In the early hours of Wednesday morning,invite friend for sex video NASA's Artemis I mission successfully launched from Florida's Kennedy Space Center — and as you can probably imagine, the views were pretty spectacular.
The Artemis I mission got off to a rocky start, with failed launches and further delays on the day preceding the final, successful launch a little before 2 a.m. ET (our live blog has a full breakdown of events as they unfolded).
SEE ALSO: NASA just blasted its new megarocket on historic journey to the moonNow, with the Orion spacecraft beginning its mission to the moon, NASA shared the following footage on Twitter on Wednesday.
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"As @NASA_Orion begins the #Artemis I mission to the Moon, the spacecraft captured these stunning views of our home planet," wrote NASA.
Orion, while currently without a crew, is essentially paving the way for a deep space flight that will one day carry astronauts. The plan for the current mission is that Orion will travel around the moon, heading a quarter of a million miles away from Earth before swinging back to return home on Dec. 11.
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NASA successfully launched its Artemis I rocket to the moon
You can read a full breakdown of how the launch unfolded here. NASA will also be sharing more footage and images as the mission progresses, so stay tuned.
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Update Nov. 16 at 11:45 a.m. ET: NASA has shared livestreamed footage of Earth from the Orion spacecraft, like the image just below.
Earth captured from a camera aboard the Orion spacecraft. Credit: NASA