Artemis 2 Astronaut Films Moon With His iPhone: the Results Are Stunning

Tamara Ceaikovski

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman has delighted skywatchers online after posting a short, unvarnished video of the moon —shot, improbably, on an iPhone, while aboard the Artemis 2 spaceflight . Shared on X under @astro_reid, the clip has been viewed more than 8.1 million times, with viewers lingering on a scene that looks at once crisp and dreamlike: the moon framed in the foreground, Earth slowly setting in the background, in a quiet reminder of how far from home the camera—and the crew—really were.