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[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

The moon is far away. Like really far away. They ISS is hard to get to, and the moon is 1000x farther away. So, just getting far enough to swoop around and come back is an achievement in its own right.

Also, it is part of a series of missions that will culminate in humans walking on the surface of the moon once again.