Washington DC, April 6 -- NASA Astronaut Chris Williams on Monday said that as the Artemis crew approaches the Moon, they will get a closer look at the craters on the surface, which serve as a historical record of the conditions around the Earth and Moon.

Williams said that the Earth also had seen several impacts throughout history, but plate tectonics, weathering, and volcanism have erased those.

In a post on X, he said, "As the NASA Artemis II crew approaches the Moon, they will get a firsthand view of the Moon's surface. One of the most striking (pun intended) features they will see is the craters which mark its surface, and are especially numerous on the far side, which the crew will be able to see direct. These craters are formed b...