NASA's Orion spacecraft captured photos of our planet. Take a look at Earth from over 50,000 miles away.
NASA shared the first look from inside the Orion spacecraft, which was outbound to the moon. Inside was a mannequin outfitted in the Orion Crew Survival suit that will be worn by astronauts on future Artemis crewed missions to the moon. NASA shared the first view of the Earth captured by a camera mounted on one of Orion's solar array wings, when the spacecraft was over 57,000 miles away from Earth.
"The views of our blue marble in the blackness of space now capturing the imagination of a new generation – the Artemis generation," NASA spokesperson Sandra Jones said during the livestream of the event. The Artemis I launch will send an empty capsule around the moon for the first time in 50 years. This first test flight is expected to last four to six weeks and will end with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. If the mission is successful, four astronauts will accompany the next mission in 2024, with hopes to land two astronauts on the moon a year or two afterwards.
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