Orion Moon and Earth Selfie Video

The Orion spacecraft, which was sent to space with the Artemis mission launched by NASA to return to the Moon, shares many photos and videos from its journey in lunar orbit. The last of these videos contains a selfie taken like a Hollywood star.

After the launch on November 16, Orion shared many photos and videos. These videos are not only useful in terms of public relations, but also show that the vehicle continues its journey in a healthy way.

Smile, it attracts!

In the video dated November 22, we first see the vehicle and the lunar surface. The Earth is then included in the image taken with one of the small cameras on the vehicle’s solar panels. Then the camera turns onto the Orion vehicle.

The vehicle, which reached the farthest point on the other side of the Moon on November 25, also plans to break the record for the longest manned journey to the furthest point in space since NASA’s Apollo 13 mission. Apollo 13, which was supposed to land on the Moon, but could not land due to a problem and circled around the Moon, in a sense, had this record by accident.

Orion will spend about 1 more week at its current location and will fire up its engines for return on 1 December. If there is no problem, the Orion vehicle will make its landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on December 11th. Using the information obtained in this 25-day mission, NASA will prepare its SLS rocket and Orion vehicle for manned missions.