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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
       Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our   
         fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation   
                       written by a professional astronomer.   
      
                                  2026 January 24   
      
                                Earthset from Orion   
                           Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1   
      
      Explanation: Eight billion people are about to disappear in this   
      snapshot from space taken on 2022 November 21. On the sixth day of the   
      Artemis I mission, their home world is setting behind the Moon's bright   
      edge as viewed by an external camera on the outbound Orion spacecraft.   
      Orion was headed for a powered flyby that took it to within 130   
      kilometers of the lunar surface. Velocity gained in the flyby maneuver   
      was used to reach a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. That   
      orbit is considered distant because it's another 92,000 kilometers   
      beyond the Moon, and retrograde because the spacecraft orbited in the   
      opposite direction of the Moon's orbit around planet Earth. Swinging   
      around the Moon, Orion reached a maximum distance (just over 400,000   
      kilometers) from Earth on 2022 November 28, exceeding a record set by   
      Apollo 13 for most distant spacecraft designed for human space   
      exploration. The Artemis II mission, carrying 4 astronauts around the   
      moon and back again, is due to launch as early as February 6.   
      
                          Tomorrow's picture: doomed moon   
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          Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff (MTU) & Jerry Bonnell (UMCP)   
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