{"id":9212,"date":"2026-04-05T07:10:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9212"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:10:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:10:44","slug":"130034832-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=9212","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The best camera to ever exist\u2019: Artemis II crew to study the Moon’s surface mainly with their eyes | – The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Nasa<\/a>\u2019s Artemis II astronauts, on a historic journey to the Moon, will study its surface with what lead scientist Kelsey Young calls \u201cthe best camera that could ever or will ever exist\u201d\u2014their own eyes. As of early Sunday, the four-member crew, comprising three Americans, commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch\u2014and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen, have crossed the \u201ctwo thirds\u201d mark of their voyage aboard the Orion spacecraft. They are expected to reach the Moon on Monday and conduct a fly-around, capturing images of the lunar far side during the mission. \u201cThe human eye is basically the best camera that could ever or will ever exist,\u201d Kelsey Young, lead scientist for Artemis II told AFP. \u201cThe number of receptors in the human eye far outweighs what a camera is able to do.\u201dDespite advances in imaging technology, Young noted that human vision excels at detecting colour, context, and subtle changes in lighting that reveal textures on the lunar surface. \u201cHumans can understand how lighting changes surface details, like how angled lighting reveals texture but reduces visible colour,\u201d she added.The crew has undergone more than two years of rigorous training to become \u201cfield scientists,\u201d including geological expeditions to Iceland and Canada, simulated lunar flybys, and memorising the Moon\u2019s \u201cBig 15\u201d landmarks. Using an inflatable Moon globe, astronauts practised observing how sunlight alters surface colours and textures, refining their skills for detailed note-taking.Noah Petro, head of Nasa\u2019s planetary geology lab, said the Moon will appear \u201cabout the size of a basketball held at arm’s length\u201d to the astronauts. \u201cThe question I\u2019m most interested in is, are they going to be able to see colour on the lunar surface,\u201d he said, referring to subtle browns and tans that indicate composition and history.David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Institute tempered expectations for major discoveries, but emphasised the historic nature of the observations. \u201cHaving astronauts describing what they\u2019re seeing\u2026 that is an occurrence that at least two generations of people on Earth have never heard before,\u201d he said.Artemis II was launched from Kennedy Space Center\u2019s Launch Complex 39B atop NASA\u2019s Space Launch System rocket on April 1. The mission, the first crewed Moon journey in more than 53 years, advances Nasa\u2019s Artemis programme, which aims for sustainable lunar exploration and eventual human missions to Mars.<\/div>\n\n

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