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Earth sets behind the moon, as seen by the crew of NASA's Artemis II spacecraft as it swung around the far side of the moon. — NASAEarthset, April 6, 2026, as seen by the crew of NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft as it swung around the far side of the moon.

A view of the full disc of the Earth, seen from space — Reid Wiseman / NASAOn the way to the moon, NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.

The mostly-dark interior of a small spacecraft, illuminated by various monitor screens. Two astronauts can be seen, one looking out the window, another looking at a laptop. — NASANASA astronaut Christina Koch is illuminated by a screen inside the darkened Orion spacecraft on the third day of the agency’s Artemis II mission, April 3, 2026. To the right of the image’s center, CSA astronaut Jeremy Hansen is seen in profile peering out of one of Orion’s windows. Lights are turned off to avoid glare on the windows.

NASAAstronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft’s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon.

Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on April 3, 2026.

A view of the crescent Earth, seen from a distance — NASAA view of Earth, seen from space, on April 4, 2026.

Artemis II pilot and NASA astronaut Victor Glover peers out one of the Orion spacecraft’s windows looking back at Earth. — NASAArtemis II pilot and NASA astronaut Victor Glover peers out one of the Orion spacecraft’s windows looking back at Earth ahead of the crew’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.

A view of the full moon, seen through a spacecraft window — Before going to sleep on flight day 5, the Artemis II crew snapped one more photo of the Moon, as it drew close in the window of the Orion spacecraft.

A large crowd of NASA staff members pose for a group photo in a flight control room. — Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP / GettyNASA staff pose for a group photo in the White Flight Control Room at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on April 6, 2026.

A close view of the surface of the moon, with many visible rugged craters along the line between shadow and sunlight — NASAThe Artemis II crew captures a portion of the Moon coming into view along the terminator—the boundary between lunar day and night—where low-angle sunlight casts long, dramatic shadows across the surface. This image was captured about three hours into the crew’s lunar observation period, as they flew around the far side of the Moon on the sixth day of the mission.

A close view of many rugged craters on the moon's surface. — NASAA close view of Vavilov Crater on the rim of the older and larger Hertzsprung basin. The right portion of the image shows the transition from smooth material within an inner ring of mountains to more rugged terrain around the rim. Vavilov and other craters and their ejecta are accentuated by long shadows at the terminator, the boundary between lunar day and night. The image was captured as the crew flew around the far side of the Moon.

A close view of the dark side of the moon, seen from space, with the glow of the sun visible all around its edge during an eclipse. — NASAArtemis II crew members witness the Moon eclipsing the Sun on their return voyage to Earth, on April 6, 2024.

A close-up view of the moon, seen from the Orion spacecraft, during an eclipse, silhouetted against the glowing corona of the sun — NASAA close-up view of the moon, seen from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II crew’s lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, during a total solar eclipse, with only part of the Moon visible in the frame. Although the full lunar disk extends beyond the image, the Sun’s faint corona remains visible as a soft halo of light around the Moon’s edge. This cropped perspective emphasizes the scale of the alignment and reveals subtle structure in the corona during the rare, extended eclipse observed by the crew. The bright silver glint on the left edge of the image is the planet Venus. The round, dark gray feature visible along the Moon’s horizon between the 9 and 10 o’clock positions is Mare Crisium, a feature visible from Earth. We see faint lunar features because light reflected off of Earth provides a source of illumination.

The four-person crew of Artemis pose for a photo, all wearing eclipse glasses. — NASAThe Artemis II crew—Mission Specialist Christina Koch (top left), Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen (bottom left), Commander Reid Wiseman (bottom right), and Pilot Victor Glover (top right)—uses eclipse viewers, identical to what NASA produced for the 2023 annular eclipse and 2024 total solar eclipse, to protect their eyes at key moments during the solar eclipse they experienced during their lunar flyby. This was the first use of eclipse glasses at the Moon to safely view a solar eclipse.

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