Most people never get to experience a total solar eclipse, when the moon blots out the disk of the sun and reveals its fiery outermost atmospheric layer, or corona. “Seconds after the sun set behind

The four Artemis II astronauts in Orion witnessed a spectacular total solar eclipse during their lunar flyby on Monday, April 6. Here’s how to see one yourself.

The Artemis II astronauts witnessed a solar eclipse from space during their historic flyby over the moon, a sight few have seen in person.

Photos from Aretmis II offer a glimpse at what it was like for the astronauts to experience a 54-minute solar eclipse from the dark side of the moon

NASA's Artemis II crew just saw a 57-minute total solar eclipse from the far side of the moon. NASA's next eclipse comes in 2045 during the "Greatest American Eclipse."

NASA's Artemis 2 crew captured these amazing views of the Earth moon and a solar eclipse during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026. Credit: NASA | edited by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta]( / spaleta_spac

The four-member crew witnessed the eclipse while beyond the Moon, creating a vastly different visual experience from what we would typically see on Earth, as noted by CNN and Scie

According to NASA, the seven-hour flyby documented regions of the moon that no human has seen before. And in homage to Jim Lovell — the NASA astronaut of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13 whose distance-from-Earth record Artemis II broke this week — the crew were able to get an "Earthset" photo, which shows our home planet sinking below the lunar horizon.

A once-in-a-century total solar eclipse will sweep across 10 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on Aug. 2, 2027. Here are the best places to go.