Around two dozen high-resolution photos of the Moon, taken by the Artemis II mission crew, are now available to download on NASA's website and the agency's

Humanity has seen similar images to the one below, beginning with the iconic Earthrise image captured by Apollo 8. But these are the highest-resolution images of the phenomenon and hint at a future with far more time spent near, and on, the Moon’s surface.

NASA has released breathtaking high resolution images of Earth, captured from the Orion capsule as the Artemis II astronauts continue their journey to the Moon. The space agency shared the images on its official X handle,

On April 6, 2026, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft, Integrity, swung around the far side of the moon, traveling farther from the Earth than any humans had ever gone before, and taking spectacular photographs along the way.

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The release is part of the broader Artemis program, which seeks to re-establish a human presence on the lunar surface. Artemis II represents the inaugural crewed mission of the initiative, following the successful uncrewed Artemis I flight that orbited the moon in 2022.