See NASA’s Daring Artemis I Moon Mission Unfold in Stunning Images
It’s been decades since a spacecraft rated to carry humans has taken a trip to the moon. NASA opened up a new era in space exploration with the Nov.
16 launch of the Artemis I mission, which sent the Orion spacecraft around the moon. The craft was uncrewed but was designed for human passengers.
Orion safely returned to Earth with a Pacific Ocean splashdown on Dec.
11. The successful trip sets the stage for Artemis II to carry astronauts into space. This is what it’s all about. A camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays captured a combination spacecraft selfie and moon shot.
One remarkable feature of this view is that it shows the far side of the moon.
On Earth, we only see one face of the moon.
Orion got to fly around the other side.