Artemis II's lunar flyby delivers Earthset spectacle and rare Orientale views

During Artemis II’s historic seven-hour lunar flyby, NASA astronauts aboard Orion came within about 4,067 miles of the Moon and roughly 252,756 miles from Earth, capturing thousands of photos that included Earth appearing to set behind the Moon (Earthset), a solar eclipse with visible corona and planets, and views of the Orientale Basin with two newly named craters, Integrity and Carroll; the crew also photographed the Milky Way on the return, while honoring Wiseman’s late wife Carroll and advancing science ahead of future lunar missions.