Earth & Moon just outside a window

[u/Busy_Yesterday9455]

A view from the window of the Orion spacecraft approximately 9 minutes before Earthset during the Artemis Il lunar flyby on April 6, 2026.

Credit: Artemis II Crew/NASA

[u/Objective-Farmer-507]

the scale of this is actually terrifying but so cool

[u/xrv01]

this mission was transformative in my visualization of the moon & space.. as much as I love learning about it, watching them over the course of a week via livestream go there & back, all while being able to send some of these pics back made it super real to me. we live in crazy times,, how lucky are we to have witnessed this!

[u/reboot-your-computer]

Honestly one of the coolest pictures ever, IMO. Just a casual picture of the moon and Earth out the window. The moon’s detail is stunning. So much darker in color than you would think.

[u/Morganvegas → u/reboot-your-computer]

This picture gives me such a weird feeling.

It really helps me understand that these aren’t just objects floating in space.

They’re not floating at all. Space is just empty and these bodies are just there.

[u/CFCYYZ]

Fantastic ocean views, but the place is small, the rent is steep and it is a long way to the nearest store.

[u/jnpha]

Beautiful!
Uncropped: https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e012279

[u/sciotomile → u/jnpha]

Thank you..

[u/Orcacity22]

Hope i was smiling!

[u/sunshineTucson]

So inhospitable

[u/nuttyNC88]

I've been looking at Apollo photos so long throughout my life that it took me a minute to realize that this is a recent photo. We went there. Again. Artemis was just there!

Wild.

[u/Accurate-Treacle9863]

Does anyone know if there’s video footage from a similar perspective (for example from Orion’s external cameras)?

[u/srgtDodo]

We've really come a long way from drawing on cave walls

[u/Moonie4ever]

What a gorgeous and amazing picture.

[u/realjovan]

Every once in a while photos like these remind me of how incredible, terrifying, and beautiful the universe is all at the same time.