NASA's Orion capsule has returned a spectacular image of the Moon. The spacecraft flew 130 km (80 miles) above the lunar surface during the Artemis 1 mission. This is the closest approach to Earth's natural satellite.
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This photo was taken by Orion's Optical Navigation System, which captures black-and-white images of the Earth and Moon at various phases and distances, NASA explained in a press release posted on his Instagram.
NASA has shared four images of her from different regions of the Moon. According to the post, the released image is the closest satellite has captured since the Apollo program ended in 1975.
The Post continued, "Orion also passed the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 and is on its way to a distant retrograde orbit. This is a high-altitude orbit that moves Orion in the opposite direction of the Moon. It's in orbit, orbiting the Earth." ."
It's the first time in half a century that the space capsule has completed a lunar flyby. It is an unmanned mission designed to test the Orion spacecraft before it flies in. If the mission is successful, Artemis 1 will follow a crewed trip around the Moon (Artemis 2) in 2022and reach the moon. The year after landing could be the birth of the first woman and the first black man.