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NASA's pioneering spaceship snaps stunning view of the moon orbiting Earth
mashable ^
| November 28, 2022
| Mark Kaufman on
Posted on 11/28/2022 3:08:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
The spacecraft's current orbit around the moon, called "distant retrograde orbit," put Orion in position to view Earth and its satellite from a rare vantage point. In this orbit, the spacecraft is flying some 40,000 miles above the lunar surface, enabling it to at times "look back" at our natural satellite and beyond.
Orion is actually beaming back a livestream of the Artemis I mission, which you can watch on this link from NASA. (At times, however, the moon moves between Earth and the spacecraft, which temporarily cuts off your cosmic livestreaming service.)
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: artemisi; astronomy; earth; markkaufman; moon; nasa; orion; science; themoon
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:08:22 PM PST
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BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:08:43 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:09:25 PM PST
by
DannyTN
To: BenLurkin
Wow. You can’t even see the strings!
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:09:47 PM PST
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: BenLurkin
40k mile orbit above the moon.. that’s pretty significant.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:23:17 PM PST
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: BenLurkin
Moon just doesn’t look right in the photo.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:25:19 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Yeah... looks like a couple of FLAT cookies to me! (not)
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:28:00 PM PST
by
Safrguns
To: BenLurkin
Interesting that the live feed is cut on the back side of the moon. In this day and age.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:30:06 PM PST
by
CJ Wolf
( what is scarier than offensive words? Not being able to say them. )
To: Secret Agent Man
You’ve never seen that side.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:30:30 PM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Secret Agent Man
To: gundog
Theres no detail at all, vs some detail in the earth futher behind it.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:33:32 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: BenLurkin
Great pics!
To: Secret Agent Man
Resolution is pretty poor.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:38:53 PM PST
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Secret Agent Man
They both look blurry. A darker “maria” is visible on the lighter half.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:40:25 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: BenLurkin
Well they got the shadows to all be at the same angle!
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:44:47 PM PST
by
bantam
To: bantam
My iPhone takes better pics that that!
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:48:58 PM PST
by
Robe
(A nation can survive its fools and even n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
To: BenLurkin
Why does the moon appear to be larger than Earth?
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:52:50 PM PST
by
Tucker39
("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
To: Tucker39
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:56:27 PM PST
by
Romulus
To: Secret Agent Man
Nasuh: ok, SAM, you caught us using CGI.
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posted on
11/28/2022 3:56:43 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
To: Tucker39
**Why does the moon appear to be larger than Earth?**
Perspective. Like a golf ball at 3 feet away, and a basketball 300 feet away.
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posted on
11/28/2022 4:02:27 PM PST
by
Zuriel
(Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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