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Artemis astronauts saw meteoroids crash into the moon

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[0:00]Yeah, there was a little bit of giddiness. We have seen three impact flashes so far. I saw two and Jeremy has seen one. Undoubtedly, oh, Jeremy saw two, so that's four total. Undoubtedly, quick impact flashes. It was not sun glint off of particulate from the thrusters or uh, the purge tanks. It was definitely impact flashes on the moon. And Jeremy just saw another one. Go ahead with your next question.

[0:26]Um, amazing news. I literally just looked over at the Sur and they were jumping up and down literally. Um, if you could describe where on the moon you saw them, please.

[0:38]So Jeremy is seeing them kind of on and south of the equator, spread across the moon, and mine were both south of the equator and just a little bit left of center of the moon.

[0:52]Incredible news, Reed, and reminder, we have citizen scientists here on Earth looking for impact flashes. So hearing you saw them on the near side means that people saw them, too.

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