Like millions around the globe, a longtime member of the Peterborough Astronomical Association has been captivated by the Artemis II mission to the moon.
Monday’s moon flyby brought the Orion spacecraft to more than 406,000 kilometres from Earth, surpassing the record set by the ill-fated Apollo 13 in 1970. Flying as close as 6,500 kilometres to the moon’s surface, Artemis II’s crew, which includes Canadian Jeremy Hansen, photographed geological features of the moon never seen before by the human eye.
Stankiewicz says the Artemis II mission has served to reignite interest in space exploration decades after the last mission to the moon.
Stankiewicz notes that not only has NASA not gone away but space travel now is a much more international pursuit.
Stankiewicz says since the 1960s, when mankind aimed to go to the moon, new space exploration objectives have been set, and met, with the same determination that was show then.
Artemis II is now on its way back home, scheduled for splashdown in the Pacific Ocean on April 10th.
(Written by: Paul Rellinger)
