The Artemis II crew has just completed one of the most daring portions of their moon mission: a translunar burn to finally jettison the Orion spacecraft from the Earth's gravitational pull and put it on a trajectory to fly around the far side of the moon.
It was a risky maneuver and prompted some deep reflection, perhaps no better embodied than in the stunning image of Earth captured by NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman.
