The first two images show an 'Earthrise' and the solar eclipse the astronauts viewed.

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.

NASA’s Artemis II crew just gave the world its first close-up look at the Moon’s far side, releasing a series of high-resolution images that include a rare, in-space view of a solar eclipse. The photos,

According to NASA, the seven-hour flyby documented regions of the moon that no human has seen before. And in homage to Jim Lovell — the NASA astronaut of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 whose distance-from-Earth record Artemis II broke this week — the crew were able to get an "Earthset" photo, which shows our home planet sinking below the lunar horizon.

NASA's Artemis II crew just saw a 57-minute total solar eclipse from the far side of the moon. NASA's next eclipse comes in 2045 during the "Greatest American Eclipse."

Nasa officials are ensuring “they don’t take their eye off the ball” as astronauts near their return to Earth after travelling deeper into space than anyone before. The Artemis II crew, who successfully completed a test flight around the Moon,

Artemis II astronauts are returning to Earth after a historic lunar flyby, setting a new record for human spaceflight.