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Earthset art002e009288 (April 6, 2026) – Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime. On Earth’s day side, swirling clouds are visible over the Australia and Oceania region. In the foreground, Ohm crater has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks. Central peaks form in complex craters when the lunar surface, liquefied on impact, splashes upwards during the crater’s formation. Nikon D5 | Nikon AF-S Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6 G ED VR | 400mm | F8.0 | 1/1000 sec | ISO 400 Photo: NASA |
Yesterday, the Artemis II crew successfully flew around the far side of the moon, a historic milestone in their journey. Thankfully, the team aboard Orion was hard at work taking loads of photographs throughout it all, and now NASA has shared some of those spectacular images.
One of the photographs included in this batch was the highly-anticipated recreation of the iconic Earthrise photo taken in 1968. The new version, featured at the top of the article, is actually the setting of Earth, but it is a special moment to see recreated.
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Aretmis II In Eclipse (April 6, 2026) – Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. We see a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk. The science community is investigating whether this effect is due to the corona, zodiacal light, or a combination of the two. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document their observations during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. Nikon Z9 | 35mm F2 AF-D | F/2 | 2.0 sec | ISO 1600 Photo: NASA |
Also among the fresh round of photographs coming back from space were some amazing eclipse photos. One of which is the first photo we’ve seen from the Nikon Z9 sent along on the mission. The photograph shows a glowing halo around the moon, which scientists are still trying to work out the exact cause of. Stars are also visible, something that’s normally not possible when photographing the Moon, since they are too faint compared to the Moon’s brightness.
There are loads of other incredible photos, including some the crew took of each other in action, which you can see in the gallery below.
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