Post #1624062 · Elektrine

2026-04-14 14:57 UTC

Sending Orion around the Moon and bringing it back home was the task of ESA's European Service Module, which provided power, propulsion and life support for the crew. Welcome back to Earth, Reid, Victor, Christina & Jeremy! 🧑‍🚀 📷 NTT image credit: ESO/I. Saviane Orbit simulation: Kel Elkins (Science and Technology Corporation), Ernie Wright (USRA)

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@esoastronomy@mastodon.social 2026-04-14 15:11

And here is the location of the image on the sky, between the constellations of Ophiuchus and Scorpius: https://worldwidetelescope.org/webclient/?wtml=http%3A%2F%2Fwwtcoreapp-data-app.azurewebsites.net%3A80%2Fwwtweb%2FShowImage.aspx%3Freverseparity%3DTrue%26scale%3D0.241019%26name%3DEFOSC.2026-04-09T04-Artemis-NTT-1.png%26imageurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnova.astrometry.net%2Fwwt_image%2F37371937%26credits%3DAstrometry.net%2BUser%2B(All%2BRights%2BReserved)%26creditsUrl%3D%26ra%3D254.219235%26dec%3D-29.604926%26x%3D324.8%26y%3D418.4%26rotation%3D180.39%26thumb%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fnova.astrometry.net%2Fwwt_image%2F37371939%26wtml%3Dtrue#/place=Open_Collections.EFOSC.2026-04-09T04-Artemis-NTT-1.png.0&ra=16.94795&dec=-29.60493&fov=0.04669

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