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Artemis II: NASA astronauts carry iPhones into deep space for the first time
Updated On: 02 April, 2026 02:35 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
The devices will be used in aeroplane mode to capture photos and videos during the 10-day lunar flyby mission. The move aims to modernise documentation and allow astronauts to share unique moments from space, while still ensuring spacecraft safety
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Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen head toward Launch Pad 39B. PIC/AP
NASA astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission are carrying their personal iPhones into deep space for the first time, a shift in how the US space agency equips its crews for human spaceflight beyond Earth's orbit.
The four-member crew Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Mission Specialist Jeremy Hansen of the space agency lifted off aboard the Orion spacecraft atop the Space Launch System rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, embarking on a historic 10-day journey to fly around the Moon and back.

