NASA has released black and white pictures of the moon which were captured Monday by the Orion spacecraft.
The pictures were taken during the capsule's closest approach to the moon which was within 80 miles above the lunar surface, NASA said.
Orion is part of the Artemis 1 mission, a 25-and-a-half day journey that will take the capsule more than 40,000 miles beyond the far side of the moon.If all goes according to plan, on Saturday, Orion should surpasses the record set by Apollo 13 for the farthest distance traveled by a spacecraft designed for humans when it's 248,655 miles away from Earth.No humans are currently on this flight, but that'll change if the Artemis II mission goes well.
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