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bill_b4 t1_iy88gae wrote
Totally cool! Thanks for sharing!
hobokenbob t1_iy89ac8 wrote
Far out!
StatementOk470 t1_iy89xro wrote
I miss the worm logo.
kjpmi OP t1_iy8b6dl wrote
Immortal_Tuttle t1_iy8bnir wrote
Nice Photoshop... /S
Seriously - that's an awesome picture. It just looks so... unreal. Like, I don't know, not from Earth.
prtzlsmakesmethirsty t1_iy8cbdi wrote
When you gotta chill outside while the exterminator gets rid of that one spider you found in your bed
OptimusSublime t1_iy8cekq wrote
I wasn't smiling can you take another?
Spartan2470 t1_iy8d5zj wrote
Here is a higher quality version of this image. Here is the source. Per there:
> Artemis I Flight Day 13: Orion, Earth, and Moon art001e000673 (Nov. 28, 2022) On flight day 13, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans.
Raspberries-Are-Evil t1_iy8d671 wrote
Whats the reasoning for such a far away orbit of the Moon? It should only be a 2.5 day transit time from Earth to Moon.
gonzo5622 t1_iy8d6rh wrote
Glad it’s back! It’s pretty clean.
kjpmi OP t1_iy8deht wrote
Cool. Thanks!
ithinkitsthis t1_iy8e95j wrote
Why is it that no stars are visible? I mean in a "i'm interested in the answer" way, not a conspiracy nut way
StatementOk470 t1_iy8epso wrote
Yeah! Gives me that old-school vibe :)
kjpmi OP t1_iy8erxk wrote
I would imagine it’s due to the contrast/exposure of the image.
In order to keep the spacecraft and the earth and moon from being completely washed out in the image you lose the visibility of the stars.
The sun is extremely bright in space.
Hugo_5t1gl1tz t1_iy8esev wrote
Just not enough light. The ship, the moon, and the earth in this picture are all pretty well lit up by the Sun, so it’s a pretty quick snap.
kjpmi OP t1_iy8f1cp wrote
Good question. I would like to know too. Its moon orbit is larger than Apollo orbits were. But I don’t know why.
Joe_Huxley t1_iy8f6uu wrote
Stability of the orbit I believe. The moon has some weird geological quirks that make up close orbits go askew over time.
theartofennui t1_iy8gmhm wrote
pshhh, i have a car with more miles than that!
matthew_ri t1_iy8gxyi wrote
It's awesome. Since perspective is irrelevant, I'd say flipping the image 90° left is cooler, having NASA upright and the Earth at top, then moon, then shuttle
RandomUser-_--__- t1_iy8ig61 wrote
What are these "miles" you speak of? Some kind of primitive unit of measurement?
VanillaGorilla- t1_iy8l4yh wrote
So cool!!!
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flubberFuck t1_iy8nd6q wrote
Why do the thrusters have bags over them? Keeping out space dust?
APartyInMyPants t1_iy8nfop wrote
Here’s my completely uneducated guess. For one, the purpose of the mission is to test technology and systems. We’re not testing orbital entry or a lander, so there’s no need to be as close. Second, and someone way smarter could maybe add on, my guess is that the closer your orbit, the more you need to correct your position, as the ship may be dealing with gravity from both the earth and the moon. So maybe this is just more fuel efficient.
And finally, for cool ass selfies like this.
Raspberries-Are-Evil t1_iy8nsjv wrote
> And finally, for cool ass selfies like this.
Indeed!
Sventhehen t1_iy8oc2q wrote
Hey, my Toyota Tacoma has made it that far!
fireatthecircus t1_iy8owo3 wrote
It—the Orion Capsule—IS definitely currently orbiting the moon. Neat link though, thanks.
“Orion performed an 88-second engine burn Friday…that successfully inserted the spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit (DRO) around the moon as planned.”
“The capsule will leave lunar orbit with an engine burn on Dec. 1, then start heading home to Earth.”
https://www.space.com/artemis-1-orion-arrive-orbit-moon
EDIT: Parent comment nope'd out. Neat link they posted that i mentioned above (visualizes mission progress/trajectory): https://www.nasa.gov/specials/trackartemis/
AlexanderTox t1_iy8p68d wrote
Totally agree and yes that makes sense. I always somehow forget that there is no “up” or “down” in space.
matthew_ri t1_iy8pfyx wrote
Nor is there an up or down on Earth - technically there's an infinite number of ups and downs on Earth, all dependent on the point of reference.
