NASA astronauts on the way to the Moon capture Earth using iPhone 17 Pro Max
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Key Points:
- Four NASA astronauts on the Artemis II mission are capturing stunning Earth photos using the iPhone 17 Pro Max.
- NASA’s official Flickr page confirmed that three newly published images were taken with iPhones aboard the Orion spacecraft.
- Apple was not formally involved in approving iPhones for the mission; each astronaut carries a silver iPhone 17 Pro Max alongside GoPro Hero 11 and Nikon D5 cameras.
- While many famous mission photos were taken with Nikon D5 cameras, the latest batch shared by NASA highlights the iPhone’s photographic capabilities in space.
- One notable iPhone photo features astronaut Christina Koch looking out the Orion capsule window at the illuminated Earth below.
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