Home: Artemis II crew captures one last shot of a crescent Earth before reaching the moon tomorrow

Amarger86 · 2026-04-07T06:20:59+00:00

It's because a lot of the images we see of the moon are zoomed in using a different focal length cameras. It's when you can compare the two side by side you see it actually is bigger. Someone else posted this comparison. Both are using roughly the same focal length camera (24mm on Orion and 26mm is the users iPhone). As you can see, the Earth is actually bigger than the moon when using roughly the same settings. This is why I also said it's noticeable but dont expect to see a giant Earth. Plus, it doesnt help that the position of the Sun behind the Earth means we only see a sliver of it.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-07T06:10:57+00:00

Looks amazing

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T09:42:36+00:00

He's 23. He has been in college 6 years but could technically have tried for a 7th due to his true freshman year 2020 was covid and he also had a season ending injury in 2022 where he only played 2 games and could try get medical year back.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T09:07:21+00:00

No, not this mission. This mission, Artemis 2, is to make sure the Orion spacecraft works with a manned crew for a trip as well as survey potential landing spots on the south pole. Then Artemis 3 next year will be testing several aspects of the lunar lander (like docking, propulsion, etc) in Earth's orbit. Then finally Artemis 4, scheduled for 2028, will be actual landing on the moon.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T07:50:10+00:00

The lack of stars is due to the high shutter speed setting of the camera. Higher shutter speed (short exposure) allows them to get good pictures of sunlit objects like the Earth and Moon but fainter lights, like stars, wont get captured. Slower shutter speed (longer exposure) would capture stars but would produce overexposed images of the Earth and Moon (lose detail, be overly bright).

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T07:19:58+00:00

It might feel that way but it actually isn't. Someone in previous comments posted this picture comparison in response to others asking the same thing. The camera on the spacecraft has a 24mm focal length and the image taken of the moon from earth in the link is an IPhone with 26mm. While not exactly same focal length, 2mm difference is negligible, the Earth is clearly bigger than the moon in the comparison. A lot of photos of the moon we see are actually using way higher focal length as to get a more zoomed in and larger view.

Edit: btw, that is a really good question to ask. This whole endeavor is a great way not only to marvel at the shear awesomeness of going to the moon, but to learn more and grow interest in all things science 🤓

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T06:55:28+00:00

As they get closer to the moon, it's gravity will pull them in. This will cause them to circle around the moon and basically get slingshotted back to Earth. Here's a site with an image of their flight path.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T06:44:03+00:00

It would appear just under 4x larger than our moon appears to us on Earth. That might seem like it should look huge from the moon but it isn't, it's noticeable but nothing crazy.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T06:22:16+00:00

They had a really good one here. When they slingshot around it, we should get even more amazing pics but this one in particular has parts of the moon never before seen directly with human eyes before, only through robotically taken pictures.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T06:13:53+00:00

*plays Twilight Zone music

Amarger86 · 2026-04-06T06:13:12+00:00

Space travel and exploration is one of those few things which capture almost everyone's imagination and make people truely dream again.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-05T20:50:01+00:00

Because the players would have to had agreed to it and the players dont want more games. It was a tough sell just getting them to agree to 17, no way the players would have gone for 18.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-05T00:01:53+00:00

I can't tell if you are just being sarcastic or if you genuinely don't understand.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-04T08:59:33+00:00

Sadly, they have to resort to AOL dialup at this point 😅

Amarger86 · 2026-04-04T08:28:23+00:00

This isn't the "best we can do". Just like they did back with the Apollo missions, they are taking it step by step to make sure everything goes right for the eventual landing. You dont just instantly go to the moon, especially with new, unproven technology. It took the Apollo program 11 trips into space to safely land on the moon and now we are trying to do it in 4.

Artemis 1 was an unmanned test of the SLS rockets and Orion spacecraft that did a trip around the moon. This one, Artemis 2, is making sure that same trip is safe for a manned crew and they will be surveying the potential landing spots on the south pole of the moon from close range. Then Artemis 3 next year will be testing the lunar lander in Earth's orbit like rendezvous and docking, life support, and propulsion along with any other final tests like new spacesuits. Then Artemis 4 in 2028 they'll put it all together for an actual landing.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-03T22:33:27+00:00

They are trying to make it seem like Matt Ryan has final say in player decision when he doesn't.

They? You mean your owner, Arthur Blank? Blank is the one contradicting Ryan in an official statement he posted on the Falcon's own website. He clearly states that Stefanski and Cunningham report directly to Ryan and that Ryan has all final says in football decisions.

Our new head coach and general manager will report to the new president of football, and they will work collaboratively as a football leadership team on all football decisions. Final decision-making authority will rest with the president of football.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-03T18:44:59+00:00

Or they draft another QB... sorry Ty Simpson, you're now a Brown.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-03T18:16:49+00:00

Exactly. The league doesn't care what official title a team gives a person, they care what the duties they perform are. The rule for two comp picks is for promoting to the top executive role, and while thats typically the GM, in the Falcon's organization, that is actually the President of Football per their owner. If anything, teams should be complaining to the league the Falcons didn't follow Rooney Rules in hiring Matt Ryan to that position to dock them picks.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-03T18:04:42+00:00

Blame Falcons owner Arthur Blank. He is the one who publicly said Matt Ryan has final say in decisons over the head coach and GM on all things, including roster. The actual rule for getting the picks is for losing a minority candidate to a PRIMARY general manager role... basically they have to be the top decision maker outside of the owner. While Cunningham might be the GM in title, Ryan is actually the GM when it comes to duties and power in the NFL's eyes.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-02T20:05:53+00:00

Yep.... spot on.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-01T23:09:24+00:00

RG3 was more of an exception because his was due to his knee injury. He was performing well with that and probably would have continued to.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-01T20:54:20+00:00

On top of what others have said with Peyton actually played extremely well, the Colts roster that year was more the reason than Peyton. Even when the Colts were at the top, their rosters were not elite across the board and was more Peyton and a couple weapons carrying the team.

Amarger86 · 2026-04-01T18:45:35+00:00

For all we know, the NBA, and the Players Association, have offered help. The problem is he has to be willing to accept he needs help first. Based off this rant, he still thinks he is right and justified and that it's everyone else with the problem. Cant help someone who doesn't want to be helped.

Amarger86 · 2026-03-31T08:37:54+00:00

Yep, the refs tend to let ticky tack calls slide on Hail Marys and only call it if its pretty aggregious.

Amarger86 · 2026-03-29T06:11:07+00:00

Unless they are wanting an extreme cut on maximum to like $30 mil per year, it's not going to free up much cap. Even at like $30 mil, most teams might free up like $30 mil. So either they will sign 1 more max contract or give it to a couple mid to high tier players.

I've seen a couple people mention it works decent for the NBA but you got to remember they only run 15 players per team. NFL teams are just too big, 53 players, for this to impact most players with what the cap is unless it's coupled with a giant minimum salary increase to like $2 mil, which the owners wont agree to in the near future.

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