New Breathtaking Images of Earth Taken From Artemis II
The crew of the spacecraft neared 100,000 miles away from earth on Friday
The crew of NASA’s Artemis II spacecraft has shared stunning new photos of Earth as they complete their mission around the Moon and back. The images were released Friday, the crew’s second day in space.
First pictures of Earth from the Artemis II.
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The astronauts were more than 90,000 miles out of Earth’s atmosphere when the images were snapped. They are testing the spacecraft’s systems in a deep-space environment for a total of 10 days. NASA hopes Artemis II will build momentum for future manned missions to the Moon and Mars.
The crew released some images in black and white as they travel further and further from Earth.
NASA
The ship’s crew is made up of three Americans and a Canadian. They will orbit the Moon without landing and then head back to Earth. At their peak distance, the crew will be 250,000 miles away from Earth.
Mission commander Reid Wiseman took this photo of earth backlit by the Sun from the window of the craft.
Commander Reid Wiseman/NASA
If things continue as planned, the spacecraft will land in the Pacific Ocean next week with the U.S. Navy assisting in recovery. This is the first lunar trip since Apollo 17 in 1972.
NASA also released an image from inside Artemis II, of (left to right) Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover.
NASA.
A glimpse from the Artemis II. NASA.
NASA
Artemis' crew have Nikon Z9 cameras on board with them, and are sending pictures back to Earth.
NASA
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