Everything is relative and I love that! 😁
adamhanson t1_iy8pt53 wrote
Now that’s a cool image. Wild.
GoAwayLurkin t1_iy8qbqy wrote
Artemis is a long way from Philly.
DataKnights t1_iy8qomw wrote
What about the cameraman that took this shot?
hughesyourdadddy t1_iy8rd2u wrote
Artemis to the moon: I’ve got a bleached rear entrance port.
Purple_Haze t1_iy8s5bg wrote
It looks to me like the North Pole is pointing up, so this is the "natural" orientation for the photo.
matthew_ri t1_iy8tgh0 wrote
Being pedantic, it could be the South Pole since it's more visibility white ¯\(ツ)/¯
Purple_Haze t1_iy8uhu8 wrote
The white I assume is cloud cover. Looks to me like there is more green/brown in the top half, and more blue in the bottom, so maybe Asia on top and the Indian and Pacific oceans below?
I am sure NASA didn't orient it randomly.
dlenks t1_iy8ut4o wrote
Very Space Vehicle Niceeee
nworb200 t1_iy8vp7n wrote
Orion and it’s service module have less delta v capability. It just doesn’t carry enough fuel to enter and exit low lunar orbit
RunawayMeatstick t1_iy8wjnh wrote
That’s actually kind of crazy to think about lmao
Rhaedas t1_iy8x1ly wrote
If you go by NASA's orbital diagram on the Artemis website and assume that Orion is actually turned the way they depict (following the path), then you would be correct, the shot we see here is "upside down". But I don't know if that's the case, and can't find anyone with a live orbital chart showing its exact position.
Jatzy_AME t1_iy8ytay wrote
The plane of orbit is still relevant though.
grrangry t1_iy90d34 wrote
Remember there's no (or so little as to not matter) scattering of light in space. Almost all the light you see comes out from the sun and reflects off the three objects in the photo. Earth, Moon, spacecraft. The spacecraft (obviously) is closest and very reflective, so it's going to be the biggest light source in the image. That bright source will determine what exposure is required to be able to pick out the detail they can. A longer exposure would wash out the image and a shorter one wouldn't pick up enough light to see the Earth and Moon in any detail.
If the camera was pointed out away from everything and a photo taken with the correct settings, you would see stars. For example this photograph taken from the ISS.
penelopiecruise t1_iy90i6b wrote
Is this considered a selfie?
tehmightyengineer t1_iy91o8l wrote
The enemy's gate is down.
W00DERS0N t1_iy97c8f wrote
Probably some thermal protection, too.
Thiizic t1_iy97y6c wrote
He's currently on the set in Hollywood.
meatball402 t1_iy99xbh wrote
Pretty picture, but my reptile brain is terrified of that void
frankieknucks t1_iy9ag5k wrote
Absolutely incredible.
kjpmi OP t1_iy9e8uf wrote
Psst. They’re both the same distance here in the real world. 😉
ZoeperJ t1_iy9eu61 wrote
Perhaps, but the majority of people cannot use a mile (1.61 km.) or feet (33.5cm) or inches (2.54cm).
Only Liberia, Myanmar and the US hang on to this imperial System. Therefore I shared the distance for the majority of the world. 😉
kjpmi OP t1_iy9fse6 wrote
I would hope that the majority of the world can use google and convert it in about 5 seconds if they felt curious.
ZoeperJ t1_iy9gxu3 wrote
Why not include in the postvso it is clear to everyone 🤔
Duke_of_New_York t1_iy9h37o wrote
Understandable.
kjpmi OP t1_iy9h4e9 wrote
You already did so thank you! But it’s not like it’s some mystery or super hard to find out.
ZoeperJ t1_iy9ho2a wrote
I never said that.
