NASA has shared some stunning images taken on Personal Computing Devices by the Artemis II crew, as they head on their trip around the Moon.
The first image, titled “Hello, World”, showed earth glowing from the Orion spacecraft’s window.
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took the picture after the crew completed the translunar injection burn on Friday.
The Earth appears to be seen upside down, with Africa and the Iberian Peninsula seen to the left and the edge of eastern South America seen on the right.
“There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun,” a NASA statement read.
Another picture displayed earth in almost complete darkness.
NASA also took to X and compared pictures of Earth from Apollo 17 in 1971 to now.
“We’ve come so far in the last 54 years, but one thing hasn’t changed: our home looks gorgeous from space!” the post read.
The four astronauts plan to travel more than 321,900km to the Moon.
The crew is expected to pass around the far side of the Moon on April 6.
While their return to Earth is forecast for April 10.
This is the first time since 1972 that human beings have travelled outside of the Earth’s orbit.