Nasa has released the first photographs taken by the Artemis II astronauts during their fly-by of the Moon. The first image, above, shows an 'Earthset' as the astronauts glimpsed our home planet peeking out beyond a cratered lunar landscape.

The Artemis II mission wrapped up a historic seven-hour lunar flyby Monday, marking humanity’s first return to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 and capturing images of the lunar far side. After the lunar observation period concluded,