NASA Unveils 1st Earth Photos From Artemis II Moon Mission: ‘You Look Beautiful.’ - The New York Times
The pictures were released on the third day of the first mission since 1972 to send people around the moon. The pictures were released on the third day of the first mission since 1972 to send people around the moon. Credit... Reid Wiseman/NASA, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Supported by By Katrina Miller Reporting from Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronauts of Artemis II were 107,243 miles from Earth at the time this article was updated. As the Artemis II astronauts fly farther from Earth, they’re taking the opportunity to look back home. On Friday morning, NASA shared a partial view of our bright blue planet as captured by Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander. Earth, swathed in swirling clouds, is shown rising through a window on the Orion capsule in which the crew is to journey around the moon. Another picture posted by the space agency shows Earth in full, with green streaks of aurora painting parts of its atmosphere. “You look amazing, you look beautiful,” Victo
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