Last week NASA did what NASA does best and shot a little rocket into space to explore the vast, limitless cosmos:
For days the space agency's Orion spacecraft has been transmitting incredible images of space back to Earth. Here are some of the real showstoppers:
The "Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage Separation"
Absolutely no idea what that means but it sounds cool and looks cool.
The craft as it rapidly departs Earth.
A Snoopy doll floating in the capsule
The doll is used as a zero-gravity indicator.
Earth peeking around the Moon.
The Earth, far away.
If you squint you can see yourself!
The lunar surface.