Earth and the Moon look peaceful together in space, but the Moon’s surface hides a mysterious truth. The Moon is covered with millions of craters, some more than 4 billion years old. Because the Moon has no atmosphere, nothing erases these marks — no wind, no rain, no erosion. Every hole and crack on the Moon is a record of violent asteroid impacts from deep space. A calm-looking companion… carrying the scars of the solar system’s past. 🌍🌙✨ #space #spacex #nasa #fblifestyle | Nighttime.Adventu

Before our Artemis II astronauts lift off on their journey around the Moon next year, find out what it takes to build a mission like theirs from the ground up. Episode 1 of Moonbound is live—and free to watch on NASA : https://go.nasa.gov/4oSyG5m | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration