NASA released the crew’s first downlinked images Friday, 1 1/2 days into the first astronaut moonshot in more than half a century.

NASA released the very first images taken by the four astronauts aboard the Orion capsule as they are making their way to the moon.

The Artemis 2 astronauts snapped a gorgeous photo of their home planet recently as they sped away from it and toward the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts continued their long coast to the moon, capturing stunning photos along the way.

Photos of Earth taken by the Artemis 2 astronauts reveal their perspective as they zoom farther away from our home planet than any have gone before.

The new Artemis II images — coupled with initial shots of the spacecraft hurtling through Earth's orbit, surrounded by glittering, galactic ice — have rendered much of the public awestruck, feeds flooding over with an overwhelming sense of emotion as the astronauts look back at our home.

The three Americans and one Canadian will swing around the moon, hang a U-turn and then head home without stopping.

NASA's Artemis II crew left Earth orbit Thursday evening en route for the moon, marking a milestone not reached in more than 50 years.

Orion and its four-person crew have been orbiting Earth since shortly after launch on Wednesday. Next up, a critical engine burn that will send the astronauts to the moon