While making history on the first human moon mission in more than 50 years, the Artemis 2 astronauts captured incredible pictures of our home planet.

NASA has published 12,000 new photos taken by the Artemis 2 astronauts during their mission around the moon April.

As anticipation builds around our return to deep space exploration, NASA has taken another exciting step by releasing images captured by the crew of Artemis II. These photographs offer a rare, firsthand glimpse into the experience of astronauts traveling beyond low Earth orbit—marking a significant milestone in modern space exploration.

The core stage for NASA's Artemis 3 rocket has been raised inside the Vehicle Assembly Building, and is awaiting engine integration.

The world watched with bated breath as NASA’s Artemis 2 mission launched last month, sending humans toward the moon for the first time since 1972. The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft—NASA’s Reid Wiseman,

Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christine Koch and Jeremy Hansen gave NASA a closer look at the moon ahead of future missions, expected in 2027.

"Life is risky, even if you're not climbing on an eight million pound rocket and going around the moon,” said astronaut Reid Wiseman

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