See a view of Earth from NASA's Artemis I Orion from 50,000 miles away AlteredJamie
Captured during the outbound portion of the journey to the moon, the first Earth view was provided by a camera mounted on one of Orion's solar array wings. At the time Orion was about 56,000 miles away from the planet.
NASA also shared a view from inside Orion's cabin. It showed a mannequin outfitted in NASA's Orion Crew Survival suit that will be worn by astronauts on future crewed Artemis missions to the moon. Over the coming days, Orion will continue its journey eventually entering a specialized orbit around the moon called a Distant Retrograde Orbit.
At its closest point, Orion will orbit about 80 miles away from the lunar surface and at its furthest about 298,565 miles surpassing a record set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. The entire Artemis I mission is expected to last about 25 days with Orion targeted to splash down off the coast of California in the Pacific Ocean on December 11. Astronauts will climb aboard the next Orion capsule to launch from Kennedy Space Center for Artemis II, the first crewed Orion mission to the moon. That mission is expected sometime in 2024 with a lunar landing targeted with the Artemis III mission sometime before 2030.
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