GoAwayLurkin t1_iy9j091 wrote
Classy. I suppose we would have found out eventually.
scienceguy8 t1_iy9q7gt wrote
Indeed. If we could drive to the Moon, the Moon would be largely inhabited by people who blew transmissions on the way there and can't get them fixed due to a lack of lunar industry.
wiggle-biscuits t1_iy9r20g wrote
Me too! I'll be passing 359k pretty soon
wiggle-biscuits t1_iy9rh4x wrote
How far away from the moon is it? Maybe it's just the perspective but it seems the moon is pretty far away. Isn't it something like 225k miles from the earth at its closest? It just seems to me that the moon is closer to earth than it should be haha
ReallyEvilRob t1_iy9rjy5 wrote
I always thought the earth was bigger than the moon.
kjpmi OP t1_iy9rni1 wrote
I think it’s 45,000 miles past the moon.
kjpmi OP t1_iy9ry96 wrote
From this perspective the moon is 45,000 miles away and the earth is much further at 268,000 miles away.
So yeah, things look smaller the further away they get.
whiteycnbr t1_iy9s7kp wrote
I'm in that picture.
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clichesaurus t1_iy9vkkb wrote
Looks like they overshot the moon. I can relate to driving past my destination, but what a waste of tax dollars
matthew_ri t1_iy9vlf2 wrote
You saying this is making me want to dig deeper into it
egvp t1_iy9xhu6 wrote
Very Spaceship, Very Neeeeeoooowwwwwww.
snarfmioot t1_iya2fbt wrote
The enemy gate is down.
kjpmi OP t1_iya3mla wrote
They weren’t aiming to hit it lol.
It’s in an orbit around the moon.
And I think more of our tax dollars should go to NASA and science in general. A very small part of the federal budget is set aside for this stuff as it is.
gtacleveland t1_iya3q7f wrote
Of course it takes a fucking selfie...
aniSculptor t1_iya4hn3 wrote
invisible alien cameraman. no wonder we havent seen any aliens yet. jokes aside this is very cool!
imapassenger1 t1_iyabc6m wrote
320 rods, or 80 chains if you prefer the larger units.
RandomUser-_--__- t1_iyacfdg wrote
Lol, I think others saw my exact comment on a photo similar to this a day ago
RoosterCogburns2957 t1_iyagcze wrote
Not A Space Agency.. who was Artemis.. Masons worship anything other than Jesus.. Don't believe the lies.. Do not be deceived.. They lies, you die.. My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge..
9erInLKN t1_iyagu59 wrote
Man I asked this question on a different picture last week and got downvoted for being curious lol
kjpmi OP t1_iyagyu5 wrote
How about not worshiping anyone? Including god/Jesus who isn’t real either.
RoosterCogburns2957 t1_iyaia92 wrote
How about not believing lies, by people who do.? There's a concept..
kjpmi OP t1_iyaifrx wrote
You sound thoroughly crazy. Just letting you know. Have a good day.
EvadingBan42 t1_iyajyc7 wrote
I’m in this picture and I’m ok with it?
TemporaryCream t1_iyam91u wrote
30.48cm actually
ulyssesfiuza t1_iyanyzq wrote
Being me, I can't see any detail lesser than you mamma.
SweetNeo85 t1_iyaoltr wrote
Because it's ONE OF THOSE THREE countries you listed that took the picture.
ulyssesfiuza t1_iyapjei wrote
Seriously now, using the data available, this photo shows the night line above South America, South pole up.
bill_b4 t1_iyapxt2 wrote
Oof! I'm glad you can tell that from the photo...when I zoom in, I see a blue and white potato 😁
Rhaedas t1_iyartug wrote
Revisiting this because I went out and the Moon was visible, based on the phase of the Moon Orion is to the right from our viewpoint in our sky, so therefore the North pole is facing down to match up.
bad_motivator t1_iyasjg5 wrote
Your point?
KillasArt t1_iyaszx1 wrote
My point is, how can we see stars on earth but not up there that high?
AltairsBlade t1_iyatrgo wrote
Feeling interstellar, might delete later.-Sexy Artemis 1
ulyssesfiuza t1_iyavl14 wrote
Not from the photo. Calculating sun and moon position when the photo was taken.
blue-ten t1_iyax8d1 wrote
We see stars with our eyes, but they are relatively dim. In order to see stars with a camera, you need to let the sensor expose for a long time, no matter how high up you are. The consequence of a long exposure is that brighter objects, like the Moon, Earth, and the spacecraft would be overexposed bright blobs.
