NASA releases over 12,000 new Artemis II photos - See the amazing pictures of the moon
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA’s Artemis II mission lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1, sending four astronauts on a 10-day mission into deep space, around the moon, and back to Earth.
During the mission, the crew — Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen, of the Canadian Space Agency — captured thousands of images of the moon from the Orion spacecraft.
The images are managed by the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit at NASA’s Johnson Space Center and can more can be viewed here.
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Center
Image courtesy of the Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space Centern
NASA’s Artemis II mission rewrites the record books
Artemis II crew splashes down in Pacific Ocean
The four-astronaut crew aboard Artemis II successfully splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, California on Friday, completing a 10-day mission around the moon. NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1. The mission marked the first human lunar return in more than 50 years.
At 1:56 p.m. EDT on April 6, 2026, the Artemis II crew officially rewrote the record books. Reaching 252,757 miles from Earth, the astronauts ventured further into the cosmos than any human in history, surpassing the 1970 record of 248,655 miles held by Apollo 13.
The mission concluded its historic 10-day journey on April 10, with a successful splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 8:07 p.m. EDT.
The Source: Information in this article is sources from NASA and previous FOX Local reporting. This story was reported from Orlando.