Artemis Two Snaps Stunning Moon Shots

0:00On April 3rd, Artemis II just hit a milestone with his crew snapping jaw-dropping shots of Earth from the Orion spacecraft, now barreling toward the moon on the first human lunar trip and over 50 years. Commander Reed Wiseman grabbed these picks 36 hours after launch on April 1st from Kennedy Space Center, showing our blue planet curved against space wrapped in clouds and lit by green auroras with a team about 100,000 miles out. After a key engine burn locked in their lunar path, the spacecraft deployed solar panels and released small CubeSats for science tests, settling into. Deep space orbit before pushing farther, the four astronauts, Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch from NASA, and Jeremy Hansen from Canada, were straight up stunned, pausing everything too. Soak in the full globe view, flipped upside down with West Africa on the left, and feigned zodiacal light glowing. This 10-day loop around the moon's far side marks NASA's big Artemis push toward lasting lunar bases and marsh trips, first crewed flights since Apollo.

1:0717 back in 1972, despite early hiccups like a false cabin leak alarm and minor launch glitches that teams quickly fixed. They're set to swing by the moon on Monday, snap rare terrain picks, then head home for a Pacific splashdown after peaking 6,400. Miles beyond it, proving we can chase the stars again with style.