This screengrab from a NASA livestream shows the Orion spacecraft approaching the Moon on April 6, 2026.

This handout image released by NASA shows a fully illuminated view of the Moon, including the Orientale basin and parts of the far side not visible from Earth, on April 6, 2026.

NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon April 2, 2026.

A view of Earth taken by an Artemis II crew member through the window of the Orion spacecraft, April 4, 2026.

A view of the Orion capsule taken with a camera mounted on one of its solar array wings during a routine external inspection of the spacecraft on the second day into the Artemis II mission towards the Moon April 3, 2026.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is illuminated by a screen inside the darkened Orion spacecraft on the third day of the agency's Artemis II mission as the crew travels towards the Moon April 3, 2026.

NASA Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover answer questions from reporters during the first downlink event of their mission April 2, 2026.

A view of the Moon taken by an Artemis II crew member through the window of the Orion spacecraft on day five of the mission, April 6, 2026. .

FILE PHOTO: The moon during its waxing gibbous phase over Ronda, Spain, after the launch of NASA's Artemis II lunar flyby mission, with the next-generation moon rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule, April 2, 2026.

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