Artemis

Artemis, 2021 to 2026: the tests and rehearsals, then Artemis II, the first crew to leave Earth orbit since 1972. Four astronauts around the Moon and home in April 2026, and Earthset from Orion's windows.

25 photographs · 2021 to 2026 · Mission 13 of 14
25 photographs
Mission Control in Houston during the Artemis II call to the space station, Artemis II, 7 April 2026New
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The Long Distance Call

Two crews in space talked to each other, one circling Earth and one on its way home from the Moon.
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An astronaut holding a phone to an Orion window, Artemis II, 3 April 2026New
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A Phone Bound for the Moon

In 1962 the camera was a Hasselblad any photographer could buy. In 2026 it was a phone.
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An early Moon suit prototype on a mast in an anechoic chamber, Artemis suit development, 11 June 2021New
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The Room Without Echo

The suit on the mast is an early prototype for the Moon. The test article was called xGUS, after Gus Grissom.
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An inflatable Moon above the Orion mockup in training, Artemis II, 16 July 2025New
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A Moon for Practice

Nine months later the crew passed about 4,067 miles above the real one.
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Orion touching down under parachutes in the Pacific, Artemis II, 10 April 2026New
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Nine Days from Florida

Orion under its canopies, touching down in the Pacific off San Diego.
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An astronaut silhouetted at an Orion window, Artemis II, 2 April 2026New
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Silhouette Against Earth

An astronaut at a cabin window on the way out, seen only as an outline against the light.
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Rocket launch reflected in water at Kennedy Space Center, Artemis II, 1 April 2026New
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Fire on the Water

Birds come off the marsh ahead of the sound. The launch is reflected in the water they left.
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The solar corona around the eclipsing Moon, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Eclipse Behind the Moon

Artemis II flew into the Moon's shadow on 6 April 2026 and the Sun stayed hidden for close to an hour.
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Total solar eclipse from deep space with Venus, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Venus at the Edge

The Moon covered the Sun for about fifty four minutes. On Earth, totality lasts a few minutes at most.
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Earth's night side lit by moonlight, with Africa and Europe, Artemis II, 2 April 2026New
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Earth by Moonlight

The face of the planet turned toward us is the night side. What lights it is sunlight bounced off the Moon.
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Earth backlit, with a thin line of light along one edge, Artemis II, 2 April 2026New
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A Ring of Light

The same planet, moments later, with the Sun directly behind it.
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The Moon eclipsing the Sun with Saturn and Mars, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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The Long Eclipse

The two bright points to the right of the Moon are Saturn and Mars.
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Painting the NASA worm logo on a booster segment, Artemis II, 30 January 2024New
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The Red Letters

Each letter stands close to seven feet tall. End to end the logo runs twenty five feet, about the length of one booster segment.
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Rocket engines and boosters firing at lift off, Artemis II, 1 April 2026New
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The Last Firing

The engines between the boosters were built for the space shuttle. None of them came back from this flight.
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Two astronauts at one Orion window, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Sharing One Window

For seven hours the four of them took turns at the glass. One photographed, one called down what they saw.
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The Milky Way photographed from Orion, Artemis II, 7 April 2026New
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Our Own Galaxy

The band of our own galaxy, photographed from Orion on the way home from the Moon.
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The full Moon setting behind Orion at Pad 39B, Artemis II, 1 February 2026New
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Moonset over Orion

The capsule, the rocket built to carry it, and the destination, in one frame.
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The half lit Moon showing mostly its far side, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Ground We Never See

Photographed on the sixth day of Artemis II, the first flight to carry people to the Moon since 1972.
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Space Launch System rolling out to Launch Pad 39B, Artemis II, 17 January 2026New
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Four Miles to the Pad

More thrust than a Saturn V, carried at less than one mile an hour.
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A distant Earth framed by an Orion cabin window, Artemis II, 2 April 2026New
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Leaving Earth Orbit

Made through one of Orion's four main windows, shortly after the burn that sent the crew to the Moon.
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Earth setting over the Orientale and Hertzsprung basins, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Earth Behind the Moon

Minutes from radio silence. This was all the crew could still see of the planet they came from.
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Black and white Earth from an optical navigation sensor, Artemis II, 3 April 2026New
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Earth as a Landmark

Nobody was holding this camera. It is a navigation sensor, fixing the spacecraft's position from the size of Earth in the frame.
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Earth's crescent beyond Ohm crater on the far side, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Daylight Over Australia

The lit crescent of Earth is cloud over Australia and Oceania. Everything else on the planet is in night.
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The Moon through an Orion window, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Before They Slept

The last photograph of flight day five. Hours earlier, the Moon's gravity had taken over from Earth's.
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Earth setting behind the lunar horizon beyond Ohm crater, Artemis II, 6 April 2026New
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Earthset

Fifty seven years after Apollo 8 photographed Earth coming up over the Moon, a crew photographed it going down.
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Artemis, 2021 to 2026: the tests and rehearsals, then Artemis II, the first crew to leave Earth orbit since 1972. Four astronauts around the Moon and home in April 2026, and Earthset from Orion's windows.

25 photographs · 2021 to 2026 · Mission 13 of 14
About Artemis

Artemis II launched from Kennedy Space Center on 1 April 2026 with Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen aboard Orion. On 6 April they flew around the far side of the Moon, about 4,000 miles above the surface, and travelled further from Earth than any crew before them. They came down in the Pacific off San Diego on 10 April. This collection holds the launch, Earthset, the eclipse behind the Moon, the crew at the windows, and the suits, tests and rehearsals that came before.