Moonshot on iPhone: Astronaut Reid Wiseman snaps unbelievable photo of the lunar surface
By Marcus Mendes
Published on April 7, 2026.
During the Artemis II spacecraft's final approach for a historic lunar flyby, Commander Reid Wiseman captured a stunning photo of the lunar surface on his iPhone 17 Pro Max. This marks the first time NASA has allowed astronauts to fly with the latest smartphones. The crew has also used a GoPro HERO 4 Black, a Nikon D5, and a Nikon Z 9 to capture images, which are available on NASA Johnson's Flickr account. On the livestream, Wiseman showed the photo with an 8x zoom and confirmed it showed the Chebyshev crater.
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