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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day
Artemis I: Flight Day 13
On flight day 13 (November 28, 2022) of the Artemis 1 mission, the Orion spacecraft reached its maximum distance from Earth. At over 430,000 kilometers from Earth, its distant retrograde orbit also puts Orion nearly 70,000 kilometers from the Moon. In the same field of view in this video frame from flight day 13, planet and large natural satellite even appear about the same apparent size from the spacecraft's perspective. On flight day 26 (December 11, 2022), the uncrewed spacecraft splashed down on its home world concluding the historic Artemis I mission. The Artemis II mission, carrying 4 astronauts around the moon and back again, will launch no earlier than February 8.
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NASA released the Artemis II launch countdown, targeting April 1 for the crewed mission around the Moon with astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope completed construction and is wrapping up prelaunch testing, with a media viewing opportunity scheduled for April 21 at Goddard Space Flight Center.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected the first-ever spin reversal of a small comet, demonstrating how volatile activity affects the physical evolution of small bodies in the solar system.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
NASA's IXPE mission obtained a new observation of supernova RCW 86, providing X-ray polarimetry data that complements observations from other telescopes for a fuller understanding of the supernova.
NASA — 26 Mar 2026
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