nag hmo, Artemis II lub hom phiaj ua tiav nws qhov kev cia siab heev lunar flyby, nrog Orion spacecraft tuaj nyob rau hauv tsuas yog 4,067 mais ntawm lub hli saum npoo. Thaum lub sijhawm lawv hla dhau ntawm lub hli, plaub astronauts tau mus txog qhov siab tshaj plaws ntawm 252,756 mais ntawm lub ntiaj teb, rhuav tshem cov ntaub ntawv ib nrab xyoo pua rau qhov deb tshaj plaws tib neeg spaceflight deb uas tau teeb tsa los ntawm Apollo 13.
Thaum lub sijhawm xya teev flyby, cov astronauts tau pom yav dhau los tsis pom kev pom ntawm lub hli sab deb, nrog kwv yees 21% ntawm thaj av ntawd mysterious illuminated los ntawm lub hnub los ntawm lawv qhov kev xav. Kev sib txuas lus tau cuam tshuam txog txog 40 feeb raws li Orion dhau tom qab lub hli, thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm kuj pom ib qho spectacular “Earthset.”
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen worked in two shifts over roughly five hours, taking approximately 10,000 photos. They identified key geological features, including the Hertzsprung Basin and the Orientale Basin, and named two small craters “Integrity” thiab “Carroll” — the latter in honor of Wiseman’s late wife. The four astronauts hugged and shed tears as a moment of silence was observed in Houston’s Mission Control.
Later in the flyby, the crew experienced a total solar eclipse that lasted nearly an hour — far longer than the typical few minutes such eclipses last on Earth. They witnessed streamers in the solar corona and observed planets including Mars, Venus, and Saturn, as well as breathtaking views of the Milky Way.
Cov ntawv sau loj heev ntawm cov duab uas tau ntes thaum lub hom phiaj no yuav muab cov lus tseem ceeb rau lub hli lub hauv paus chiv keeb thiab tso lub hauv paus rau yav tom ntej lub hli saum npoo av. Commander Reid Wiseman tau hais tias, “Qhov no yog qhov peb ua tau zoo tshaj plaws thaum peb txhua tus tuaj ua ke thiab ua haujlwm ua ib pab pawg.” Science officer Dr.. Kelsey Young ntxiv, “Koj yeej coj lub hli los ze zog rau peb hnub no.”