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(Space) The Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft has captured its first amazing view of the entire Earth in its rearview mirror.
In a live webcast today, NASA unveiled the first camera view of a half-lit Earth as Orion was 57,000 miles away as it headed to the moon. Space.com's Meghan Bartels has the full story on Artemis 1's first photo of Earth.
The view shows the Earth, with parts of the engine and thrusters on Orion visible in the foreground. The image came from one of a suite of cameras on the exterior and interior of Orion that NASA engineers will use to measure the performance of the spacecraft. One view showed the interior of Orion, included the spacesuit-clad "Moonikin" Campos and Callisto, an Alexa-powered experiment to study technology aides for astronauts.
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