Images of Earth captured during NASA’s Artemis II mission

April 16, 2026 by Sanjeev Kumar

: The Earth as seen from the window of the Artemis II Crew Capsule. (Image Credit: NASA).

: This is the Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman looking back at the Earth from a window on Orion. (Image Credit: NASA).

: This is an image of the terminator line, dividing the day and night sides of the planet. (Image Credit: NASA).

: A backlit Earth, this is how the cover image would appear to the naked eye. (Image Credit: NASA).

: A crescent Earth seen from Orion. (Image Credit: NASA).

: The Earth looks like the Moon in this image. (Image Credit: NASA).

: A view from the spaceship about nine minutes before Earthset. (Image Credit: NASA).

: Here the crescent Earth is above the horizon of the lunar far side. (Image Credit: NASA).

: Earthset on the Moon. (Image Credit: NASA).

: Another view of the Earthset. (Image Credit: NASA).

: On the way back, the Earth again appeared as a crescent. (Image Credit: NASA).