Over seven hours, the astronauts took thousands of photos that will help inform scientists’ understanding of the moon. The first ones have now been released.

The four astronauts — NASA commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency mission specialist Jeremy Hansen — spent Monday’s seven-hour lunar flyby taking photos and making observations from the Orion spacecraft, which they named Integrity.

The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from space during their historic flyby over the moon, a sight few have seen in person.

The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.

After traveling a record distance from Earth, the Artemis II crew saw incredible things. “This continues to be unreal,” pilot Victor Glover said.

Coming up in March, the full moon will dim, darken, and then glow red as Earth's shadow slides across its face. The total lunar eclipse will unfold over several hours and reward people willing to wake up early in the morning or in the middle of the night.

Never seen before images from the dark side of the moon, including an 'unbelievable' solar eclipse, continue to be downlinked from Orion by the Integrity crew, which held a news conference with reporters Wednesday night.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A blood-red moon will soon grace the skies for a total lunar eclipse Tuesday — and there won’t be another until late 2028. A partial lunar eclipse will begin at 4:50 a.m., becoming a total lunar eclipse at 6:04 a.m., then peaking ...

The total lunar "blood moon" on March 3, 2026, was the last one visible for nearly three years. The next total lunar eclipse will not occur until December 31, 2028. The 2028 total lunar eclipse will not be visible over much of the United States. Early in ...