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People Spotted 4 Amaaazing Things In The First Artemis II Pictures Of Earth

The crew of Artemis 2 officially embarks on its journey to the moon.

Four astronauts wearing orange spacesuits exit the NASA building to greet the media and the public

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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the “notional translunar injection burn” is complete and they are moving full steam ahead.

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FWIW, according to the official Artemis account, this means that “the Orion spacecraft recently ignited the main engines on the service module for approximately six minutes to provide approximately 6,000 pounds of thrust. This maneuver set the Artemis 2 astronauts on their way to the moon.”

So, now let’s talk about the goods. The crew shared two new images of Earth taken from the spacecraft.

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Here is one:

Here’s a better look:

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As NASA’s Johnson Space Center says, “A good start to the day is not a bad view.”

The staff also posted this photo of Earth and people noticed some really cool things!

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First, this is a “night photo”, so it’s basically what the Earth looks like at night:

As astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy said: “I don’t think we’ve ever seen a night-time picture of Earth taken like this.”

Secondly, those appear to be the Northern Lights:

Third, this appears to be part of Spain, Portugal, and Africa:

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Finally, the image shows how thin our atmosphere is:

wilderness.

There’s only one way to describe it: “unreal.”

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