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ALT Artemis II's Orion spacecraft splashes down in the Pacific Ocean against a clear blue sky. Three large striped parachutes billow above it. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
ALT The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft. Orion is visible in the foreground on the left. Earth is reflecting sunlight at the left edge of the Moon, which is slightly brighter than the rest of the disk. The bright spot visible just below the Moon\u2019s bottom right edge is Saturn. Beyond that, the bright spot at the right edge of the image is Mars. Credit: NASA
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASA
ALT Earth setting behind the Moon as seen by the Artemis II crew. Over half the left side of the image is filled by the gray lunar surface, pocked with craters. Credit: NASA
ALT A close view of the Moon. Jagged circles of craters dot the gray surface, fading to dark on the left side of the image. Credit: NASA
ALT A crescent Earth setting behind a hemisphere of the Moon. Credit: NASA
ALT NASA\u2019s\u202FArtemis II SLS (Space Launch System)\u202Frocket, with the Orion\u202Fspacecraft atop carrying NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Two white solid rocket boosters are on either side of the orange core stage. White plumes emit from the rocket engines. The sky is blue in the background. Credit: NASA/Michael DeMocker
ALT Portrait of the STS-51L crew: Back row: Mission Specialist Ellison S. Onizuka, Payload Specialists Christa McAuliffe and Gregory B. Jarvis, Mission Specialist Judith A. Resnik, Front Row: Pilot Michael J. Smith, Commander Francis R. Scobee, Mission Specialist Ronald E. McNair.
