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NASA releases thousands more Artemis II photos
The collection includes new views of the lunar far side, Earthset and the first solar eclipse seen from the Moon by astronauts.
- On Monday, May 4, 2026, NASA released 12,217 photographs from the Artemis II mission via its Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth website, making the 10-day lunar voyage publicly accessible.
- NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured the images during their 10-day mission, which launched April 1, 2026, to test systems ahead of future moon landings.
- Planetary scientists are processing the data to analyze lunar topography and impact craters, with the full dataset and preliminary reports due by October.
- While the raw, unorganized collection allows immediate exploration, YouTuber Chris Pattison and others have noted duplicate files among the images, prompting independent curation efforts.
- The imagery supports NASA's long-term goal of establishing a lunar base, as the agency prepares for the Artemis III mission to land humans on the surface by 2028.
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