Planet Earth from Orion
Explanation:
One year ago
a
Space Launch System rocket left planet Earth
on November 16, 2022 at 1:47am EST carrying the Orion spacecraft on the
Artemis I mission, the first integrated test of NASAБs deep space
exploration systems.
Over an hour after
liftoff
from Kennedy Space Center's
historic
Launch Complex 39B, one of Orion's
external
video cameras
captured this view of its new
perspective
from space.
In the foreground are Orion's Orbital Maneuvering System engine
and auxillary engines,
at the bottom of the European Service Module.
Beyond one of the module's 7-meter long extended solar array wings
lies the spacecraft's
beautiful home world.
Making close flybys of the
lunar surface and reaching a
retrograde orbit 70,000 kilometers beyond the Moon,бthe
uncrewed Artemis I mission
lasted over 25 days,
testing capabilities to enable human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Building on the
success
of Artemis I,
no earlier than November 2024
the Artemis II mission
with a crew of 4 will venture around the Moon and back again.
Authors & editors:
Robert Nemiroff
(MTU) &
Jerry Bonnell
(USRA)
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings,
and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris.
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A service of:
LHEA at
NASA /
GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
