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Elizabeth Howell

The moon is green and brown? Why scientists are already excited about Artemis II's historic lunar photos

A gray sphere in the darkness of space is seen from a white spacecraft with solar panels to the left of the image. .

The four Artemis II astronauts will return to Earth on Friday (April 10) — delivering not only themselves but also a precious trove of images from their lunar journey. And the geologists supporting the mission can hardly wait to dive in.

"The images are spectacular, absolutely," Gordon Osinski, a crater specialist and planetary geologist at Canada's Western University who has been deeply involved in the Artemis II crew’s geology training, told Live Science after seeing the first photos of the crew’s seven-hour lunar flyby.

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