NASA Artemis and Spaceflight Now document Artemis II entering a roughly hour long solar eclipse, with multiple accounts emphasizing the crew can directly see the Sun's corona from lunar vicinity, a rare human space weather observation.
Artemis II is now entering a solar eclipse that will last for about an hour as Orion, the Moon and the Sun align.
During this phase, the crew will see the Sun disappear behind a mostly darkened Moon.
you’re seeing the solar corona as the artemis crew become the first ever humans to witness a solar eclipse from the moon
That light fuzz - that isn't a lunar atmosphere. That is the SUN'S CORONA.
"Wow! It's amazing!" – Artemis 2 astronaut Victor Glover describes a solar eclipse as the Moon passed in front of the Sun during the Orion capsule's lunar flyby.
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