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Artemis II Meets Hidden Moon Aliens Meme

This is a two-panel joke meme using the popular adjacent car shocked stare template from the Netflix series *The Umbrella Academy*. The meme references the NASA Artemis II mission, which will pass behind the far side of the Moon resulting in a temporary communications blackout. The top panel shows Vanya Hargreeves with a shocked expression, captioned 'Artemis II crew researching the far side of the moon'. The bottom panel shows Five Hargreeves in an adjacent car staring back with an equally shocked expression, captioned 'Alien army trying to launch a surprise invasion on Earth'. The joke plays on the long-running popular conspiracy theory that alien life and technology are secretly hidden on the far side of the Moon, humorously suggesting the Artemis II mission has accidentally interrupted a planned alien invasion of Earth.
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Artemis II crew researching the far side of the moon; Alien army trying to launch a surprise invasion on Earth

Overview

This is a two-panel joke meme using the popular adjacent car shocked stare template from the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy. The meme references the NASA Artemis II mission, which will pass behind the far side of the Moon resulting in a temporary communications blackout. The top panel shows Vanya Hargreeves with a shocked expression, captioned 'Artemis II crew researching the far side of the moon'. The bottom panel shows Five Hargreeves in an adjacent car staring back with an equally shocked expression, captioned 'Alien army trying to launch a surprise invasion on Earth'. The joke plays on the long-running popular conspiracy theory that alien life and technology are secretly hidden on the far side of the Moon, humorously suggesting the Artemis II mission has accidentally interrupted a planned alien invasion of Earth.

Origin notes

This meme originated on Reddit as a humorous take on the Artemis II lunar mission, which was publicly announced to pass behind the Moon leading to 40 minutes of communications blackout. This fact inspired jokes about aliens hiding on the Moon's far side, and this meme uses an existing popular meme template taken from a scene in the Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy, where two characters stare at each other in shock from adjacent cars.

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