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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.   
      
                                 2022 November 23   
      
                                Earthset from Orion   
                           Image Credit: NASA, Artemis 1   
      
      Explanation: Eight billion people are about to disappear in this   
      snapshot from space. Taken on November 21, the sixth day of the Artemis   
      1 mission, their home world is setting behind the Moon's bright edge as   
      viewed by an external camera on the outbound Orion spacecraft. The   
      Orion was headed for a powered flyby that took it to within 130   
      kilometers of the lunar surface. Velocity gained in the flyby maneuver   
      will be 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 will orbit in   
      the opposite direction of the Moon's orbit around planet Earth. Orion   
      will enter its distant retrograde orbit on Friday, November 25.   
      Swinging around the Moon, Orion will reach a maximum distance (just   
      over 400,000 kilometers) from Earth on Monday November 28 exceeding a   
      record set by Apollo 13 for most distant spacecraft designed for human   
      space exploration.   
      
                        Tomorrow's picture: pixels in space   
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