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#NASA astronaut and #Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of #Earth from the #Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn.

Image Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft’s window after completing the translunar injection burn. There are two auroras (top right and bottom left) and zodiacal light (bottom right) is visible as the Earth eclipses the Sun.
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gri573
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I'm wondering if this is the first (or among the first) picture taken of the entire earth at once using a smartphone... (Not aware of anything involving people substantially above low earth orbit since the Apollo missions, and don't see why people would would put a smartphone on an uncrewed mission (excluding individual components))
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turns out it isn't, it was shot on a Nikon D5 (see here, for instance: petapixel.com/2026/04/06/the-1… )

The 10-Year-Old Nikon D5 DSLR Really Is the Best Camera for Artemis II

The Nikon D5 is not the best camera ever made, but it is the perfect tool for the NASA Artemis II mission to the Moon.
Jeremy Gray (PetaPixel)
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fun fact for anyone who didn't see the alt text: this is the "dark" side of earth, illuminated primarily by moon shine. The Sun is hidden by the earth and the astronauts are in eclipse, which you can identify by the zodiacal light at the bottom right.
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Michelle Hughes
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Finally, another one of these!

The only one we've had forever is the Apollo 15 one.

Once, maybe around 2008, I seem to recall finding a page from a Japanese probe that was landed on the moon and had photo archives available to the public, and it had some new full-disc-of-the-earth pics, but I can't find them anymore.

But now there's another one!

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Super beau. On voit la finesse incroyable de notre atmosphère, et au 'nord, en zoomant, on dirait qu'il y a des aurores boréales..
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Is the moon trying to peep out from behind on this point of view?
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