The Moon Beckons | International Space Station

The Moon Beckons | International Space Station

The waning gibbous Moon is pictured just above Earth's horizon in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above a cloudy central Asia.

Artemis II will be NASA’s first crewed flight test of the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft around the Moon to verify today’s capabilities for humans to explore deep space and pave the way for long-term exploration and science on the lunar surface.

Learn more about the Artemis II Mission:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Image Date: Dec. 4, 2023

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