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.

Astronauts aboard Artemis II have shared some spectacular images from space and the source came as a surprise to viewers on social media. NASA shared three photos from astronauts aboard the mission, all of which were shot by an iPhone. The pictures, shared during mission preparations, were taken using Apple’s latest iPhone 17 Pro Max.

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 photos show an eclipse and a distant Earth disappearing behind the moon, a disorienting and surreal perspective. Here's what to know.

NASA's first set of images captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby are here, and they're stunnin

The sightings came at a surreal moment. About an hour after the spacecraft swung around the Moon's farside, the Sun slipped behind the lunar disk, giving the astronauts a view no human has ever had before: a solar eclipse from behind the Moon, according to NASA. In that darkness, the impacts stood out.

Space travel has a profound psychological impact on the people who experience it. Those of us back on Earth have been moved by humankind's return to the moon as well.

The crew of the historic Artemis II mission memorialized the late wife of one of their astronauts by proposing to name a crater on the moon after her on Monday, an emotional moment that was captured o