Reid Wiseman Shares Incredible Video Captured on His iPhone
The Artemis II crew returned to Earth with countless never-before-seen images from their historic 10-day lunar flyby mission.
The four-person crew, featuring astronauts Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, Victor Glover and Jeremy Hansen, used state-of-the-art technology to capture stunning images as they passed around the far-side of the moon - traveling further away from Earth than any humans in history.
Wiseman also captured a video using his iPhone, showing a stunning new perspective of the "Earthset" as world disappeared behind the moon.
"Only one chance in this lifetime… Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn't resist a cell phone video of Earthset," Wiseman wrote along with the video.
"You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens," the Artemis II mission commander continued. "@AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
"I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy."
Only one chance in this lifetime…
— Reid Wiseman (@astro_reid) April 19, 2026
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn't resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those… pic.twitter.com/8aWnaFJ69c
This new video went viral on social media, with thousands flooding the comment section.
"This is so weird. I've used iPhone cameras so much that the behavior is so familiar, what I'm looking at feels so much more real," one wrote.
"Possibly the most amazing video I've ever seen," another added.
"Words don't begin to describe what it feels like watching something that humans weren't designed to see happen in real time… oh my goodness," another said.
"Bringing phone cameras along for the ride was brilliant to contextualize what they were seeing. Absolutely remarkable video," another wrote.
Wiseman and the rest of the Artemis II crew splashed down off the coast of San Diego last Friday. They were then transported to Houston's Johnson Space Center, where they reunited with their families and addressed the public.
This story was originally published by Men's Journal on Apr 21, 2026, where it first appeared in the News section. Add Men's Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
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This story was originally published April 21, 2026 at 6:20 AM.