{"id":604625,"date":"2026-04-15T01:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604625\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T01:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T01:24:16","slug":"out-of-this-world-photos-from-the-artemis-ii-mission-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/604625\/","title":{"rendered":"Out-of-this-world photos from the Artemis II mission | National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"art002e012588~large\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo via NASA<\/p>\n<p>By Elizabeth Elizalde<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/04\/01\/how-can-i-watch-nasas-artemis-ii-launch-to-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">historic Artemis II lunar mission<\/a> revealed never-before-seen images of the Moon and our galaxy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/03\/31\/astronaut-sends-moon-mission-good-luck-message-from-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">NASA astronauts<\/a> Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen captured the images during their seven-hour flyby on April 6.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"art002e009573~large\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1662\" height=\"1247\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by NASA<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p>One of the photos shows a breathtaking view of our galaxy, the <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2025\/09\/10\/astronomers-puzzled-by-repeating-gamma-ray-bursts-outside-milky-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Milky Way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttownmedia.com\/news\/national\/no-other-way-mideast-prepares-for-more-fighting-as-talks-fail\/article_513d60b3-fb78-564c-b2f0-b320b4c5c5e9.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"&#039;No other way&#039;: Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"'No other way': Mideast prepares for more fighting as talks fail\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"455\" height=\"341\" data- data-\/><br \/>\n                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cameras on the Orion spacecraft also snapped the Moon during a <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2025\/06\/17\/first-artificial-solar-eclipse-captured-in-orbit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">solar eclipse<\/a>, with NASA saying Saturn could be seen just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"art002e009288\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1176\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by NASA<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n<p>Other stunning views of the Moon show its craters, as well as the dark and light portions of <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/04\/08\/most-americans-dont-know-when-earth-day-is-do-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Artemis II mission launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 for a 10-day voyage <a href=\"https:\/\/talker.news\/2026\/04\/01\/nasa-honors-astronauts-who-traveled-to-moon-as-historic-launch-nears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">around the Moon.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It safely returned to the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, on Friday, April 10.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"art002e009285~large\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1763\" height=\"1175\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by NASA<\/p>\n<p>                                    By Talker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via NASA By Elizabeth Elizalde The historic Artemis II lunar mission revealed never-before-seen images of the 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