artemis

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Stellar Photography

There’s a fantastic, and growing, selection of exposures from the Artemis II mission over on Flickr. All of them are jaw dropping.

A New View of the Moon
A New View of the Moon

Earth in the Rear View Mirror

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn. Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn. Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

Auroras along the North and South poles, the Sun about to peek out, and Venus visible in the bottom right. Amazing.

The photograph was taken with a Nikon D5, for those wondering.