Within minutes, he feared the crew might not return home.
According to Wiseman's account at the Starmus VIII science festival in Tenerife, Spain , he was worried when the Orion spacecraft continued to move away from Earth even after reaching the previously announced maximum distance.
Earth appeared as a faint crescent moon as the Artemis II astronauts circled the far side of the Moon. During this journey, commander Reid Wiseman experienced what he described as a moment of genuine fear (Photo: NASA).