
ALT Against black space, Earth appears at left as a thin white-green crescent lit along its right edge. The Moon, slightly smaller and dimmer, sits at upper right as a matching tan crescent lit on the same side. Only a sliver of each world catches sunlight; the rest of both disks is lost in darkness.

ALT In this image from Nov. 21, 2022, the Moon is captured by a camera on the tip of one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar arrays during the Artemis I mission. The surface of the Moon appears gray and cratered and stands out against the blackness of space. A portion of the white Orion spacecraft is visible on the left side of the image. Credit: NASA

ALT Members of the Artemis II closeout crew, from left: William Sattler; Tyler Sutherland; Michael Heinemann; Christian Warriner; Taylor Hose; Jenni Gibbons, Artemis II backup crew member; Bill Owens; and Andre Douglas, Artemis II backup crew member, pose for a photo with NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building behind them at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2025. All eight team members stand in front of a truck that is labeled “Artemis Closeout Crew.” Fluffy white clouds cover a blue sky in the background. Credit: NASA/Jim Ross























