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Artemis II crosses halfway, shooting on modified iPhones

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The Artemis II crew crossed the halfway point to the Moon carrying modified iPhones as their primary cameras in a NASA first, capturing Earth eclipsing the Sun with twin auroras, while Planet Labs agreed to withhold satellite imagery of Iran at US government request.

Reporting date: 2026-04-05 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to April 5, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Artemis II completes the first translunar injection since 1972

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Artemis II crosses halfway, shooting on modified iPhones
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Reporting date: 2026-04-05
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-04-05-artemis-crosses-the-halfway-point
Claim: The Artemis II crew crossed the halfway point to the Moon carrying modified iPhones as their primary cameras in a NASA first, capturing Earth eclipsing the Sun with twin auroras, while Planet Labs agreed to withhold satellite imagery of Iran at US government request.
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- Welcome to April 5, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-april-5-2026
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