Understanding the Artemis II photos we've seen so far

This fantastic video examines the incredible photography the Artemis II crew has sent back thus far. The photos from Artemis II aren't just pretty; they are resetting humanity's collective sense of scale. After more than 50 years, these are human-eye images from deep space again. Not polished renderings, not rover postcards, but lived perspective from four people actually out there and looking back.

Artemis II is NASA's first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo, and the crew has already sent official moon-flyby photos from a vantage point no human has occupied in generations.  That kind of photography does something budgets and policy papers never can: it makes the mission real, turns "Moon to Mars" branding into memory, and gives a troubled planet a few fresh images big enough to distract from the horrors on its surface.

Previously:
• Artemis II's state-of-the-art space toilet broke
• Artemis II's launch countdown has begun and its next stop is the Moon
• Artemis mission to the moon, briefly back on schedule, delayed again