                        Astronomy Picture of the Day

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                              2023 November 30

                          Artemis 1: Flight Day 13
                        Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I

   Explanation: On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis I
   mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from its
   home world. Over 430,000 kilometers from Earth in a distant retrograde
   orbit, Orion surpassed the record for most distant spacecraft designed
   to carry humans. That record was previously set in 1970 during the
   Apollo 13 mission to the Moon. Both Earth and Moon are in the same
   field of view in this video frame from Orion on Artemis I mission
   flight day 13. The planet and its large natural satellite even appear
   about the same apparent size from the uncrewed spacecraft's
   perspective.

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