Artemis, NASA and Earth
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NASA's Artemis II mission shared its first image of Earth from space as astronauts prepare for a historic journey to the moon.
The Artemis II crew broke a record by flying 252,756 miles from Earth, the furthest humans have ever traveled. Astronauts completed a seven-hour lunar flyby, seeing a side of the moon never before seen by humans.
NASA released the very first images taken by the four astronauts aboard the Orion capsule as they are making their way to the moon.
Christina Koch looked out the window of NASA's Orion spacecraft on her way to the Moon and pointed a camera at home. The result will stop you cold.
The Artemis crew will lose all contact with NASA for approximately 40 minutes starting around 6:40 p.m. EST on Monday
On Friday morning, NASA shared a partial view of our bright blue planet as captured by Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander. Earth, swathed in swirling clouds, is shown rising through a window on the Orion capsule in which the crew is to journey around the moon.