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People Spotted 4 Amaaazing Things In The First Artemis II Pictures Of Earth
The crew of Artemis II has officially set off for the Moon.
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman reported that the “nominal translunar injection burn” has been completed and they are proceeding at full speed.
FWIW, according to the official Artemis account, this means: “The Orion spacecraft recently fired its main engine in the service module for approximately six minutes, delivering approximately 6,000 pounds of thrust. This maneuver put the Artemis II astronauts on the path to the Moon.”
Now let’s move on to the goods. The crew shared two new images of Earth taken from the spacecraft.
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Here is one:
And here’s a better look:
As NASA’s Johnson Space Center says, “Not a bad view to start the day.”
The crew also released this picture of Earth, and people are noticing some pretty cool things!
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First of all, this is a “night side photo”, so this is actually what the world looks like at night:
As astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy said, “I don’t think we’ve ever seen Earth photographed like this at night.”
Second, these look like northern lights:
The third appears to be part of Spain, Portugal and Africa:
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Finally, the photos show how thin our atmosphere is:
Wild.
There’s only one way to describe it: “Unreal.”
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