WATCH: Artemis II Commander Shares ‘One Chance In A Lifetime’ Shot From Space

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman shared a stunning iPhone video on Sunday showing Earth slowly fading from view behind the Moon.

Wiseman used his cellphone to capture the “Earthset” on April 6 as the crew’s spacecraft moved behind the Moon, about 252,000 miles from Earth.

During an ‘Earthset,’ the planet “appears to sink below the lunar horizon,” according to NASA.

“Only one chance in this lifetime,” Wiseman said on social media. “Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset.”

“I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view … this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye,” he added.

Only one chance in this lifetime…

Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those… pic.twitter.com/8aWnaFJ69c

— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) April 19, 2026

The viral video has racked up more than 10 million views on X. 

“Otherworldly … the Earth setting behind the Moon during the Artemis II mission – captured with an everyday smartphone. Makes it feel so much more ‘human’ and closer to home,” Special Communications Assistant to the NASA Administrator said.

Otherworldly… the Earth setting behind the Moon during the Artemis II mission – captured with an everyday smartphone. Makes it feel so much more ‘human’ and closer to home. https://t.co/9SKhDt9TyJ

— John Kraus (@johnkrausphotos) April 19, 2026

The four-member crew also photographed terrain features, “including impact craters, ancient lava flows, and surface cracks and ridges formed as the Moon slowly evolved over time,” NASA said.

Your close personal friends, the @NASAArtemis astronauts (and Rise), can’t wait to get home!

In the meantime, enjoy a few new pictures from their camera roll. And watch their return with us live at https://t.co/z1RgZwQkWS. pic.twitter.com/gJBvWTdlWM

— NASA (@NASA) April 10, 2026

NASA’s Artemis II crew made history by traveling farther into space than humans had ever gone before.

Wiseman previously described the moment he called for the ship’s chaplain at the end of the historic lunar mission, saying he “broke down in tears” when he saw the cross on the officer’s collar.

“When I got back on the on the ship — I’m not really a religious person — but there was just no other avenue for me to explain anything or to experience anything,” Wiseman said of the moment they were retrieved after splashdown.

“So, I asked for the chaplain on the Navy ship to just come visit us for a minute, and when that man walked in, I’d never met him before in my life. But I saw the cross on his collar, and I just broke down in tears,” he continued. “It’s very hard to fully grasp what we just went through.”

NEW: Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman reflects on being MOVED to tears by the Christian cross after returning to Earth from the historic expedition:

“When I got back on the on the ship — I’m not really a religious person — but there was just no other avenue for me to explain… pic.twitter.com/yk2JBIkxrN

— Fox News (@FoxNews) April 16, 2026