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- #Astronomy
- #Space Exploration
- #Artemis Mission
- This daily feature showcases a different image or photograph of the universe with an explanation by a professional astronomer.
- The image captures Earth from the Orion spacecraft Integrity, showing Africa and the Iberian peninsula, with aurorae at both poles.
- Commander Reid Wiseman took the photo on April 2 during the Artemis II mission, after the translunar injection burn sent the spacecraft toward the Moon.
- The journey around the Moon and back is the first of its kind by humans in over 50 years.
- Venus is visible in the image, appearing below and right of Earth's limb, amid zodiacal light.