Summary

This April, humanity had front-row seats to space as the Artemis II Orion spacecraft transmitted crystal-clear footage of its historic journey around the moon from more than 250,000 miles (about 402,000 kilometers) back to Earth at speeds on par with home internet connections. The livestreaming of high-definition video and high-resolution photos of the moon and Earth was made possible through the Orion Artemis II Optical Communications System (O2O).

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