An April 6, 2026, screenshot shows NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Jeremy Hansen marking impact flashes on the moon. The crew saw five faint bursts of light from the Orion spacecraft while 46,000 miles away. These flashes showed where rocky fragments hit the moon during their space mission.
A visualization of a dark moon eclipsing the sun is marked with handwritten notes in this April 6, 2026, screenshot from an Artemis II crew member's tablet.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman (in blue) and Victor "Ike" Glover (in green) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen (in red) observed impact flashes and their locations, which are noted on the image. Overall, the astronauts reported seeing five extremely faint "pinprick" bursts of light from their view aboard Orion, which was 46,000 miles (74,000 kilometers) away from the moon at the time. These flashes are sparked by rocky fragments hitting the moon.