---
title: "Amazing Video Shows Artemis I Leaving Earth Behind"
description: "NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule is officially making its way to the Moon as we speak. And the views are genuinely breathtaking."
date: "2022-11-16"
modified: "2022-11-16"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/video-shows-artemis-leaving-earth-behind"
categories:
  - "Off-World"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "artemis 1"
  - "moon"
  - "NASA"
  - "the digest"
---

# Amazing Video Shows Artemis I Leaving Earth Behind

![NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule is officially making its way to the Moon as we speak. And the views are genuinely breathtaking.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/video-shows-artemis-leaving-earth-behind.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: NASA\</em\>*

## Moonbound

NASA's uncrewed Orion capsule is officially making its way to the Moon, after [launching](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-sls-blasts-off-toward-moon>) atop the agency's gigantic Space Launch System (SLS) rocket early Wednesday morning.

And the views are genuinely breathtaking. A new [timelapse](<https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592869877668515841>) shows the capsule reorient itself, leaving a rapidly shrinking Earth behind — a worthy celebration of a historic moment in human space exploration, and a reminder that we are very small in the grand scheme of things.

https://twitter.com/TJ_Cooney/status/1592869877668515841

## Moon View

Later views, [shared by NASA](<https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1592918520337088512>), show the spacecraft saying goodbye to an even smaller Earth.

"This view of Earth captured from a human-rated spacecraft not seen since 1972, during the final Apollo stages some 50 years ago," a NASA commentator said during the agency's livestream of the event. "The views of our blue marble in the blackness of space now capturing the imagination of a new generation — the Artemis generation."

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1592918520337088512

## Commander Moonikin

Meanwhile, a mannequin dubbed "[Commander Moonikin Campos](<https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1592922492355547141>)" has taken the helm of the spacecraft, taking NASA's Orion Crew Survival System suit for a spin.

Commander Moonikin Campos is joined by two other "crewmates" called Helga and Zohar, two legless mannequins that will measure the amount of space radiation future crews could be exposed to on their journey to the Moon and back.

Orion will be spending the next 25 days in space and is expected to splash down on December 11 in the Pacific Ocean. And we'll be following it along every step of the way.

**More on the launch:** *[Giant NASA Rocket Blasts Off Toward the Moon](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/nasa-sls-blasts-off-toward-moon>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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