NASA's Orion capsule reached its furthest point from the Earth, capturing a stunning photo of the Moon and Earth together.
Further, this image was taken 268,563 miles away from Earth. This is the furthest that a spacecraft designed for humans has ever gone. As such, Orion has provided a unique photo of the Moon and the Earth that is unlike anything else we have captured before. And it’s this photo that has excited me even more about the missions that NASA and others are pushing towards.
Orion is the first spacecraft designed to take humans to the Moon since the Apollo Missions back in the 1950s and 1960s. As such, a lot of the future of space exploration is really waiting to see how the capsule does during its mission. This is why so many eyes are on it and why this new Orion photo of the Moon and Earth is so exciting, too.
That’s because we have managed to accomplish something unique and unheard of before. Something that we haven’t done in over 50 years. And that will no doubt continue to build excitement as we work towards sending humans back to the Moon and even aThis article talks about:
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