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Artemis II Astronaut Shares Behind-the-Scenes Footage From Iconic Earthset Photo

PetaPixel·Matt Growcoot·about 1 month ago
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Artemis II pilot Victor Glover, right, looks out the Orion spacecraft window during the Artemis II lunar flyby on April 6, the same day the Earthset photo, left, was captured. The Artemis II mission commander has shared spellbinding footage showing the moment the crew witnessed the Earth setting behind the Moon — while they captured spectacular photos of it. Reid Wiseman shared the scintillating video on his social media channels yesterday. Filmed on his iPhone, it gives a raw, intimate look at what it was like inside the Orion capsule as the four astronauts experienced a view that just a handful of human beings have ever seen before. The video is particularly relatable, because, as Wiseman explains, he just grabbed his iPhone and wanted to film the moment — likening it to watching a “sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos.” Only one chance in this lifetime… Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset.…

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