Apple iPhones Headed to Moon as NASA Deepens Commercial Ties

Apple iPhones

Photographer: Eric Thayer/Bloomberg

NASA astronauts venturing deeper in space than any human has traveled will be able to document and share images from the landmark moon mission next month using NASA-provided Apple Inc. iPhones.

Crews undertaking a lunar flyby as part of the Artemis program, and a preceding International Space Station mission in February, will fly with “the latest smartphones,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said in a social media post.