New Crew Video: Earthset from Orion Spacecraft | NASA Artemis II Moon Mission

New Crew Video: Earthset from Orion Spacecraft | NASA Artemis II Moon Mission

Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman: "Only one chance in this lifetime . . . Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos. I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as Christina Koch is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. Victor Glover was in window 3 watching with Jeremy Hansen next to him. I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view . . . this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy."

The Artemis II Mission wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, marking humanity’s first return to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side. During their nearly 10-day mission, the crew completed a record-setting lunar flyby, taking them 252,756 miles at their farthest distance from Earth and 4,067 miles above the lunar surface at their closest approach. 

The first crewed test flight of NASA’s Artemis program lifted off Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, 2026, carrying the first astronauts to travel to the Moon in more than half a century.

Artemis II splashed down on April 10 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego. Following splashdown and recovery, the four crew members underwent post-mission medical evaluations before returning to shore and boarding an aircraft bound for Houston. Upon arrival, the crew was welcomed by and reunited with their families, friends, and agency workforce.

Under Artemis, NASA will send astronauts on increasingly difficult missions to explore more of the Moon for scientific discovery, economic benefits, and to build on our foundation for the first crewed missions to Mars.

Learn more about NASA's Artemis II Mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

Get ready for NASA's Artemis III Mission:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/

Video Credit: NASA/JSC/R. Wiseman

Duration: 45 seconds
Date: April 6, 2026

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