You can test this with a camera here on Earth.
KillasArt t1_iyaxlog wrote
Thank you for your mature response, I've learned something today.
alsheps t1_iyb0k9b wrote
You know how you can't see as many stars in the city as you can in the country? like say if are in the City, you look up, and you can see stars and stuff, but when you go out to farm land there's so many more stars that are visible?
That's what's happening here. The light bouncing off Artemis-1's fuselage is causing the light coming from the stars we'd expect to see to appear much much dimmer, due to the camera not taking in light for as long given the brightness of Artemis-1. It's only going to caputre the really large, bright objects in the frame, i.e. the Earth, Moon, and Artemis-1.
scientist_tz t1_iyb1coa wrote
Spring of 24 if all goes well.
mfb- t1_iyb1g1j wrote
How many stars do you see during the day? Zero (well, one if we count the Sun). Exactly the same thing happens here. The objects pictures are in broad daylight, exposure settings that show them won't show stars.
McWuffles t1_iyb3ffj wrote
Hail, Satan, brother.
OfficialGarwood t1_iyb5iz2 wrote
less than 2 years if the plans are correct. Then within 4-5, we'll have someone on the moon again.
REACT_and_REDACT t1_iyb6z9b wrote
This picture gives me feelings.
OkChuyPunchIt t1_iyb7c9o wrote
wHo tOoK tHe PiCtUrE?!?!
tHeR's nO stArS!!!!@!
/s
Colonelfudgenustard t1_iybryr1 wrote
It's not enough anymore for a spacecraft to take a picture of the scenery; now it has to take a selfie. Sign of the times.
provert t1_iybvkit wrote
Amazing!
zuppenhuppen t1_iyc3yqe wrote
I thought NASA used SI units
Meeple_person t1_iyc7i7w wrote
UK predominately uses miles for distance too.
Although metric for anything it feels like at the time. And Celsius for low temperatures and Fahrenheit for hot. Its a bit weird.
ithinkitsthis t1_iyc8v8v wrote
Seems obvious now that you've explained it - thanks for taking the time to do so.
BecauseRotor t1_iycc084 wrote
Not so weird when you consider it’s the UK :p
Ahhhhrg t1_iycgg5n wrote
I've lived in London for 11 years and never heard anyone use Fahrenheit, in what context would it be used? All the recipes I've seen use Celsius.
technogeek61 t1_iyci9kq wrote
Obviously the flash had not yet reached the stars so they would show up
BrisketWrench t1_iycs9lq wrote
Everyone do yourself a favor. Don’t read the comments on Nasa’s instagram account, Holy shit…
RoosterCogburns2957 t1_iyd138d wrote
Sheep believe what they're told... Real men, do research.. Find truth.. NASA is one big lie for the ignorant..
kjpmi OP t1_iyd3zqv wrote
Research does not equal watching flat earth and moon hoax YouTube videos.
If you don’t have good critical thinking skills then you’re unable to filter out the bullshit. You’re gullible. You fall for dumb ass conspiracy theories.
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kjpmi OP t1_iyd5z05 wrote
Okay I’ve wasted enough time engaging with you. I hope you get the help that you need. Truly I do. Good luck.
RoosterCogburns2957 t1_iyd6f6p wrote
That's right moron, act like you won.. Go do some research.. Instead of trying to act like a know it all that believes in a staged movie set.. Stanley Kubrick.. I don't need help, but you do sheep. Go read a book, educate yourself..
kjpmi OP t1_iyd7556 wrote
Here you go my friend. There are resources out there to find the mental health treatment you need. You are never alone. You just need to be willing to seek help.
Meeple_person t1_iye3ye6 wrote
People. We say it to each other all the time. "Oooh it'll be in the 70's this week"
Meeple_person t1_iye46bk wrote
Fair point well made.
kjpmi OP t1_iy858wb wrote
I think this is just such a cool picture. Wanted more people to see it.
Here’s the blog link where the image is from if anyone is interested. https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis/2022/11/28/artemis-i-flight-day-13-orion-goes-the-max-distance/