{"id":1878220,"date":"2026-04-10T15:37:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1878220"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:37:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:37:40","slug":"check-out-some-of-the-incredible-artemis-ii-moon-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1878220","title":{"rendered":"Check Out Some of the Incredible Artemis II Moon Photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009302large.jpg?w=1024&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"a-content a-content--offset lrv-a-floated-parent lrv-u-font-family-body lrv-u-line-height-normal lrv-u-font-size-18 lrv-u-position-relative\">\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOn April 6, the four astronauts aboard the Integrity spacecraft as part of the Artemis II mission documented their breathtaking view as they circled the far side of the moon and began their return to Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNASA shared a gallery of spectacular images of the first flyby, revealing areas of the moon that no human has laid eyes on before, as well as a surprise solar eclipse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe four astronauts\u2014commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen\u2014spent seven hours photographing their view through one of Orion\u2019s windows, taking turns with a handheld Nikon DSLR camera and two zoom lenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBelow are some of the incredible photographs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"pmc-gallery-vertical\">\n<div class=\"c-gallery-vertical-loader u-gallery-app-shell-loader\">\n<ul class=\"pmc-fallback-list-items lrv-a-unstyle-list lrv-u-margin-t-2\">\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Earthset<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009288orig.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009288orig.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn this photo, Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface of the moon. At the time the photo was taken, the darkened portions are Earth were experiencing nighttime. In the foreground, the Ohm crater is visible; it has terraced edges and a flat floor interrupted by central peaks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Dark Side of the Moon<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e010208large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e010208large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis photo was taken as Integrity flew over the \u201cterminator\u201d\u2014the line that divides the light and dark sides of the moon, which the Artemis II crew described as \u201canything but a straight line.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Solar Eclipse<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009573large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009573large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe moon backlit by the sun during an unexpected solar eclipse. This photo was taken by a camera on the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Out of Service<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009289large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009289large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThis close-up of the surface of the moon was taken three minutes before the Orion spacecraft flew behind the Moon and lost contact with Earth for 40 minutes. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Lunar Snapshot<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e012090large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e012090large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA close-up of the rings of the Orientale basin, one of the moon\u2019s best-preserved large impact craters.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Power Up<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e012583large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e012583large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tOrion\u2019s engines, taken from a camera mounted on a solar array wing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Paparazzo<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e014235large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e014235large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u00a0Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen photographing the moon through one of Orion\u2019s windows. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item-wrap lrv-u-margin-b-2\">\n<article class=\"pmc-fallback-list-item\">\n<h2>Near Side of the Moon<\/h2>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009627large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009627large.jpg?w=400\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt><figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\tImage Credit: Courtesy NASA\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA photograph showing more than two-thirds of the moon, including the 600-mile-wide Orientale basin and the Grimaldi crater.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/list\/art-news\/news\/check-out-incredible-nasa-photographs-artemis-ii-historic-mission-moon-1234780850\/&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/art002e009302large.jpg?w=1024&#8243;] On April 6, the four astronauts aboard the Integrity spacecraft as part of the Artemis II mission documented their breathtaking view as they circled the far side of the moon and began their return to Earth. 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