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The ISS Transits the Moon (apod.nasa.gov)
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[-] redbrick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

would be cool if it could. Wasn't there an idea thrown out way back when, to repurpose the ISS for this?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

I think in this case, "transit" means "passes in front of from our perspective" rather than "travels to" :)

I don't recall ever hearing proposals to boost the ISS all the way to lunar orbit. Lunar gateway was to be a separate space station in lunar orbit, but those plans were recently abandoned in an effort to focus on (more useful) surface habitats.

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