Artemis crew flying home to thrilled Nasa
The Artemis II astronauts were jetting toward Earth and sharing their lunar flyby souvenirs on Tuesday, delighting colleagues both at home and in space with captivating tales of their historic journey.
Of note was their stunning shot of an Earthset, the moment when Earth drops below the rugged lunar horizon. The image was a deliberate nod to the iconic Earthrise image taken during the Apollo 8 mission in 1968, a shot that helped capture the public’s imagination as humans traveled around the moon for the first time.
The modern version released by Nasa and the White House pairs the delicate, watery planet Earth with the harsh curve of the moon, separated by black space.
The crew of four—US astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, along with Canadian Jeremy Hansen—looped around Earth’s natural satellite as part of a broader program paving the way for a moon landing as soon as 2028.
