Overview
- NASA published a public gallery of roughly 12,000 Artemis II images and said more photos are still being processed for its official site.
- The collection shows the Orion capsule’s flyby of the Moon, views of Earth from deep space, and life inside the spacecraft captured by the four-person crew.
- Artemis II in April carried Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a free‑return loop that ended with a Pacific splashdown near San Diego and recovery to the USS John P. Murtha.
- NASA reports the flight reached about 406,771 km from Earth, surpassing Apollo 13’s distance, and coverage describes a close lunar pass of about 6,545 km.
- The crew documented about 35 geological targets such as Mare Orientale and Hertzsprung, shared emotional first‑hand views, and began postflight rehab that tracks balance and vestibular recovery.