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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.   
      
                                 2023 November 18   
      
                              Planet Earth from Orion   
                           Image Credit: NASA, Artemis I   
      
      Explanation: One year ago a Space Launch System rocket left planet   
      Earth on November 16, 2022 at 1:47am EST carrying the Orion spacecraft   
      on the Artemis I mission, the first integrated test of NASACÇÖs 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. Making close flybys of the lunar   
      surface and reaching a retrograde orbit 70,000 kilometers beyond the   
      Moon, the uncrewed Artemis I mission lasted over 25 days, testing   
      capabilities to enable human exploration of the Moon and Mars. Building   
      on the success of Artemis I, no earlier than November 2024 the Artemis   
      II mission with a crew of 4 will venture around the Moon and back   
      again.   
      
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