GoKawiilYou might have seen in the news recently that for the first time in over 50 years, we have sent humans to circle the moon. On April 1st, NASA launched Artemis II with four astronauts on a test mission to orbit the moon and prepare for a later mission to land on the moon. We have already reached the far side of the moon and seen some amazing imagery from Artemis II. Some of the shots have even been taken on an iPhone! NASA has been sharing some hi-res images on their Flickr page for us to see, and someone even created a shortcut so you can pull these images directly to your device. Here is how!
Artemis II image download shortcut
Fellow Apple enthusiast and channel friend Stephen Robles is known as a Shortcuts master. He has built his brand and a strong following, teaching people just how powerful the shortcuts app is on their Apple devices. So when I saw his tweet, I knew I had to give it a try.
Artemis II images are incredible. Made this Shortcut that pulls all the full quality images from the NASA Flickr page. Choose the ones you want and saves to Photos
Takes forever to run, it's pulling huge files, but will work on making a lighter version: https://t.co/JQYje55WBB pic.twitter.com/GmM5W5iCcS — Stephen Robles (@stephenrobles) April 7, 2026
Setup is extremely simple. All you have to do is tap Stephen’s shortcut link in his tweet or tap here. You are then taken to an iCloud page, and just tap “get shortcut” at the bottom. This will then open your shortcuts app and add the Artemis II Images shortcut to your library. To run the shortcut:
Tap on the “Artemis II Images” shortcut
Let it load (it will take a solid minute as it gathers the images)
A small pop-up will come up with all the images
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