04/24/2026
The data collected by the Artemis II mission is projected to have an impact on the research and study of many University of Rhode Island students and professors.
The Orion spacecraft Integrity splashed down in the Pacific Ocean at 8:07 a.m. on April 10, marking the end of the Artemis II mission. On the 10-day trip, four astronauts traveled farther than any other humans have in history, viewing parts of the moon that have never been seen before. While the data collected from the mission is still being analyzed, the images alone have provided a large data point, according to URI Physics Professor Rob Coyne.
“I have not dug deep into the publicly released data from the Artemis mission quite yet,” Coyne said. “I have of course enjoyed the images. Those images, although many of them are simple, just awe inspiring and pretty, they’re also doing really important work as scientific data.”
Coyne is researching gravitational wave astrophysics, with concentrations in multi-messenger astronomy and Gamma-Ray burst astrophysics. The other astrophysics research group at URI, The Quasar Group, makes multiwavelength images of quasars, extremely active and luminous galactic nuclei.
Read the full article by Carlos Pinto at rhodycigar.com.
