Astronauts' Moon Flyby: First Human Eyes on Far Side

0:00On April 7, four astronauts on NASA's Artemis 2 mission just wrapped up their lunar fly-by, pushing farther from Earth than any humans ever before. And now they're cruising back home. They lost contact with mission control for 40 minutes while swinging behind the moon, then dipped close to its surface and caught a total solar, eclips from that unreal vantage point. The crew was thrilled when Combs kicked back in, with one astronaut calling it amazing to hear Earth again, while another shouted love from the moon. To everyone below, honoring the pioneers who got us here. Dismarked the first human eyes on parts of the moon's far side, spotting craters and lava planes up close, and they snapped photos, sketched, details, and recorded audio descriptions to capture at all. NASA's team says those human observations pick up subtle colors and textures, cameras miss, and now the crew faces checkups before ablazing. 25,000 mile per hour reentry splashdown in the Pacific to test the capsule's heat shield. This has been Global News Today, powered by AI.

1:02I'm Corey with the story.