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Space: Artemis Ii Astronauts Capture Extraordinary “Earthset”
Wiseman said he filmed the rare view on April 6 as the Artemis II crew became the first to see much of the moon’s far side.
- NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted a video on X showing an "Earthset" from the lunar far side during the Artemis II mission, capturing Earth disappearing behind the moon.
- Artemis II launched on April 1, marking NASA's first lunar mission in more than 50 years, with Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen viewing the moon's far side firsthand.
- While Wiseman captured the scene on his cell phone, Koch used a Nikon camera with a 400mm lens to document the moon's craters during the crew's seven-hour observation period.
- This footage serves as a modern nod to the iconic 1968 Earthrise photo from Apollo 8, when astronauts Bill Anders, Frank Borman, and Jim Lovell watched Earth re-emerge over the lunar limb.
- NASA expects to release more images in the coming weeks while focusing on the Artemis III mission slated for mid-2027, which aims to land astronauts on the lunar surface.
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Artemis II Astronaut Shares Video Of The 'Earthset' He Captured With His iPhone—And It's Absolutely Stunning
The Artemis II crew has been back on Earth for a little while now after their record-breaking journey around the Moon, traveling the greatest distance from Earth of all previous missions.The team has already released quite a few well-edited photographs of the view of the Earth around the Moon, as well as the Moon's surface as they circled around it, but the video astronaut Reid Wiseman just shared might be the most impressive artifact we've seen…
Astronaut Reid Wiseman shared on Monday in his X account a video of the Earth and its natural satellite recorded with his mobile phone from the Orion ship.The images mix shiver and beauty.
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