Artemis II Preview: Earthrise from Lunar Orbit | Japan's SELENE Mission

Artemis II Preview: Earthrise from Lunar Orbit | Japan's SELENE Mission

This is the kind of spectacular view (1080P/4K) astronauts will enjoy on NASA's Artemis II orbital mission around the Moon. Launching in 2023, Artemis II will be the first crewed flight since the Apollo missions. During a roughly ten-day mission, NASA's Orion spacecraft will loop around the Moon before heading back to Earth.

Japan's SELENE Mission: "The largest lunar mission since the Apollo program" (2007-2009)

On Oct. 31, 2007, Kaguya’s two main high definition TV (HDTV) cameras, each a 2.2 megapixel CCD HDTV camera, took the first high-definition images of the Moon. A week later on Nov. 7, the spacecraft took spectacular footage of an “Earthrise,” the first since the Apollo missions in the 1970s.

The SELenological and ENgineering Explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE), Japan’s first large lunar explorer, was launched by a H-IIA carrier rocket from Tanegashima Space Center on September 14, 2007 (JST). It was better known in Japan by its nickname Kaguya. It was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe. It was produced by Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) and the National Space Development Agency (NASDA).

Learn more about Japan's historic SELENE mission here:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/kaguya/in-depth/

https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/selene/

Note: This film is protected by copyright. Illegal distribution is prohibited.

Credit: JAXA/NHK Kaguya Orbiter Archive

Video Processing: Seán Doran

Technical notes: "Source was denoised, repaired, graded, retimed & upscaled for this film."

Music Credit: 'Satya Yuga' by Jesse Gallagher / http://www.youtube.com/nightimegallagher

Duration: 11 minutes, 12 seconds

Release Date: April 10, 2021

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