Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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'What an awe-inspiring sight this must have been.'

Artemis II astronauts travelled 252,756 miles from Earth, flew around the Moon, and observed the lunar surface like never before.

Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation at the University of Oxford Physics, analyses her favourite images from Artemis II.

(We promise this was filmed on Earth, not the Moon - remote recording, not low gravity.)

🎬 Footage credit: NASA