First view of moon from NASA’s Orion spacecraft

NASA's Orion spacecraft has captured a stunning view of the moon.

On the third day of the Artemis I mission, Orion maneuvered its solar arrays and captured the moon with a camera mounted on the end of the array.

The spacecraft is expected to reach the moon on Monday. Three test dummies are inside. If all goes well during the three-week mission, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon and return to Earth in December.

The first launch of the Artemis program brought the United States closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.