Photo captured by Commander Reid Wiseman showed a curved slice of Earth framed by the Orion capsule’s window. A second image revealed the entire globe, with its oceans crowned with white clouds and a glowing green aurora, NASA said.

The first astronaut moonshot has been made in more than half a century, according to multiple reports.

"In the image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet," NASA captioned a photo on X platform.

In the first photo, a longer shutter speed had let in more light from Earth, while the shorter shutter speed in the second photo emphasised Earth's nighttime glow.

Another photo captured the stark divide between night and day on Earth, known as the terminator.