Source: Mashable

Astronauts aboard NASA's Orion capsule during the Artemis II mission observed five faint flashes of light on the Moon's dark side, believed to be meteor impacts. These naked-eye observations, detailed in the Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report, are likely the faintest impact flashes ever seen by humans and lend credibility to earlier anecdotal reports from Apollo missions.

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