For the first time, the Orion spacecraft, which flies to the moon, took a photo of the Earth from a distance of more than 90,000 km
In the coming days, we will have a lot of information about how the first lunar mission in 50 years is going. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was finally able to launch a Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, and the Orion spacecraft took a photo of Earth from space.
A spacecraft developed by the Lockheed Martin company began to move towards the moon. He manages to take pictures in flight. In particular, NASA published a photo of the Earth taken from a distance of more than 90,000 km.
One of the spacecraft’s 16 cameras took a picture of our planet ten hours after the launch of the Artemis I mission. This is the first photo of the Earth since 1972 taken by a spacecraft as part of the lunar program. 50 years ago, NASA conducted the last Apollo mission.
Orion entered the correct orbit two hours after launch. Next week, on November 21, the spacecraft will come as close as possible to the Moon, passing at a distance of 96 km from the surface. On November 25, Orion will enter a distant orbit, where it will remain for several days. The return to Earth is scheduled for December 11.
