The realizations on social media align with what researchers have long known about Earth's composition.

The perspective-changing "overview effect" is magnified when you're looking back at Earth from beyond the moon, according to Artemis 2's Christina Koch.

Wiseman's words clearly demonstrate the amazing and impressive experience of seeing the Earth from space.

Approaching the near side of the Moon. The Artemis II astronauts have surpassed the record for the distance from Earth at 1:56 ET (1756 UTC). This record was previously set during the Apollo 13 mission when the astronauts traveled 248,655 miles from Earth. The Moon continues to… pic.twitter.com/OapAGgGMex

Part of Artemis II's mission includes collecting samples of ice from the moon that will be compared to Earth’s oceans.

In an unusual perspective for an Earth-observing satellite, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured this image of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite. The Sentinel-2 mission acquired this lunar image by rolling one of its satellites sideways to view the moon instead of Earth.

Sometime next year, a new NASA instrument designed and built in Colorado will get an eagle-eye view of Earth. The instrument, known as Libera, will circle the planet from high above, scanning every inch of the globe daily to track how much radiative energy ...

Artemis II astronauts capture Earth from space using iPhone 17 Pro Max, with three images showing Christina Koch and Reid Wiseman viewing the planet through Orion spacecraft windows.