Orion's First Crewed Lunar Trip: Stunning Earth Photos

0:00It's April 3rd. This is Sydney News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. NASA just dropped the first stunning photos from inside the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis 2 mission. The four astronauts commander, Reed Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen are cruising toward the moon, capturing epic shots of, Earth with its de-blue oceans, swirling clouds, and even a glowing green aurora. They fire the main engine to lock in their lunar path, and after a quit position tweak from mission control, the full planet filled their windows. These images show everything from a curved slice of home in the capsule window to the whole globe shining bright. The crew is blown away, pausing in awe at the views and feeling like kids in zero gravity. Back on Earth, NASA Exploration Leader Lakisha Hawkins called the pics amazing and noted how the mission reps all of us except those four up there. This is the first crewed lunar trips since Apollo 17, back in 1972, with three Americans

1:03and one Canadian aboard. They're set to swing around the moon, loop back, and splash down without landing. As they keep snapping these views and chatting with the press, Artemis 2 lays the groundwork for regular moon returns and a permanent base to push. Deeper into space.