Solar Eclipse During Artemis II

art002e016324 (April 6, 2026) - The solar eclipse captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft’s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon’s far side. The science community is investigating whether the glow around the Moon is from zodiacal light -- interplanetary dust that’s reflecting sunlight -- the solar corona, or a combination of the two. Unlike minutes-long eclipses as viewed from Earth, the Artemis II crew saw the Sun hide behind the Moon for nearly an hour. In this image, Venus can be spotted on the left, and Saturn on the right of the Moon. Credit: NASA

Date

2026-04-07

Photographer / author

NASA

Collection

JSC

Archive

NASA Image and Video Library

Type

photograph

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