Artemis II astronauts gazed at our Moon with joy, curiosity, and reverence. Through finer robotic orbital views, so can you.

The Orion spacecraft with Artemis II astronauts returned to Earth on April 10 after their flyby around the Moon on April 6. Bottom left: The lunar flight crew from left to right: Mission Specialists Christina Koch & Jeremy Hansen, Pilot Victor Glover, and Commander Reid Wiseman. Images: NASAAfter five decades of human absence at our Moon, the four astronauts of Artemis II marveled at a stark lunar landscape on April 6 as their Orion spacecraft swung them around our cosmic companion. This was followed by a return journey of about four days, after which the Orion capsule slammed into Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 40,000 kilometers per hour to go through a fiery but orchestrated reentry. The steep reentry profile made the astronauts briefly experience peak gravitational loads of four times of what you and I feel on Earth’s surface. 14 minutes after first hitting Earth’s atmosphere, the capsule splashed down on sea under parachutes, bringing the astronauts safely back home. The mission’s…