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Artemis 2 Astronaut Films Moon With His iPhone: the Results Are Stunning

Artemis 2 Astronaut Films Moon With His iPhone: the Results Are Stunning

Summary

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman shared a video of the moon filmed with an iPhone during the Artemis 2 mission, a crewed lunar flyby. The video shows a clear and striking view of the moon and Earth and was made using the phone’s zoom through a small window on the spacecraft.

Key Facts

  • Reid Wiseman posted a video of the moon taken with an iPhone on the Artemis 2 mission.
  • The video shows the moon close-up with Earth slowly setting in the background.
  • Wiseman used 8x zoom on the iPhone without editing or cropping the video.
  • Artemis 2 was NASA’s first crewed Artemis flight and included four astronauts: Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen from Canada.
  • The mission was a test of deep-space travel, flying around the moon and safely returning to Earth.
  • The crew returned on April 10, landing in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California.
  • Wiseman chose the iPhone because it fit the small docking hatch window better than other cameras.
  • Other crew members were also taking photos with professional cameras during the mission.
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