This first high-resolution image, taken on November 16, 2022, the first day of the Artemis I mission, was captured by a camera on the tip of one of Orion s solar arrays. The spacecraft was 57,000 miles from Earth when the image was captured and continues to distance itself from planet Earth as it approaches the Moon and distant retrograde orbit. Artemis I, the first spaceflight in NASA s Artemis program, successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 16 on a planned 25-day mission. NASA POY2022NF137 NASA
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Recording Date: Nov 16, 2022
Media Size: 4,000×3,000 Pixels
This first high-resolution image, taken on November 16, 2022, the first day of the Artemis I mission, was captured by a camera on the tip of one of Orion s solar arrays. The spacecraft was 57,000 miles from Earth when the image was captured and continues to distance itself from planet Earth as it approaches the Moon and distant retrograde orbit. Artemis I, the first spaceflight in NASA s Artemis program, successfully launched from Kennedy Space Center on November 16 on a planned 25-day mission. NASA POY2022NF137 NASA
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