Just a few days before the huge vehicle leaves Earth, a satellite has given us stunning bird's-eye views of it.
The Artemis 1 stack was snapped by a satellite as it sat on Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Maxar representatives wrote in an email on Wednesday that the first image was collected more directly looking down from the satellite's orbital position.
They said the second image was collected while the satellite was south of Cuba and was looking back at the launch pad.
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The Artemis 1 stack consists of NASA's Space Launch System megarocket and the crew capsule with two solid rocket boosters strapped to either side. The mission will lift off on Monday morning if everything goes according to plan.
Artemis 1 is the first mission in the Artemis program. The first-ever liftoff for the powerful SLS and the first trip beyond Earth's atmosphere will be marked by the 42 day flight.
NASA has a program to explore the moon.
The first Artemis is going back to the moon.
Science will be the top priority for Artemis moon missions.
If all goes well with Artemis 1, Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 will be able to take astronauts to the moon in the future.
The World View 3 was launched to Earth. Maxar and its customers use the satellite to keep an eye on Russia.
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