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Earthset, April 6, 2026, as seen by the crew of NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft because it swung across the far aspect of the moon.
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On the best way to the moon, NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman took this image of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after finishing the translunar-injection burn. There are two auroras (prime proper and backside left), and zodiacal mild (backside proper) is seen because the Earth eclipses the solar.
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NASA astronaut Christina Koch is illuminated by a display screen contained in the darkened Orion spacecraft on the third day of the company’s Artemis II mission, April 3, 2026. To the fitting, Canadian House Company astronaut Jeremy Hansen is seen in profile peering out of one in all Orion’s home windows. Lights are turned off to keep away from glare on the home windows.
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Astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch friends out of one of many Orion spacecraft’s predominant cabin home windows, trying again at Earth, because the crew travels towards the moon.
Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in area with a digicam mounted on one in all its solar-array wings throughout a routine exterior inspection of the spacecraft on April 3, 2026.
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A view of Earth, seen from area, on April 4, 2026.
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Artemis II pilot and NASA astronaut Victor Glover friends out of one of many Orion spacecraft’s home windows, trying again at Earth forward of the crew’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.
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Earlier than going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped yet another picture of the moon because it drew shut within the window of the Orion spacecraft.
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NASA employees pose for a bunch picture within the White Flight Management Room at Johnson House Middle in Houston, Texas, on April 6, 2026.
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The Artemis II crew captures a portion of the moon coming into view alongside the terminator, the boundary between lunar day and evening, the place low-angle daylight casts lengthy, dramatic shadows throughout the floor. This picture was captured about three hours into the crew’s lunar remark interval, as they flew across the far aspect of the moon on the sixth day of the mission.
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An in depth view of Vavilov Crater on the rim of the older and bigger Hertzsprung basin. The correct portion of the picture reveals the transition from clean materials inside an interior ring of mountains to extra rugged terrain across the rim. Vavilov and different craters and their ejecta are accentuated by lengthy shadows on the terminator, the boundary between lunar day and evening. The picture was captured because the crew flew across the far aspect of the moon.
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Artemis II crew members witness the moon eclipsing the solar on their return voyage to Earth, on April 6, 2024.
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An in depth-up view of the moon, seen from the Orion spacecraft through the Artemis II crew’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, throughout a complete photo voltaic eclipse, with solely a part of the moon seen within the body. Though the complete lunar disk extends past the picture, the solar’s faint corona stays seen as a mushy halo of sunshine across the moon’s edge. This cropped perspective emphasizes the size of the alignment and divulges delicate construction within the corona through the uncommon, prolonged eclipse noticed by the crew. The brilliant silver glint on the left fringe of the picture is the planet Venus. The spherical, darkish grey characteristic seen alongside the moon’s horizon between the 9 and 10 o’clock positions is Mare Crisium, a characteristic seen from Earth. We see faint lunar options as a result of mild mirrored off Earth gives a supply of illumination.
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The Artemis II crew—mission specialist Christina Koch (prime left), mission specialist Jeremy Hansen (backside left), commander Reid Wiseman (backside proper), and pilot Victor Glover (prime proper)—makes use of eclipse viewers, similar to what NASA produced for the 2023 annular eclipse and 2024 complete photo voltaic eclipse, to guard their eyes at key moments through the photo voltaic eclipse they skilled throughout their lunar flyby. This was the primary use of eclipse glasses on the moon to securely view a photo voltaic eclipse.
