Just days from reaching the Moon, the NASA_Orion spacecraft captured this selfie while flying through space. The Artemis I mission is preparing us to bring astronauts to the Moon.
On the third day of the Artemis I mission, Orion maneuvered its solar arrays and captured the Moon with a camera mounted on the end of the array. The spacecraft is now halfway to the Moon. The video is available by clicking the image or visiting the Johnson Space Center Flickr.spacecraft is now more than half way to the Moon.
“Today, we met to review the Orion spacecraft performance, and it is exceeding performance expectations.” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager. Friday, flight controllers used Orion’s cameras to inspect the crew module thermal protection system and European Service Module, the first of two planned external evaluations for the spacecraft. Teams conducted this survey early in the mission to provide detailed images of the spacecraft’s external surfaces after it has flown through the portion of Earth’s orbit where the majority of space debris resides.
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