NASA Astronaut Shares Incredible 'Earthset' Video Captured With iPhone 17 Pro Max

[MacRumors]

Apple's iPhone became qualified for extended use in space back in February, and during the Artemis II mission to the Moon in April, NASA astronauts shared several photos taken with the iPhone 17 Pro Max.

Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman recently followed up with a shot on iPhone video of an "Earthset," or the moment that the Earth disappears behind the Moon. The video was captured from the docking hatch window on the Orion capsule, and it is the first Earthset shot on a mobile device.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2046009031613907029

It takes a second for the iPhone to focus as Wiseman switches to 8x zoom mode on his iPhone 17 Pro Max, but the rest of the 53-second video features a clear look at the craters on the Moon as the Earth slips out of sight.

Wiseman said that at 8x zoom, the view was "quite comparable to the view of the human eye."

Article Link: NASA Astronaut Shares Incredible 'Earthset' Video Captured With iPhone 17 Pro Max

 

[I7guy]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

 

[AgentOSX]

Every iPhone on Earth is jealous.

 

[calimed]

Moon is flat.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

We’ll probably find in two missions time, when they land on the moon. Apple would pay a small fortune to have an astronaut casually take a photo.

Knowing the way of the world we’ll also see Bezos personally deliver an Amazon Prime package…

 

[coolfactor]

Every iPhone on Earth is jealous.

Every Pixel and Galaxy (go figure!) device on Earth is jealous! Samsung and Google gotta be working on getting aboard the next mission to save face! 😃

 

[coolfactor]

We’ll probably find in two missions time, when they land on the moon. Apple would pay a small fortune to have an astronaut casually take a photo.

Knowing the way of the world we’ll also see Bezos personally deliver an Amazon Prime package…

Are you suggesting that Apple paid NASA to choose iPhones for the Artemis II mission?

I choose to believe that iPhones were tested and found to be the better choice compared to Google Pixels and Samsung Galaxy devices.

 

[Berti10]

It is so weird. Space traveling is so expensive yet the gear they take with them is the same most us use scrolling tiktok while sitting on the toilet and dispose on a yearly basis, because the camera isn’t good enough.

 

[dannyyankou]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

This was from inside the shuttle

 

[e1me5]

They have to fix that annoying focus issue iPhones have with the tele lenses.

 

[Wanted797]

It is so weird. Space traveling is so expensive yet the gear they take with them is the same most us use scrolling tiktok while sitting on the toilet and dispose on a yearly basis, because the camera isn’t good enough.

The expensive part is the gear keeping them alive in the very hostile environment… while also getting it to space.

 

[klasma]

Instead of “Dude, look at that”, he should have said “One small iPhone for man, …”. 😉

 

[jbc25]

Damn shame I had to watch that for the first time via X, but very cool!!!

 

[omihek]

Instead of “Dude, look at that”, he should have said “One small iPhone for man, …”. 😉

One small step for man, one giant leap for iPhone

 

[pakupakuman]

Instead of “Dude, look at that”, he should have said “One small iPhone for man, …”. 😉

No Mini in the pipeline, sadly.

 

[jz0309]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

looks like it, just had all antenna disabled

That's a pretty cool video

 

[JosephAW]

Using default iPhone camera app with focusing issues instead of Final Cut Camera or Blackmagic cam. 🤔📱🌘🌎

 

[theorist9]

Serious question: Did Apple pay for this product placement and, if so, how much?

 

[osxhero]

Okay kiddies, at 6500 miles at the closest distance WITH the sill in view, the entire Moon is in the shot.Stay in school M'kay.

 

[diblasio]

Okay kiddies, at 6500 miles at the closest distance WITH the sill in view, the entire Moon is in the shot.Stay in school M'kay.View attachment 2623675

Ew…do you talk like you type or type like you talk?

 

[joeblough]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

well it was inside the pressurized environment of the Orion capsule. however i have read that the oscillators in iphones are mems-based (instead of crystals) and so actually do need atmospheric pressure to operate. so i think if you tried to take the iphone on an EVA, it would fail.

 

[vantelimus]

So can the iPhone 17PM work in the dead of space?

The interesting thing is that it isn't being affected by cosmic radiation without being hardened for space. If they put a WiFi node on the craft and hook it through the radio link to the internet, you could probably FaceTime calls from space.

 

[vantelimus]

Product placement is getting out of hand. 🤡

 

[CarAnalogy]

Are you suggesting that Apple paid NASA to choose iPhones for the Artemis II mission?

I choose to believe that iPhones were tested and found to be the better choice compared to Google Pixels and Samsung Galaxy devices.

Same reason they’re used for corporate and government. Highly standardized, strong supply chain security, enterprise level support, high quality parts etc.

They also apparently disassembled and cleaned and inspected these specific units.

 

[AncTreat5358]

I wish they would add this in some way to the tvOS and macOS screensavers soon.