Las Vegas Sphere Turns Into Huge Moon
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech NASA’s historic Artemis 2 mission has been a resounding success so far. The crew of four astronauts hurtled around the Moon earlier this week and are expected to make reentry and splash down in the Pacific Ocean Friday evening, bookending an exciting opening salvo for the space agency’s efforts to return humans to the lunar surface for the first time in over half a century. Meanwhile, the country continues to cheer them on from over 100,000 miles away. In one particularly creative celebration, the Sphere in Las Vegas, a massive round screen-covered entertainment arena just off of the Strip, partnered with NASA to turn the hulking structure into the Moon itself. Drone footage shared by the venue shows the mission’s Orion spacecraft lazily circling the picture-perfect Moon. The space agency “provided us with a 3D model of the spacecraft and unique soundbites from the April 1st launch to help us design the Moon, spacecraft, and flight path to …
