{"id":233049,"date":"2026-04-06T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/nerds-unite-nasas-artemis-ii-flies-around-the-moon-watch-live\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:56:02","slug":"nerds-unite-nasas-artemis-ii-flies-around-the-moon-watch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/nerds-unite-nasas-artemis-ii-flies-around-the-moon-watch-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerds Unite: NASA&#8217;s Artemis II Flies Around the Moon (Watch Live)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/l.lj-toys.com\/?auth_token=sessionless%3A1775538000%3Aembedcontent%3A3616053%262181264%26%26%26youtube%26z-j1uxBmis0%3A6fd81b9871b5636ba444772fbfeaeea8a7de2bc6&amp;source=youtube&amp;vid=z-j1uxBmis0&amp;moduleid=2181264&amp;preview=&amp;journalid=3616053&amp;noads=\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"lj_embedcontent\" allowfullscreen=\"\" name=\"embed_3616053_2181264\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On Monday, April 6, the four astronauts of Artemis II will travel farther from Earth than any humans in history\u2014breaking the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll sail around the far side of the Moon, photographing lunar features never before seen by human eyes. At their closest point, they&#8217;ll pass roughly 4,000 miles above the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>Notable moments:<br \/>&#8211; The crew has noted that they are seeing brown and green tones up close, perhaps from ancient volcanic activity<br \/>&#8211; The crew named two craters on the moon: Integrity, named for the shuttle, and Carroll who was commander Reid Wiseman&#8217;s late wife.<br \/>&#8211; A jar of Nutella took a tour of the shuttle cabin.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To commemorate the Artemis II mission, the astronauts announced their suggestion to rename certain features on the Moon to honor the Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, as well as commander Reid Wiseman&#8217;s late wife, Carroll. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ejfhnItDo8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ejfhnItDo8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2041221238274568520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NEWS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">#NEWS<\/a> \ud83d\udea8: Watch as a random jar of Nutella photobombs the Artemis II livestream <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MpVsHoWmPy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/MpVsHoWmPy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Latest in space (@latestinspace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latestinspace\/status\/2041244621859172439?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Approaching the near side of the Moon. <\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OapAGgGMex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/OapAGgGMex<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAArtemis\/status\/2041216809748013274?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You had us at cosmic brownie!\u2728<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAArtemis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@NASAArtemis<\/a> II crew has quite a selection to choose from for midday meals.<\/p>\n<p>Tell us your lunar lunch pick! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JQIbDqz45W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/JQIbDqz45W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2041155224862085258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a name=\"cutid1-end\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/z-j1uxBmis0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2041221238274568520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/latestinspace\/status\/2041244621859172439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAArtemis\/status\/2041216809748013274\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2041155224862085258\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com\/132173751.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, April 6, the four astronauts of Artemis II will travel farther from Earth than any humans in history\u2014breaking the record set by Apollo 13 in 1970. They&#8217;ll sail around the far side of the Moon, photographing lunar features never before seen by human eyes. At their closest point, they&#8217;ll pass roughly 4,000 miles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":233050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-233049","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}