A rare eclipse seen from Orion, where the Moon hides the Sun and Saturn and Mars shine beside the darkness.
This April 7, 2026 image shows the Sun eclipsed by the Moon as seen from NASA’s Orion spacecraft. The glow around the Moon is zodiacal light, and the two bright points to the right are Saturn and Mars. Because the Artemis II crew was much closer to the Moon than observers on Earth, the eclipse lasted far longer than a typical total solar eclipse seen from the ground.
The Planets Shine Bright captures one of the most extraordinary visual moments of Artemis II: a deep-space eclipse seen from Orion during the lunar flyby. Instead of a brief flash of totality, the crew experienced the Sun hidden behind the Moon for nearly an hour, creating a composition unlike any familiar eclipse view from Earth.
At the center of the frame, the Moon blocks the Sun completely. Around it appears the soft glow of zodiacal light, while Saturn and Mars are visible as bright points to the right. The result is minimal, atmospheric, and deeply cosmic, bringing together planetary neighbors, lunar geometry, and the rare perspective of human flight beyond low Earth orbit.
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Image credits: NASA.