For the past two weeks, I’ve been enthralled with the broadcast of the flight of Artemis II, taking a crew of 4 astronauts for a “quick” trip out to the Moon and back over 10 days. At this time, they have safely returned to the Earth and the excitement has subsided. This crew travelled the furthest away from Earth of any humans, reaching 252,756 miles (as the crow flies). In doing so, they travelled a total of 700,237 miles around the Earth and the Moon and between them, again another record.
Over those 10 days, I relived the thrill I had as a kid when I watched the Apollo missions make their way to and onto the Moon. But there are so many differences in this half century since those flights, most of which relate to the experience we can share with the astronauts as they complete their mission.
I’m so grateful that I’ve been around to experience both sets of events. I thought it might be interesting to look at how different these two experiences were from an observer’s and photographer’s perspective.
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