# NASA opens Artemis II moon data to scientists

> NASA releases 800 gigabytes of images, video and observations from the Artemis II mission, the first crewed spacecraft to approach the moon in five decades.
- Title: NASA opens Artemis II moon data to scientists · WIRED
- Summary: NASA releases 800 gigabytes of images, video and observations from the Artemis II mission, the first crewed spacecraft to approach the moon in five decades…
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- Source: WIRED — https://wired.com/story/nasa-just-made-nearly-1-tb-of-artemis-ii-data-available-to-the-public
- Author: Jorge Garay
- Published: 2026-10-09T18:30:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: nasa, artemis ii, moon, lunar science, planetary data system, orion capsule
## NASA releases Artemis II archive
NASA has released about eight hundred gigabytes of scientific data from the Artemis II mission, including eleven thousand full-resolution images and videos, eight point five hours of spoken observations, and astronaut notes.
## First human lunar data in fifty years
NASA describes this as the first set of planetary science data obtained outside Earth and directly by humans in more than half a century. The closest comparable precedent dates back to the Apollo era.
## Three reports accompany the data
NASA released three reports summarizing what was learned during the first crewed spacecraft mission to approach the moon in five decades: the Artemis II Preliminary Lunar Science Report, the Artemis II Lunar Science Operations Report…
## Data reveals meteoroid impacts
Initial analysis detected five small meteoroid impacts on the lunar surface during the fifty-four-minute eclipse observed by the Orion crew.
## Findings guide future lunar missions
Photographs taken near the terminator show how terrain and visibility change when the sun is very low on the horizon.
## Key takeaway

NASA released 800 gigabytes of Artemis II data including 11,000 images and videos, making the first human-collected lunar science data in over fifty years available to researchers worldwide.