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The Artemis II astronauts have captured our blue planet’s brilliant beauty as they zoom ever closer to the moon.

NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century.

The first photo taken by commander Reid Wiseman shows a curved slice of Earth in one of the capsule’s windows. The second shows the entire globe with the oceans topped by swirling white tendrils of clouds. A green aurora even glows, according to NASA.

READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2026/04/04/artemis-iis-moonbound-astronauts-capture-earths-brilliant-blue-beauty-as-they-leave-it-behind

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00:00You know it's great to get some very clear video and images of the crew
00:04yesterday and the crew configured their cameras aboard Integrity and we have
00:09some of the latest images to share with you. This first one we got to the ground
00:14shows the unique vantage point of the crew as they look back at the earth. It
00:20shows a backlit earth revealing auroras as the crew heads towards the moon. You
00:26know it's great to think that with the exception of our four friends all of us
00:30are represented in this image. This one shows earth as you can see the Terminator
00:36line and Reed also took this photo after translunar injection burn yesterday. What
00:42an amazing shot that he shared with us here. That Lakeisha showed you some and I
00:48have a couple my favorites so the first one is just awesome to see from our
00:53spaceship out the window our beautiful home planet the earth. I believe Reed
00:59took this picture and it just it just brings a lot of great emotion and then
01:04the second one great to see the crew great to see their smiling faces and hear
01:08them talk about their experience already so far and I can't wait to talk to them
01:13when they land home back earth.
01:23you
01:25you
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