A dramatic new image released by NASA offers a rare and humbling perspective of Earth as seen from deep space.

The astronauts lost connection with Nasa while behind the Moon, as they passed the furthest point humans have ever travelled from Earth.

Spaceflight often promises discovery, but every so often it delivers something more unsettling: perspective. The latest images sent back by NASA’s Artemis II mission do not show distant galaxies or unfamiliar terrain.