NASA's Artemis Rocket, carrying the Orion spacecraft, successfully lifted off today. Equipped with multiple cameras, Orion is expected to capture many new high-resolution photos of the Earth and Moon.
today and is en route to the Moon. Equipped with multiple cameras, Orion is expected to capture many new high-resolution photos of the Earth and Moon.
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated flight test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System rocket, and ground systems. SLS and Orion launched at 1:47 a.m. EST, from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.
Orion is expected to make a close flyby of the Moon on November 21, at which time the cameras on the tips of the spacecraft’s X-shaped wings will take detailed photos. One image that NASA hopes to get is a high-resolution capture of what is known as an Earthrise, recreating a photo originally taken by astronaut William Anders who was aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft on December 24, 1968.
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