NASA provides update on Artemis II mission
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NASA releases new ‘Earthset’ and eclipse images taken during historic flyby of the moon
Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.
The astronauts of the Artemis II mission captured several stunning photographs of the moon, but some posts online shared fake images instead.
Ildar Ibatullin confirmed to PolitiFact via Instagram that those are his images and they were captured from Earth using a reflector telescope and a DSLR camera, not taken by NASA or from the Artemis II mission.
The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.
The crew of Artemis II just captured a series of dazzling images of the Earth and moon.
Humanity has seen similar images to the one below, beginning with the iconic Earthrise image captured by Apollo 8. But these are the highest-resolution images of the phenomenon and hint at a future with far more time spent near, and on, the Moon’s surface.
NASA astronaut and Artemis 2 mission commander Reid Wiseman took a moment to snap a breathtaking photo of the full Earth.
NASA unearthed an old Travis Kelce post on X nearly two decades after he wrote it, on Sunday, April 5, to coincide with Artemis II's trip around the moon.