10 greatest images from NASA's Artemis 1 mission
On the 13th day of its mission, Orion reached its
On Dec. 5, the 20th day of NASA's Artemis 1 mission, Orion captured this close-up of the lunar surface. NASA plans to return humans to the moon's surface withA close-up of the moon as seen from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis 1 mission.On Day 21 of its mission, Dec. 5, Orion looked back at the moon following aThroughout the mission, Orion used its optical navigation camera to look at Earth and the moon at different phases and distances.
Commander Moonikin Campos, a mannequin equipped with sensors to collect data about the radiation environment in deep space, can be seen in the capsule. Campos will inform future Artemis missions on how to best protect human crews from this radiation.
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