Artemis II astronauts use iPhone 17 to take selfies of Earth
Artemis II astronauts use iPhone 17 to take selfies of Earth
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Publish Date: 2026-04-06 14:54:00
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The Artemis II mission is about to go down in the annals of history, traveling farther in space than any other crewed mission as the Orion spacecraft slingshots around the dark side of the moon. But it’s making history in more ways than one.
In fact, the journey has been filled with firsts. It’s the first time a woman astronaut and a Black astronaut have made their way to the moon. It’s the first crewed launch of NASA’s Artemis program, a multi-year effort to get us back on the lunar surface. It’s also the first time humans have left Earth’s orbit since 1972.
And, to the fascination of many online, the Artemis II crew is the first to bring iPhones into space.
“Home, Seen from Orion” photograph by Commander Reid Wiseman, taken with an iPhone 17 Pro Max aboard the Orion spacecraft.
Credit: NASA
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Armed with a vessel equipped with the space agency’s finest tech (don’t mind the broken toilet or glitchy Outlook setups), the team also slipped the thin, aluminum unibody of Apple’s latest iPhone 17 Pro Max into their space suit pockets. And they’ve been using the devices to document the journey, including two “selfies” posted by NASA and crew member accounts this past weekend.
In one image, taken April 2, mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of the Orion spacecraft windows, her face in shadow as the brilliant image of Earth shines behind her. The second image shows Commander Reid Wiseman in the same dramatic fashion, a mirror image of Koch, the two space voyagers looking back at their home.
“Spaceship Earth” photograph by mission specialist Christina Koch, taken with iPhone 17 Pro Max.
Credit: NASA
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