In the view at 1.59 we are seeing the earth in the distance. It looks like a crescent due to the view from Artemis. All are facing the sun on the right in the scene. The reddish oval shape is just lense flare caused by the suns light on the glass and then the cameras sensor.
The cameras transmitting the picture and videos is not a sophisticated camera, pretty low resolution because of limited bandwidth. The craft will bring back high resolution video and pictures. Would like to see your pictures of the far side of the Moon.
We definitely went to the moon.And on several different occassions. The astronauts encountered huge problems with the moons fine dust. They were in danger of their suits being destroyed by the effect of the dust. It limits the time that they can stay on the surface. NASA has been working on a solution to the huge problems for years. There's no point sending people there if they can only stay for a limited number of hours. But they have now come up with a solution.
