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The camera on Orion’s solar array captured this amazing video of Earth rising behind the darkened Moon. The video was taken on day 6 of the mission shortly after Orion performed its outbound powered flyby and as the capsule re-connected with ground controllers on Earth. Orion is scheduled to depart the lunar system on December 1 and commence on a nine-day journey to Earth. The capsule must then survive atmospheric reentry and a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

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