{"id":1378078,"date":"2026-04-04T17:14:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/artemis-ii-astronauts-approach-the-moon-and-show-footage-of-earth\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T17:14:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:14:01","slug":"artemis-ii-astronauts-approach-the-moon-and-show-footage-of-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/artemis-ii-astronauts-approach-the-moon-and-show-footage-of-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"Artemis II astronauts approach the Moon and show footage of Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Artemis II astronauts have left Earth orbit and are approaching the Moon. The crew is more than halfway there and has captured unique images of Earth from space.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2040341101471551784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2040341101471551784%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NASA<\/a> reports this.<\/p>\n<p> The institution noted that the third day of the flight has ended, and the crew is closer to the Moon than to the Earth.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;We can now see the Moon from the docking hatch. It&#8217;s a magnificent sight,&#8221; NASA said. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1378065 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749493_y-650x488.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> According to information, astronauts left Earth orbit for the first time since 1972 and headed towards the Moon.<\/p>\n<p> Mission commander Reed Wiseman took the images after completing the final engine fire that put the Orion spacecraft on a flight trajectory to the Moon.<\/p>\n<p> The released images, in particular, capture the Earth&#8217;s atmospheric glow, which occurs during solar eclipses, as well as the boundary between day and night, known as the terminator. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1378062 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749491_y-650x433.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> According to mission specialist Jeremy Hansen, the crew actively took photographs during the flight.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The crew was glued to the windows,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> &#8220;We can see the Moon out of the docking hatch right now. It&#8217;s a beautiful sight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> Flight day 3 is in the books, and our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASAArtemis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NASAArtemis<\/a> II crew is now closer to the Moon than to Earth. Check out highlights from our lunar mission. What&#8217;s been your favorite moment so far? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mIF343JyX3\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/mIF343JyX3<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 NASA (@NASA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASA\/status\/2040341101471551784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 4, 2026<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/> It is noted that the Artemis II mission is moving along a trajectory that will allow it to fly around the far side of the Moon and return to Earth. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1378068 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/photo_5371050740924749492_y-650x433.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> The day before, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/foto-zemli-z-kosmosu-nasa-opublikuvalo-kadry-z-misii-artemis-ii\/\">NASA published new photos of Earth taken by Orion commander Reed Wiseman during the Artemis II mission<\/a> , the first manned flight around the Moon in over 50 years.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Artemis II astronauts have left Earth orbit and are approaching the Moon. The crew is more than halfway there and has captured unique images of Earth from space. NASA reports this. The institution noted that the third day of the flight has ended, and the crew is closer to the Moon than to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1377791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76875,76878,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1378078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news","category-society","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1378078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1378078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1377791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1378078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1378078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}