In photos: NASA releases new photographs taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their fly-by of the Moon
Earth sets at 6:41 p.m. on Monday, over the moon’s curved limb.NASA/Getty Images
A close-up view of the Vavilov Crater on the rim of the older and larger Hertzsprung basin of the Moon.Supplied/AFP/Getty Images
Canadian Space Agency astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen takes photographs through the Orion spacecraft's window.NASA/Reuters
The Moon eclipses the Sun.The Associated Press
NASA shows crescent Earth setting along the Moon's limb, as seen from the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026.Supplied/AFP/Getty Images
NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen configuring their camera equipment for their journey around the far side of the Moon.NASA/Reuters
NASA image shows 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.Supplied/AFP/Getty Images
A view of Earth passing the Moon.NASA/Reuters
Artemis II commander and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman looks out one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows at the Moon.NASA/Getty Images
The eastern edge of the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon.NASA/Reuters
The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset.The Associated Press
The Artemis II crew, counterclockwise from top left, Mission Specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen, Commander Reid Wiseman, and Pilot Victor Glover pose with eclipse viewers during a lunar flyby.The Associated Press