NASA Unveils Impressive Full View Image of the Moon’s Orientale Basin Captured by Artemis II Crew

The moon will always be fascinating, no matter what, because the splendor of the most beautiful satellite, the Earth’s only natural satellite, never disappears when we simply gaze at it.

Recently, NASA successfully launched the Artemis II space mission towards the moon. It was a historic moment after 53 years of hiatus since the Apollo 17 moon mission in December 1972. Three American and one Canadian astronauts are onboard the Orion spacecraft, which is expected to reach the destination on Monday, according to the reports.

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The crew of Artemis II shared a beautiful full view image of the Moon’s Orientale Basin. NASA has shared the image on its official X account. NASA on Sunday shared an eye-catching image of the moon by the Artemis II crew as they travelled on a mission to fly around the moon. NASA shared the image with a caption stating, “History in the making. In this new image from our @NASAArtemis II crew, you can see the Orientale basin on the right edge of the lunar disk. This mission marks the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes.”

History in the making In this new image from our @NASAArtemis II crew, you can see Orientale basin on the right edge of the lunar disk. This mission marks the first time the entire basin has been seen with human eyes. pic.twitter.com/iqjod6gqgz — NASA (@NASA) April 5, 2026

The reports also indicate that Artemis II will break distance records for human spaceflight by travelling more than 252,000 miles (400,000 km) from Earth before looping the moon and returning without entering the lunar orbit and landing on the moon. Apollo 13 now holds the record. As the AP report indicates, the spacecraft has already passed the halfway point on its journey to the Moon by Sunday.