Artemis Two: Moon Photos Link to Apollo Eight History

0:00On April 7th, the Artemis II crew just dropped some epic photos that linked them straight to Apollo 8 history. A day after their lunar flyby, NASA shared shots of earth-setting behind the Moon's cratered surface, flipping the script on that classic Earthrise, image from 1968. They also caught a total solar eclipse with the Moon blocking the sun from their view. These four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, are wrapping up their 10-day mission and heading home for Pacific Splashdown on Friday. Meanwhile, back in Houston, mission control is digging into the flood of Moon picks streaming in real time. Apollo 8's trio made history as the first humans to orbit the Moon on Christmas Eve, 1968, and their Earthrise photo sparked the environmental movement, showing our fragile blue planet hanging in space. This Artemis II flight is NASA's first crewed moon trip in over 50 years, paving the way for landing by the next crew in about two years. The images are already firing up scientists studying the lunar surface up close. As the crew rides the wave's home, these photos cement Artemis II's place in the stars, bridging generations of space explorers and reminding us how.

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