Overview
- Reid Wiseman’s post on X, shared Sunday, features a 53-second, uncropped iPhone 17 Pro Max video using 8x zoom that quickly drew millions of views.
- The handheld footage was recorded April 6 during Artemis II’s far-side flyby about 252,000 miles from Earth, with Christina Koch’s Nikon shutter clicking in the background.
- NASA cleared iPhone 17 Pro Max units as onboard cameras with wireless functions disabled, and the crew also shot with professional Nikon DSLRs and other gear.
- The four astronauts completed a roughly 10-day mission and splashed down on April 10 in the Pacific, setting a new human-distance record about 4,111 miles beyond Apollo 13.
- An Earthset—Earth slipping behind the Moon’s edge—is a sight last experienced by Apollo crews, and NASA says mission images and data will guide upcoming Artemis flights.