A day after the historic lunar flyaround, NASA on Tuesday released striking new photos taken by the crew.
In this image provided by NASA , The Artemis II crew captured this view of an Earthset on Monday, April 6, 2026, as they flew around the Moon. channeled Apollo 8 ’s famous Earthrise shot from 1968 with their own: Earthset , showing our planet setting behind the gray, pockmarked moon.
Another photo captures the total solar eclipse that occurred when the moon blocked the sun from the crew’s perspective. The three Americans and one Canadian are now headed home, with a splashdown in the Pacific set for Friday. In the meantime, scientists at Houston’s Mission Control are poring over the stream of moon photos beaming down. Apollo 8’s three astronauts became the world’s first lunar visitors, orbiting the moon on Christmas Eve 1968. Their Artemis II marks NASA’s first return to the moon with astronauts — a critical step toward a lunar landing by another crew in two years.The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.Residents move in: City opens tiny homes to treat addiction among those experiencing homelessnessWoman charged after 14-year-old girl with autism drowns in hotel poolDistrict considers closing school with only 2 students enrolled
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