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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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1 posted on 11/28/2022 3:08:22 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Cover your beebers.


2 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

Cameras on stune!


3 posted on 11/28/2022 3:09:25 PM PST by DannyTN
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Wow. You can’t even see the strings!


4 posted on 11/28/2022 3:09:47 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: BenLurkin

40k mile orbit above the moon.. that’s pretty significant.


5 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!)
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To: BenLurkin

Moon just doesn’t look right in the photo.


6 posted on 11/28/2022 3:25:19 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin

Yeah... looks like a couple of FLAT cookies to me! (not)


7 posted on 11/28/2022 3:28:00 PM PST by Safrguns
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting that the live feed is cut on the back side of the moon. In this day and age.


8 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. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

You’ve never seen that side.


9 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. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

That’s no moon!


10 posted on 11/28/2022 3:31:03 PM PST by DarrellZero
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Theres no detail at all, vs some detail in the earth futher behind it.


11 posted on 11/28/2022 3:33:32 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: BenLurkin

Great pics!

12 posted on 11/28/2022 3:38:12 PM PST by TheConservativeTejano (The Business of America is Business)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Resolution is pretty poor.


13 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. )
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To: Secret Agent Man

They both look blurry. A darker “maria” is visible on the lighter half.


14 posted on 11/28/2022 3:40:25 PM PST by telescope115 (Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
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To: BenLurkin

Well they got the shadows to all be at the same angle!


15 posted on 11/28/2022 3:44:47 PM PST by bantam
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To: bantam

My iPhone takes better pics that that!


16 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

Why does the moon appear to be larger than Earth?


17 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 )
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I can’t imagine.


18 posted on 11/28/2022 3:56:27 PM PST by Romulus
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To: Secret Agent Man

Nasuh: ok, SAM, you caught us using CGI.


19 posted on 11/28/2022 3:56:43 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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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.


20 posted on 11/28/2022 4:02:27 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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