NASA releases over 800 GB of Artemis II lunar science data and more than 11,000 images and videos
7 October 2026
On 7 October 2026 NASA released over 800 GB of Artemis II lunar science data, some of it previously unreleased.
The data was uploaded to NASA's Planetary Data System.
It includes more than 11,000 full-resolution images and videos from the crew's handheld cameras and Orion's cameras.
It also carries 8.5 hours of audio recordings of the crew's observations, and crew-annotated images.
The lunar flyby was on 6 April 2026 (Flight Day 6); the crew were Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
In plain words
Artemis NASA's lunar exploration programme — The NASA programme to return humans to the Moon.
Orion Orion crew spacecraft — The capsule that carried the Artemis II crew around the Moon.