Artemis 1 at its furthest point in its moon orbit, about 268,000 miles from earth.

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image showing Artemis 1 at its furthest point in its moon orbit, about 268,000 miles from earth.

kjpmi on November 29th, 2022 at 13:47 UTC »

I think this is just such a cool picture. Wanted more people to see it.

Here’s the blog link where the image is from if anyone is interested. https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/28/artemis-i-flight-day-13-orion-goes-the-max-distance/

OptimusSublime on November 29th, 2022 at 14:45 UTC »

I wasn't smiling can you take another?

Spartan2470 on November 29th, 2022 at 14:50 UTC »

Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:

NASA Johnson

Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon art001e000673 (Nov. 28, 2022) On flight day 13, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans.