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NASA shares first photos of Earth taken by Artemis II: "Hello, World"
The images show Earth from Orion as the four astronauts travel 90,000 miles from home on a 10-day moon mission, NASA said.
- On Friday, April 3, NASA released the first images of Earth captured by the Artemis II crew during their journey to the moon. Commander Reid Wiseman took the photos using a tablet.
- Launched Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, the mission began a 10-day journey to the moon, marking the first human flight to the vicinity of the moon in over 50 years.
- As of Friday morning, the Orion spacecraft was moonbound at 4,084 mph and 93,000 miles from Earth, with another 168,000 miles remaining before the crew's scheduled arrival on Monday.
- Crew members were so captivated by the views that they postponed their first meal together to remain at the windows. Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen said the crew remained "glued to the window."
- The astronauts expect a historic lunar flyby on Monday, April 6, 2026, followed by a water landing in the Pacific Ocean near California on Friday, April 10, 2026.
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Artemis II's moonbound astronauts capture Earth's blue beauty
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century.The first photo taken by Commander Reid Wiseman shows a curved slice of Earth in one of the capsule’s windows.The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling wh…
NASA recently published the first images of astronomers on Orion's board from Artemis II mission, while this is heading towards the Moon. The article How the Earth Sees Space. The spectacular images published by NASA, produced by the astronomers of Artemis 2 appear for the first time in Romania TV.
Halfway to the moon, the four astronauts have a special view of Earth. They send photos and a compliment to the inhabitants.
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