The Artemis launched for a lunar mission
With spacecraft Orion fly past the moon
Crewed mission with men and a woman
To review future crewed landing mission
Explore the Moon more, an unending Passion.
A precursor to future lunar landings
The Artemis hits new milestones
Farthest trek in space by any astronauts
Past the Moon’s far side in orbital chase
First to view the solar eclipse from space.
We see only the near side familiar face
where all past missions have made their base
Hidden from Earth’s view is the far side
Always invisible to us, since tidally locked
Maiden picture by humans of the unknown side.
Two sides appear as two distinct hemispheres
Terminator line demarcates the two halves
Near side with more volcanic craters
Far side with impact and secondary craters
With diverse history, both parts differ in looks
Thus ended the ten days sojourn of Artemis
The Orion returned and carved many milestones.
…….. Narayan Gadagkar