See photos from space during NASA's Artemis II mission so far

This screengrab from a NASA livestream shows a jar of Nutella floating aboard the Orion spacecraft as Artemis II crew members Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Jeremy Hansen and Christina Koch work on April 6, 2026. The four astronauts embarking on NASA's flyby of the Moon became on April 6 the humans to travel furthest from our planet, as they began the lunar observation that is core to their mission. The Artemis II team broke the distance record set by the 1970 Apollo 13 mission, which they are expected to surpass by 4,105 miles (6,606 kilometers) when they reach this journey's anticipated furthest distance from Earth -- 252,760 miles -- later today.

This screengrab from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II crew members Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Victor Glover giving a thumbs up aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 6, 2026. Artemis astronauts at the outer edge of human space travel had an emotional moment April 6 as they named a crater in honor of the deceased wife of mission commander Reid Wiseman. "It's a bright spot on the Moon. And we would like to call it Carroll," Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen told a live broadcast. The crater can be seen "at certain times of the Moon's transit around Earth," he said.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch looks at Earth from one of the Orion spacecraft's windows on April 4, 2026 during the agency's Artemis II mission.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is illuminated by a screen inside the darkened Orion spacecraft on the third day of the agency's Artemis II mission. To the right of the image's center, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen is seen in profile peering out of one of Orion's windows. Lights are turned off to avoid glare on the windows.

In an image posted by NASA on April 3, 2026, shows a full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in places from reflected light. From the lower left, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. In the upper right, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet’s surface. Earth is set against the black of space.

Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover answer questions from reporters during the first downlink event of their mission.

Earth’s crescent is seen from a solar array camera on the Orion spacecraft on the first flight day of the Artemis II mission.

A view of the Earth from NASA’s Orion spacecraft as it orbits above the planet during the Artemis II test flight.

In an image posted by NASA on April 3, 2026, One-third of Earth is seen through the Orion capsule window as the NASA Artemis II mission continues towards the moon. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible.

This screen grab from NASA's feed released on April 3, 2026, shows the four Artemis II crew members (L-R) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot as they head to orbit the Moon for the first time in more than half a century.

This screen grab from NASA's feed released on April 3, 2026, shows the four Artemis II crew members (L-R) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist (hidden), NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot as they head to orbit the Moon for the first time in more than half a century.

In this image from the vantage of the Orion capsule that the Artemis II astronauts are riding toward the moon, Earth is "represented by the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet," according to NASA.

In this new image from the Artemis II crew, NASA explains that what is depicted is the "divide between night and day, known as the terminator, cutting across Earth."

This view of Earth was captured April 5 as the Artemis II astronauts prepare to make their closest approach to the moon.

Mission specialist Christina Koch is seen after a workout on the Orion spacecraft as the Artemis II crew prepares for a historic lunar flyby.

Earth is seen as "a thin, glowing arc in the darkness of space," according to NASA, appearing small and distant from the vantage of the Artemis II crew.

When NASA shared this photo of the moon April 3, the Artemis II mission was about halfway to the moon. The image shows the Orion spacecraft as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.

A crescent Earth, as seen from the Orion spacecraft.

A new image of the moon captured by the Artemis II crew as the astronauts head for a historic lunar flyby.

Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman gazes out at Earth through a window of the Orion spacecraft in April 2026.

A new image of the moon captured by the Artemis II crew as the astronauts head for a historic lunar flyby.

Jeremy Hansen, an astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency, shaves April 6 aboard Orion as the Artemis II crew prepares for a lunar flyby.

This new photo from the Artemis II crew features a combined view of the moon’s near and far sides. The near side, visible on the right, shows the moon's history of lava flows, as well as the 600-mile wide Orientale basin. On the left is the far side, the hemisphere permanently faced away from Earth.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch, left, takes control of the Orion spacecraft during a manual piloting test of the Artemis II mission. To her right is CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut Victor Glover.

Victor Glover, Jeremy Hansen, and Reid Wiseman work together inside the Orion spacecraft on their way to the moon.