NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public

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- Nature, Published online: 07 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03197-7 Annotated images and more collected by the four astronauts could inform missions to the lunar surface.
- A visualization of a dark Moon eclipsing the Sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member’s tablet. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and Victor “Ike” Glover (in green) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) Jeremy Hansen (in red) observed…
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- The first crewed lunar mission in more than a half-century brought back more than 800 gigabytes of data on colorful craters, flashing meteoroids, and much more
- The data drop includes photographs, audio, video, and astronauts’ notes that will be used to study the moon and prepare for future human missions.
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- A visualization of a dark moon eclipsing the sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member's tablet.