{"id":428089,"date":"2026-05-06T10:57:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/428089\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:57:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:57:32","slug":"nasa-just-released-12000-photos-from-artemis-ii-and-some-are-absolutely-breathtaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/428089\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Just Released 12,000 Photos from Artemis II and Some Are Absolutely Breathtaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts went around the Moon, came home, and then handed Earth a camera roll.<\/p>\n

The newly released Artemis photo dump<\/a> is no polished coffee-table book. In fact, the website where NASA released the images barely works. But among the many thousands of photos, some gems shine. Some photos are spectacular: close lunar views, Earth hanging over the Moon, a solar eclipse, and the now-famous \u201cEarthset\u201d images. Most others\u2026 not so much. Below, you can see a selection that ZME Science likes. <\/p>\n

The 12,000 new images \u2014 shot with Nikon D5 SLR cameras, Nikon Z9 mirrorless cameras, and iPhone 17 cameras \u2014 come from the 10-day mission that sent Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon aboard Orion. Artemis II did not land. It was a test flight, meant to prove that NASA\u2019s big rocket, spacecraft, life-support systems, navigation, and crew operations could work with humans on board.<\/p>\n

\"Moon<\/a>The Moon\u2019s Orientale Basin, one of the big-ticket targets for the Artemis II science team. Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

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\"Moon<\/a>Half a Moon, seen through Orion\u2019s window, complete with a few spacecraft-made artifacts (the lens glare). Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

\"Eclipse<\/a>A sliver of sunlight breaks from behind the Moon during the April 7, 2026, eclipse seen by the Artemis II crew. Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The Milky Way, seen from the dark between worlds. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hertzsprung Basin and Vavilov Crater, caught in the stark light of lunar orbit. Credit: NASA. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth and Moon share the window as Orion carries humans through deep space. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Dark lava plains mark the Moon\u2019s surface, set against brighter, lighter crust. Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth slips behind the Moon on April 6, 2026, as seen from a camera mounted on Orion during Artemis II\u2019s far-side flyby. Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth, seen through the window of NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft, Integrity. Credit: NASA. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth falls away on April 2, 2026, as the Artemis II crew begins the long coast toward the Moon. Credit: NASA<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Clouds catch the light along Earth\u2019s day-night boundary. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Long shadows stretch from lunar craters along the Moon\u2019s day-night line. Credit: NASA. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An astronaut looks out from Orion, with deep space filling the window. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth comes back into view as Artemis II rounds the Moon\u2019s far side. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth drops behind the Moon\u2019s horizon, a small blue world slipping out of sight. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth slips out of view behind the Moon. Credit: NASA. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Earth rises again from behind the Moon, as seen by the Artemis II crew. Credit: NASA. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>An external camera captures the eclipse with part of Orion in frame. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stargazing from Orion, with the window turning deep space into a front-row seat. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n

\"Sunlight<\/a>Sunlight flares around the Moon during the eclipse seen by the Artemis II crew. Credit: NASA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time in more than half a century, astronauts went around the Moon, came home, and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[179976,85,46,3442,141,145],"class_list":["post-428089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-artemis-mission","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-nasa","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428089","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=428089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}