LSSW RELEASE OF LUNAR FARSIDE DATA FROM ARTEMIS II, Oct 7, 2026, virtual, 11:00 am-3:45 pm ET
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Data collected by the Artemis II crew during their April 2026 mission about the lunar farside will be released at a Lunar Surface Science Workshop (LSSW) virtual session on October 7, 2026. The event begins at 11:00 am ET and a Q&A session begins at 3:45 pm ET, but the meeting’s end time is not specified.
October 7 is the anniversary of the first images ever taken of the lunar farside by the Soviet Union’s Luna 3 on October 7, 1959.
The agenda is posted and more information and registration instructions are on the event’s website, which says:
Artemis II Science
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October 7, 2026
On October 7, 1959 images from the Luna 3 spacecraft returned the first images of the lunar far side. On the astronomically recognized Lunar Farside Day we will celebrate the public release of data from the most recent observations of the lunar farside by the Artemis II crew. The Artemis II mission successfully returned humans to the lunar vicinity in the first time in over 53 years. Crew members Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen made observations of the Moon, Earth, and experienced a solar eclipse during the lunar flyby. The LSSW will include a rollout of data findings by the Lunar Science Team. Participants will be briefed on the publicly available reports, planned for release on October 7 to coincide with this LSSW, and Planetary Data System products. The Lunar Science Team will be available to respond to questions.