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Cheezoholic

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6. Not like these guys have. Apollo was too close (and timing different) to see as much of a sunlit dark side as Artemis II
Mon Apr 6, 2026, 10:17 PM
Monday

And there was much they could barely see even at only 70 or so miles above it.
Reference the article from NASA. That was my point. And of course they were farther away than any human prior (Apollo 13) but we knew that would be the case

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-artemis-ii-crew-eclipses-record-for-farthest-human-spaceflight/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRBRQVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYU0ZWSmcwcFFWQjNEWUd3c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHvGkAgmEOL68B1BGEjc_cu88gexgx0lSqaqxTtscFHjbT12my96dfDZkSYbk_aem_eWhXhWwdZqvr4gfUqAhMoA


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