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Though a rare sight, it's not the first time a solar eclipse has been viewed from lunar realms. The Apollo astronauts, who orbited the moon rather than flew by it (as Artemis 2 did), also saw solar eclipses, NASA's Kelsey Young, Artemis science flight operations lead, said during a press conference on Saturday (April 4).
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA's Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions no human has seen before.
The astronauts lost connection with Nasa while behind the Moon, as they passed the furthest point humans have ever travelled from Earth.
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.
The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from their Orion spacecraft during a historic flyby over the moon. Here's a photo.
The four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft captured stunning images during their record-setting lunar flyby.
A “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Tuesday will mark the first eclipse of 2026, but only about 2% of the world’s population will get to see it, according to Time and Date. The event, also called an annular solar eclipse, occurs “when the moon passes ...
The four NASA Artemis II astronauts will swing around the far side of the moon, venturing deeper into space than any humans in history.