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NASA released the images to mark Earth Day. <\/p>\n NASA released the images to mark Earth Day. <\/p>\n
To mark Earth Day<\/a> (April 22), NASA has released a series of previously unseen photos of the planet taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their historic voyage to the far side of the Moon. <\/p>\n The main photo (above) shows the terminator \u2014 the line between night and day \u2014 across Earth. The Artemis II<\/a> astronauts captured this view on April 2, 2026, during their journey to the Moon.<\/p>\n NASA notes<\/a> that it was Bill Anders\u2019 famous photo, Earthrise<\/a>, taken in 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission, that helped spark the first Earth Day celebration just two years later. <\/p>\n Almost 60 years later, and the Artemis astronauts are taking their own poignant photos of Earth, which have inspired so many people. <\/p>\n \u201cOn Earth Day, we are reminded of the extraordinary responsibility we share to understand our planet,\u201d says NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. \u201cNASA\u2019s Earth science missions continue to deliver critical data that strengthen communities, support industries like agriculture, and help the nation anticipate and respond to wildfires, droughts, flooding, and other natural hazards. Together with our Earth science partners, NASA is committed to deepening our understanding of Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cOur four Artemis II astronauts \u2014 Reid, Victor, Christina and Jeremy \u2014 took humanity on a journey that showed us just how special and bright our Earth is, even from the dark side of the Moon, that is especially worth celebrating on Earth Day,\u201d says Nicky Fox, associate administrator of the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. <\/p>\n \u201cSeeing the incredible images of our blue marble planet over time from Apollo 8\u2019s Earthrise to Artemis II\u2019s Earthset, it is not only a symbolic moment of beauty, but like the other images captured during the lunar flyby, Earthset is brimming with incredible science in high definition that will help inform our future Artemis missions on the Moon.\u201d<\/p>\n Image credits: NASA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA released the images to mark Earth Day. To mark Earth Day (April 22), NASA has released a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[6353,134991,1744,192226,85,46,3442,141,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-406780","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-artemis","9":"tag-artemis2","10":"tag-earth","11":"tag-earthday","12":"tag-il","13":"tag-israel","14":"tag-nasa","15":"tag-science","16":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"View](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55224193193_f63e415ed0_k-800x533.jpg\")
This interesting angle was taken out of one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. | NASA ![\"View](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55223125677_af4c27af50_k-800x533.jpg\")
A view of Earth taken by an Artemis II astronaut from one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s four windows on April 2, 2026. | NASA <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55224434240_adab5ef709_k-800x533.jpg\")
A view of Earth taken by an Artemis II astronaut from one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s four windows on April 2, 2026. | NASA ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/55224434205_eb7479ede6_k-800x533.jpg\")
A sliver of Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this photo taken by an Artemis II crew member through an Orion spacecraft window on the second day of the mission. | NASA <\/p>\n