NASA gives away Artemis 2 wallpapers: how to download photos of the Moon on your smartphone (free)

With the Artemis 2 mission, humanity returned to orbit the Moon for the first time since 1972. On board the Orion spacecraft, the international crew of Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen completed a journey of approximately ten days, reaching distances from Earth that had not been traveled for over half a century.

While flying over the lunar surface, astronauts captured stunning images — and NASA decided to make them available as optimized wallpapers for smartphones.

How to download wallpapers

The images are in vertical format 9:16 with resolution 1080×1920 pixelscompatible with almost all mobile devices. To obtain them, simply visit the dedicated page on the NASA website, browse the gallery and start downloading the chosen image, free of charge.

Photos of the collection

The most evocative shots are those of the lunar surface. Among the available wallpapers:

The complete archive

In addition to wallpapers for mobile, NASA has published an integral archive with all the high-resolution images acquired during the lunar flyby: views of the Earth from space, details of the spacecraft and moments of crew training, which can also be downloaded for free for use on desktop.

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