NASA has released the first images taken from inside the Artemis II Orion spacecraft, where four astronauts are currently traveling on a mission around the moon.
Artemis II at Launch Complex 39B on 18 January 2026, seen from The Gantry (observation tower) Photo: Olga Ernst CC BY-SA 4.0
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The crew aboard the Artemis II is in the Orion capsule heading toward the moon. NASA released the first photos from the Artemis on Friday.
Official crew portrait for Artemis II, clockwise from left: NASA Astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Canadian Space Agency Astronaut Jeremy Hansen, NASA Astronaut Reid Wiseman (Josh Valcarcel)
In a photograph shared on Friday, mission commander Reid Wiseman captured a view of Earth through the capsule window.
This image provided by NASA shows a downlink image of Earth taken by NASA’s Artemis II astronaut commander Reid Wiseman inside the Orion capsule on Friday, April 3, 2026 [NASA]
Live Feed of Astronauts aboard Artemis’ Orion
Artemis 2 commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen talked to ABC and Fox News shortly after their Trans-Lunar Injection burn that set them on a course for the moon.
This handout picture provided by NASA shows a view of a backlit Earth as seen through the Orion spacecraft’s window, photographed by Artemis astronaut Reid Wiseman [Reid Wiseman/NASA]
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