Overview
- Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman filmed a 53-second, unedited ‘Earthset’ on an iPhone 17 Pro Max through Orion’s window using 8x zoom.
- NASA allowed select personal phones on the mission after safety checks, with wireless disabled, so the crew used them mainly as cameras alongside Nikon D5 and Z9 systems.
- The clip spread widely online, and Apple’s Tim Cook praised it, but NASA’s advertising rules bar any use that suggests the agency endorses a product.
- Vice reports the crew also recorded brief flashes on the Moon thought to be meteorite impacts, which teams are reviewing to help gauge future flight risks.
- The phone-shot scene offers a trusted, real view in a time of AI fakes and shows how consumer tech can capture spaceflight moments that connect with the public.