Why don’t space photos ever show stars? NASA’s explanation is simpler than you’d think and a photo from Artemis II proves it.

It comes down to basic camera science. The same rules that apply to your phone apply to cameras 400,000 kilometers from Earth.

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ARTEMIS II’s Orion spacecraft, a new image – 8 April 2026

After its historic flyby with the Moon and its record distance from Earth, we imaged the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft again, here it is our latest picture. The image above was taken, using one of...

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ARTEMIS II’s Orion spacecraft, an incredible image for a record setting mission – 7 April 2026

The Virtual Telescope Project has imaged the Orion spacecraft “Integrity” of ARTEMIS II, carrying the first crew en route to the Moon in 53 years, near its maximum, record setting distance from Earth. Incredible,...

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ARTEMIS II’s Orion spacecraft, a new image – 6 April 2026

We cap We spotted the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft again, now that ARTEMIS II is approaching its flyby with the Moon. We observed again the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft of ARTEMIS II on its way to...

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ARTEMIS II’s Orion spacecraft imaged – 5 April 2026

We succeeded imaging the Orion “Integrity” spacecraft, part of the ARTEMIS II mission, with the first astronauts flying to the Moon after more than 53 years. After several days of bad weather, we were...

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Artemis II, man flies to the Moon after more than 50 years: live observation of the spacecraft in space – 2 April 2026

Something epic is going to happen soon: for the first time since 1972, man is ready to leave planet Earth again, for a journey around the Moon. Artemis II is hopefully launching on 1...

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Artemis II Moon mission delayed as NASA rolls SLS back for repairs

Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the moon’s vicinity since the Apollo program, will not launch in March as originally scheduled. The delay stems from a helium flow issue observed on February 21 at Kennedy Space Center, necessitating a rollback of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for […]

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