Artemis II moon images: Separating fact from science fiction

The astronauts of the Artemis II mission captured several stunning photographs of the moon, but some posts online shared fake images instead.
PolitiFact

These photos of the moon weren’t taken by Artemis II, they are AI or taken from Earth

Ildar Ibatullin confirmed to PolitiFact via Instagram that those are his images and they were captured from Earth using a reflector telescope and a DSLR camera, not taken by NASA or from the Artemis II mission.

Artemis II crew completes record-breaking trip around the moon and sees "unreal" solar eclipse

The Artemis II crew flew farther from Earth than any humans in history as they passed over the far side of the moon on Monday night.

Artemis II astronauts will see parts of the moon no human has before. Here’s how

The distance Orion will travel during the Artemis II moon flyby will let the crew see the entire lunar disk, including features Apollo astronauts didn’t observe.
Futurism

Moon Astronaut Captures Shot of Earth That Lets You See Its Razor-Thin Atmosphere Perfectly

NASA astronaut and Artemis 2 mission commander Reid Wiseman took a moment to snap a breathtaking photo of the full Earth.

NASA Digs Up a Travis Kelce Tweet About Manifesting 'Success' Under the Moon Nearly Two Decades Later

NASA unearthed an old Travis Kelce post on X nearly two decades after he wrote it, on Sunday, April 5, to coincide with Artemis II's trip around the moon.

NASA’s Artemis program has sparked a race to land U.S. rovers on the moon

As NASA’s Artemis II mission unfolds, with four astronauts on the first crewed lunar voyage since 1972’s Apollo 17, the U.S.’s elite status as the only nation to ever send humans to the moon remains

Explosions light up the Moon as astronauts witness rare cosmic event

The sightings came at a surreal moment. About an hour after the spacecraft swung around the Moon's farside, the Sun slipped behind the lunar disk, giving the astronauts a view no human has ever had before: a solar eclipse from behind the Moon, according to NASA. In that darkness, the impacts stood out.