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Forum: Exploration: Moon to Mars
Topic: [Discuss] NASA's Artemis II mission (Orion)

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 04-04-2026 01:00 PM New photos release: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen – in the center of the image – peers out the window of the Orion spacecraft on day 3 of NASA's Artemis II mission. The controls over the commander and pilot seats are illuminated in the foreground, but the cabin is otherwise dark to avoid unnecessary glares on the windows.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos01.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]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.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos02.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]A view of Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's four windows after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos03-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos03.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]A view of a backlit Earth taken by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman from one of the Orion spacecraft's window after completing the translunar injection burn on April 2, 2026.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos04-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos04.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center><BLOCKQUOTE>[i]A view of the Moon taken by an Artemis II crewmember through the window of the Orion spacecraft on the third day of the mission. The image includes a portion of the Orientale basin (far left), a first for humans and human eyes. Until today, only robotic imagers have seen this region of our Moon.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos05-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos05.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]An illuminated sliver of Earth set against the blackness of space is seen through the window of the Orion spacecraft in this photograph from the Artemis II crew on the third day of their journey to the Moon.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos06-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos06.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]A sliver of Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this photo taken by an Artemis II crew member through an Orion spacecraft window on the third day of the mission.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos07-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos07.jpg" width="400" height="267" border="0"></a></center> Higher resolution stills from a video camera mounted on the end of a solar array: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon on the second flight day of the mission. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos08-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos08.jpg" width="400" height="300" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]The Artemis II crew is en route to the Moon on the second flight day of the mission. This photo shows the Orion spacecraft with the Moon in the distance, as captured by a camera on the tip of one of its solar array wings.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos09-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos09.jpg" width="400" height="300" border="0"></a></center> <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Orion snapped this high-resolution selfie in space with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos10-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="https://www.collectspace.com/review/artemis_ii_flight_day_2_3_photos10.jpg" width="400" height="300" border="0"></a></center>
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