{"id":5784,"date":"2026-04-03T23:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:49:04","slug":"artemis-ii-mission-nasa-releases-first-photos-of-earth-taken-by-crew-watch-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=5784","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II mission: NASA releases first photos of Earth taken by crew. Watch here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p>Astronauts aboard NASA\u2019s historic Artemis II mission have released the first images captured from the Orion spacecraft as it travels toward the Moon, offering a breathtaking view of Earth from deep space and marking a powerful moment for the mission.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The photographs were taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman using his Personal Computing Device \u2014 essentially a tablet equipped with a camera \u2014 inside the Orion capsule. Both images show Earth from the crew\u2019s vantage point as they journey farther from their home planet.\u00a0<\/p> <div class=\"embedcode\"> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Good morning, world! \ud83c\udf0e<\/p> <p>We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QjxGfWiRcS\">pic.twitter.com\/QjxGfWiRcS<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2040059740848283920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <\/div> <p>According to NASA mission control at the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, the first image serves as a reminder of humanity\u2019s shared home. The agency described it as \u201ca reminder that no matter how far we go, we are still one world, watching, hoping and reaching higher.\u201d\u00a0<\/p> <p>The second photograph was taken through one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s windows. The view captures Earth glowing against the darkness of space \u2014 what mission controllers called a \u201cpale blue dot seen through the crew\u2019s eyes,\u201d echoing the iconic phrase popularised by Carl Sagan.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The images come as the crew of Artemis II continues its multi-day journey toward the Moon aboard the Orion spacecraft, part of NASA\u2019s broader Artemis program aimed at returning humans to lunar exploration.\u00a0<\/p> <p>Mission specialist Christina Koch shared her reflections during a downlink conversation with reporters on Day 2 of the flight, describing the emotional impact of seeing Earth from space.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cHaving just experienced incredible views of planet Earth, and seeing the entire planet out the window in one pane, knowing that we\u2019re about to have some similar views of the Moon in that same way is definitely getting me more excited for it,\u201d Koch said.\u00a0<\/p> <p>She added that while astronauts train for such moments, nothing truly prepares them for the experience of seeing Earth illuminated against the darkness of space.\u00a0<\/p> <p>\u201cThere\u2019s nothing that prepares you for the breathtaking aspect of seeing your home planet both lit up bright as day and also the Moon glow on it at night, with the beautiful beam of the sunset,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd knowing that we\u2019re going to get similar views of the Moon \u2014 I\u2019m really excited for that.\u201d<\/p> <\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>Artemis II mission, NASA Orion spacecraft images, Artemis II Earth photos, Reid Wiseman Artemis II, Christina Koch Artemis mission, NASA moon mission photos, Artemis program updates, Orion spacecraft journey to Moon, astronauts Earth view from space, NASA deep space mission#Artemis #mission #NASA #releases #photos #Earth #crew #Watch1775231344<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Astronauts aboard NASA\u2019s historic Artemis II mission have released the first images captured from the Orion spacecraft as it travels toward the Moon, offering a breathtaking view of Earth from deep space and marking a powerful moment for the mission.\u00a0 The photographs were taken by mission commander Reid Wiseman using his Personal Computing Device \u2014 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[7322,21581,7307,21585,21587,21583,487,21588,1888,4976,7317,21584,21580,21586,2676,21582,7005,2122],"class_list":["post-5784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content-marketing","tag-artemis","tag-artemis-ii-earth-photos","tag-artemis-ii-mission","tag-artemis-program-updates","tag-astronauts-earth-view-from-space","tag-christina-koch-artemis-mission","tag-crew","tag-earth","tag-mission","tag-nasa","tag-nasa-deep-space-mission","tag-nasa-moon-mission-photos","tag-nasa-orion-spacecraft-images","tag-orion-spacecraft-journey-to-moon","tag-photos","tag-reid-wiseman-artemis-ii","tag-releases","tag-watch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}