NASA Artemis II Crew Shares First Earth Images During Historic Mission While Orbiting the Moon

NASA astronauts aboard the Orion capsule released the first high-resolution images of Earth and auroras while traveling more than 110,000 miles toward the Moon.Reid Wiseman and his crew, including Canadian Jeremy Hansen, canceled a trajectory correction after maintaining a precise course for their planned 4,000-mile flyover.This ten-day mission marks the first crewed journey to the Moon since 1972 and serves as a vital test for establishing a future permanent lunar base.The spacecraft will pass the lunar far side before returning for a planned splashdown in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego.
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