Apollo 8 and Artemis 2: The First Color Photograph of Earth Taken from Lunar Orbit

This is the first color photograph of Earth taken from lunar orbit. Named ‘Earthrise,’ this image was captured in 1968 by an astronaut participating in the Apollo 8 mission. The astronauts on this mission were the first to orbit the Moon. Fifty years later, NASA is set to send astronauts around the Moon again through the Artemis 2 mission. It is expected that this mission will provide new images of Earth from lunar orbit.