Artemis II crew members—Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, and Mission Specialists Christina Koch (NASA) and Jeremy Hansen (Canadian Space Agency)—pose together, representing the international team preparing to return humans to deep space exploration.
The following are images the crew took from aboard the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission. NASA has generously shared them with the world!
Earth appears as a distant, glowing sphere suspended in space, highlighting the vast distance between our planet and the Artemis II crew.
An astronaut inside Orion looks toward a window view of space, capturing a quiet moment during the historic mission beyond low-Earth orbit.
A NASA astronaut floats inside the Orion spacecraft, demonstrating life in microgravity as the crew prepares for deep-space travel during the Artemis II mission.
A striking close-up of the Moon’s rugged, cratered surface, photographed by Orion as it travels farther from Earth than any human-rated spacecraft in decades.
A high-resolution selfie of the Orion spacecraft was taken by a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection on the second day of NASA’s Artemis II mission, highlighting the sleek design of the crew’s deep-space vessel as it travels toward the Moon.
An astronaut aboard Orion conducts routine tasks while weightless, showcasing how crew members live and work inside the spacecraft during the mission.
A breathtaking view of Earth from space, its blue oceans and swirling clouds standing out against the darkness, captured during Artemis II’s journey around the Moon.
