The White House has released the first photo taken from the far side of the moon. The stunning NASA, taken aboard the Orion spacecraft, shows Earth gradually disappearing beneath the Moon’s horizon

"Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon," the picture, dated April 6, was captioned on a post on X. It is the first time in history, humans have directly observed the Moon’s entire far side with their own eyes. The four Artemis 2 astronauts made history yesterday after venturing further into space than any humans have ever gone.

At a distance of 252,757 miles from Earth, the crew were so near the Moon that it appeared about the size of a basketball held at arm’s length, according to NASA.