OVER THE MOON: The moon lights up the night sky around the world as NASA’s Artemis II crew prepares to fly by it in the coming days.

OVER THE MOON: The moon lights up the night sky around the world as NASA’s Artemis II crew prepares to fly by it in the coming days.

The striking images show New York City and Washington, D.C., on April 1, and St. Petersburg, Russia, and Istanbul, Turkey, on April 2nd.

The space crew is expected to travel around the moon over several days before returning to Earth for a planned splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.