NASA has shared some beautiful footage captured by the Orion spacecraft showing Earth slowly emerging from behind the moon.
Following its spectacular launch atop NASA’s new Space Launch System rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Wednesday, November 16, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft on Monday performed a flyby of the moon that took it to within just 81 miles of the lunar surface.
On Saturday, the Orion will pass the furthest point from Earth traveled by a human-rated spacecraft. That record was set by the Apollo 13 spacecraft 52 years ago when it took three astronauts 248,655 miles beyond Earth. In the meantime, enjoy this sublime footage captured by one of the Orion’s cameras showing Earth emerging from behind the moon.
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