The moon taken by an Artemis 2 crewmember through the window of the Orion spacecraft on April 3, 2026. Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP)“This mission marks the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes,” Nasa said. This screengrab from a NASA live broadcast video shows (L-R) NASA astronaut and Artemis II Mission Specialist Christina Koch, NASA astronaut and Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Artemis II Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman. “We’re focusing very much on the ecosystem, the life support system of the spacecraft,” Nasa chief Jared Isaacman said on Sunday in a televised interview with CNN. On the schedule for day five, according to Nasa, is testing of the astronauts’ “survival” suits.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 05, 2026 20:26 UTC