Pareidolia alert 🚨
In this view of the Moon, the crew of the Orion spacecraft captured the rings of the Orientale basin, one of the Moon’s youngest and best-preserved large impact craters. Credit: NASA.
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Starstruck
A breathtaking photo of our galaxy, the Milky Way, captured by the Artemis II crew, with a Nikon Z9 camera. Credit: NASA.
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"The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has ever seen before—including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the photos were taken on April 6 during the crew’s seven‑hour pass over the lunar far side, marking humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity."
Photos: NASA
More: https://www.nasa.gov/gallery/lunar-flyby/
Artemis curation lead, Juliane Gross, reacts to the astronauts' verbal observations of the Moon -- jsc2026e020758 🌑🧑🚀
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⏩ 23 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=23&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260407233143
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has ever seen before—including a rare in-space solar eclipse. Released Tuesday, April 7, 2026, the photos were taken on April 6 during the crew’s seven‑hour pass over the lunar far side, marking humanity’s return to the Moon’s vicinity.
Orion POV: Destination and Home 🌎🌑🧑🚀
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⏩ 4 new pictures from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260407192341
A Sunrise for Orion
The Sun is rising at the left edge of the Moon, ending a nearly one-hour total solar eclipse on April 6, 2026. See ALT text for more insights. Captured by a GoPro HERO4 mounted on one of the spacecraft's solar array wings. Credit: NASA.
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Orion POV: Destination and Home
The Orion Integrity spacecraft captures the Moon and the Earth in one frame during the Artemis II crew’s deep space journey on the 6th day of the mission. Captured by a GoPro HERO4 mounted on one of the spacecraft's solar array wings.
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Eclipsed: A View from Orion
The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA.
Stunning...
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For full resolution Artemis II Lunar Flyby photos from NASA, see images.nasa.gov for image pages that have a ‘Download’ button with an ‘Original Size’ choice. Most other NASA photo galleries and news articles use web resolution images. The original resolution photos are stunning. Great work by the Integrity crew!
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https://images.nasa.gov/search?page=1&media=image&yearStart=2026&yearEnd=2026&keywords=Lunar%20Flyby
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