2026-04-14 14:55 UTC
We spotted some of that #Moon joy!
In the early morning of 9 April, ESO's New Technology Telescope turned its gaze to the sky above La Silla in #Chile and caught something special.
Not a distant galaxy, nor a star cluster, but a streak of light with a very special story: NASA's Artemis II Orion spacecraft with a crew of four, returning from an epic journey around the Moon.
📷 ESO/I. Saviane
#astrodon #astronomy #space #science
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@esoastronomy@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 14:57
Sending Orion around the Moon and bringing it back home was the task of ESA's European Service Module, which provided power, propulsion and life support for the crew. Welcome back to Earth, Reid, Victor, Christina & Jeremy! 🧑🚀 📷 NTT image credit: ESO/I. Saviane Orbit simulation: Kel Elkins (Science and Technology Corporation), Ernie Wright (USRA)
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@PWei888@fediscience.org 2026-04-14 16:57
@esoastronomy Are there any details on how this was taken? I.e., what the parts are where the light was "absorbed"?