NASA released three photos of Earth taken during the Artemis II mission using an iPhone 17 Pro Max, marking the first use of a consumer smartphone in a crewed deep-space mission. Captured by astronauts Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch, the images show Earth through Orion’s windows, highlighting the device’s camera capabilities.

In a moment that no smartphone manufacturer could have scripted better, NASA has released three breathtaking photographs taken aboard the Orion spacecraft during the ongoing Artemis II lunar mission, and they were captured not by a Nikon or a GoPro, but by an iPhone 17 Pro Max. NASA has shared three incredible photos shot on the iPhone 17 Pro Max by astronauts during the Artemis II mission to the Moon.

The images, now publicly available on NASA's official Flickr page, mark the first time a consumer-grade, current-generation smartphone has been used to document a crewed deep-space mission.

iPhone 17 Pro Max: What the three photos show

The photos show Artemis II's Commander Reid Wiseman and Mission Specialist Christina Koch looking back at Earth through one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows.