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Astronauts' Moon Mission: Eyes vs. Tech

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Artemis II mission: Astronauts to loop the Moon, relying on their eyes - Four crew members, including three Americans and one Canadian, are set to retrace the Apollo crews lunar loop on Monday, using their eyes as the ultimate tool. After two years of training, theyll spot subtle shifts cameras miss, providing fresh human takes on lunar details. NASAs live feed will offer play-by-play descriptions, dropping knowledge like beats from the sixties.

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Astronauts' Moon Mission: Eyes vs. Tech

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Calgary News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Astronauts' Moon Mission: Eyes vs. Tech. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

It's April 5th. Welcome to Calgary News today, powered by AI. Over 50 years since Apollo Crews looped the moon, Artemis II astronauts are set to do it again on Monday, relying on the ultimate tool, their own. Eyes. Lead scientists Kelsey Young calls the human eye, the best camera ever, packed with receptors that crush, whatek can capture for color, context, and lightplay on surfaces. To prep the four crew members, three Americans and one Canadian trained over two years like field geologists. They hit Iceland and Canada for rock hunts, memorized the moon's top 15 landmarks, and ran fake flybys with inflatable globes to nail how. Some my shifts colors and textures. What makes eye special here is spotting subtle shifts cameras miss, like how angled light pops craters but mutes use. Pilot Victor Glover dubbed them a magical instrument, perfect for quick reads on lunar details during the hours long pass. No game-changing finds expected with all the probe data out there,

says expert David Kring, but fresh human takes from space? That's gold. Two generations haven't heard. In ACES 10 observation goals ranked sites by science value, blending naked eye views with onboard cams. Tune in for NASA's live feed, minus the back of the moon blackout. These astronauts play by play descriptions are going to drop knowledge, like Beats Wee. Haven't felt since the 60s.

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