2026年4月3日 / 美国东部时间晚上7:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
正在前往月球的阿尔忒弥斯二号宇航员们，在地球逐渐退到身后之际欣赏到壮观的地球景观，他们于周五与家人聊天放松，随后审阅了将于周一从月球背面独特视角细致观测月球的计划。
他们周五的飞行计划还包括基础医疗程序演练——包括胸外按压和清理气道阻塞的方法——以帮助未来的猎户座机组人员应对深空可能出现的紧急情况。
2026年4月2日周四晚，当猎户座飞船脱离地球时，指挥官里德·怀斯曼拍摄到了这颗母星的绝美画面：北非、直布罗陀海峡、大西洋对岸郁郁葱葱的巴西海岸，以及两极闪烁的极光。 美国国家航空航天局（NASA）
原计划通过“ outbound trajectory correction”（ outbound轨迹修正，简称OTC）微调飞船接近月球的轨道，但因精准瞄准的猎户座飞船几乎完全按预定轨道飞行，该操作被取消。
不过至少对地球上的“太空爱好者”来说，这一天在太空中的亮点是从深空视角拍摄的、令人惊叹的地球照片。
阿尔忒弥斯二号指挥官里德·怀斯曼周四在火箭点火将机组送入地月转移轨道后不久拍摄的两张照片，展示了完整的地球悬浮在漆黑的太空中。
飞船朝向地球的一面处于黑暗中，但几秒后拍摄的长曝光照片清晰展现了大西洋另一侧的北非、直布罗陀海峡和巴西的绿色海岸。
一张通过猎户座飞船驾驶舱舷窗拍摄的地球深情快照。2026年4月2日。 NASA
画面中还可见两极的彩色极光，以及从地球一侧透出的阳光。
另一张照片则展示了被驾驶舱舷窗框住的蓝白星球，这幅画面凸显了阿尔忒弥斯二号四名宇航员与其他人类之间的遥远距离。
当天晚些时候，安装在猎户座其中一个太阳能翼上的摄像头实时传回画面，显示月球就在正前方，一颗微小的灰色大理石悬浮在黑暗中。
“今早醒来看向窗外，看到满月就在飞船前方，这感觉太棒了，”怀斯曼通过无线电向任务控制中心说道，“毫无疑问，我们现在正朝着目标前进，我们非常感谢地面团队所做的一切工作。”
怀斯曼和他的阿尔忒弥斯二号机组同事——维克托·格洛弗、克里斯蒂娜·科赫以及加拿大宇航员杰里米·汉森——是自1972年12月最后一次阿波罗任务以来，首批前往月球的人类。
安装在太阳能阵列末端的摄像头展示了阿尔忒弥斯二号宇航员正前方的视野——月球。 NASA
他们将于周一创造新的飞行距离纪录，届时将飞越1970年阿波罗13号机组人员创下的24.8655万英里里程碑。月球背面飞越将于美国东部时间周一下午6点47分开始，届时猎户座飞船将进入月球前缘后方，切断与地球的通信联系。
在接下来的40分钟里，宇航员们将独自面对思考和观测清单，他们将在晚上7点05分距离月球表面约4000英里处飞过。对他们而言，月球看起来将和手臂长度外的篮球差不多大。
尽管这看起来不算特别近距离的接触，但研究人员表示，宇航员们将凭借人类肉眼带来独特的观测优势。
“我们将充分利用每一分钟去观测月球背面，”科赫在发射前说道，此次飞船的轨道“将让我们首次用肉眼观测到这些景象，这对进行科学数据分析的人员来说意义重大”。
飞越月球背面40分钟后，猎户座飞船将重新进入与地球的视线通信范围，此后飞船将启程返回，于4月10日在圣地亚哥附近的太平洋海域溅落。
Moon-bound Artemis II astronauts enjoy a relaxed day in space, spectacular Earth views
April 3, 2026 / 7:27 PM EDT / CBS News
The moon-bound Artemis II astronauts, enjoying spectacular views of Earth as it recedes behind them, took a break to chat with their families Friday before reviewing plans for closely observing the moon from the unique perspective of the lunar far side Monday.
Their flight plan for Friday also included rehearsals of basic medical procedures — including chest compressions and methods to clear airway obstructions — to help prepare future Orion crews for possible emergencies in deep space.
As the Orion capsule was pulling away from Earth late Thursday, April 2, 2026, commander Reid Wiseman captured a stunning view of the home planet, showing northern Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar, the lush coast of Brazil across the Atlantic Ocean and shimmering auroral displays over the poles. NASA
Plans to fine-tune the spacecraft’s approach to the moon with an “outbound trajectory correction” maneuver, or OTC, were called off because the precisely aimed Orion spacecraft remained almost perfectly on course.
But the highlights of the crew’s day in space, at least for armchair astronauts on Earth, were jaw-dropping photos of the home planet from the vantage point of deep space.
Two photos captured by Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman Thursday, shortly after a rocket firing that boosted the crew out of Earth orbit toward the moon, showed a full Earth suspended in the black of space.
The side of the planet facing the Orion capsule was in darkness, but a time exposure, captured a few seconds later, showed a clear view of northern Africa, the Strait of Gibraltar and the green coast of Brazil on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
A poignant shot of Earth through one of the Orion capsule’s cockpit windows. April 2, 2026. NASA
Also visible: colorful auroral displays over the poles and sunlight peeking around one side.
Yet another shot showed the blue-and-white planet framed in a cockpit window, an image that captured the gulf between the four Artemis II crew members and the rest of humanity.
Later in the day, a live video feed from a camera mounted on one of Orion’s solar wings showed the moon dead ahead, a tiny gray marble suspended in blackness.
“It was really great to wake up this morning and look out the window and see the full moon off the front of the vehicle,” Wiseman radioed mission control. “There was no doubt where we are heading right now, and we really appreciate all the work down there.”
Wiseman and his Artemis II crewmates — Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — are the first people to journey to the moon since the final Apollo mission in December 1972.
A camera on the end of a solar array shows the view dead ahead of the Artemis II astronauts — the moon. NASA
They will set a new distance record Monday when they fly past the 248,655-mile mark set by the crew of Apollo 13 in 1970. The far side fly over will begin at 6:47 p.m. EDT Monday, when the Orion disappears behind the leading edge of the moon, cutting off contact with Earth.
For 40 minutes, the astronauts will be alone with their thoughts and their observation checklists, passing within about 4,000 miles of the lunar surface at 7:05 p.m. To them, the moon will appear to be about the size of a basketball held at arm’s length.
While that might not seem like a particularly close encounter, researchers say the astronauts will bring unique tools to their observations — human eyes.
“We are going to maximize every minute of looking at that far side,” Koch said before launch. The ship’s trajectory “will allow us to see things for the first time ever with human eyes, and that actually makes a difference to the people doing the scientific data analysis.”
Forty minutes after flying behind the moon, Orion will sail back into line-of-sight contact with Earth, and from there, the spacecraft will head for home, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on April 10.
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