ALT An artist’s concept looks down into the core of the galaxy M87, which is just left of centre and appears as a large blue dot. A bright blue-white, narrow and linear jet of plasma transects the illustration from centre left to upper right. It begins at the source of the jet, the galaxy’s black hole, which is surrounded by a blue spiral of material. At lower right is a red giant star that is far from the black hole and close to the viewer. A bridge of glowing gas links the star to a smaller white dwarf star companion immediately to its left. Engorged with infalling hydrogen from the red giant star, the smaller star exploded in a blue-white flash, which looks like numerous diffraction spikes emitted in all directions. Thousands of stars are in the background.

ALT In this Orion "selfie," part the Orion spacecraft is viewed from the side against the blackness of space. The outside of the spacecraft is white silver and shaped like a stout cone with a cylinder base. Windows are visible on the side of the spacecraft, as well as an American flag, a NASA meatball logo, and the word "NASA" in red letters. Part of a gold solar array can be glimpsed behind the spacecraft.

ALT A color view of Earth as seen from Orion. The top half of Earth is illuminated, meaning the orientation of the image is tilted. The spacecraft's solar panel extends into the image along with some of its thrusters.

ALT In this Orion "selfie," part the Orion spacecraft is viewed from the side against the blackness of space. The outside of the spacecraft is white silver and shaped like a stout cone with a cylinder base.

ALT In this Orion "selfie," the Orion spacecraft is viewed beneath the base of the cone-shaped behicle. The white cylinder-shaped European Service Module can be seen against the blackness of space.