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                           Astronomy Picture of the Day   
      
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                                 2022 November 17   
      
                              Planet Earth from Orion   
                           Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1   
      
      Explanation: A Space Launch System rocket left planet Earth on   
      Wednesday, November 16 at 1:47am EST carrying the Orion spacecraft on   
      the Artemis 1 mission, the first integrated test of NASA's deep space   
      exploration systems. Over an hour after liftoff from Kennedy Space   
      Center's   
      historic Launch Complex 39B, one of Orion's external video cameras   
      captured this view of its new perspective from space. In the foreground   
      are Orion's Orbital Maneuvering System engine and auxillary engines, at   
      the bottom of the European Service Module. Beyond one of the module's   
      7-meter long extended solar array wings lies the spacecraft's beautiful   
      home world. The Artemis 1 mission will last almost four weeks, testing   
      capabilities to enable human exploration of the Moon and Mars. The   
      uncrewed Orion spacecraft is expected to fly by the Moon on November   
      21, performing a close approach to the lunar surface on its way to a   
      retrograde orbit 70,000 kilometers beyond the Moon.   
      
                     Tomorrow's picture: the protostar within   
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