An Astronaut Filmed an 'Earthset' With His Phone, Proving Humans Really Did Go to Space
By Luis Prada
Published on April 23, 2026.
An Astronaut from Artemis II, Reid Wiseman, captured a rare video showing Earth slowly disappearing behind the Moon, which astronauts call "Earthset" and the inverse of the Earthrise image taken by Apollo 8 astronauts. The footage was unedited and zoomed to roughly match what the human eye sees, and didn't require any equipment more complex than the phone you can buy at a Verizon or AT&T outlet. The crew was documenting the journey with various instruments, including commercially available smart phones, during their time up there recording meteorite impacts.
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