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Rhaedas t1_iy8x1ly wrote

Reply to comment by matthew_ri in Artemis 1 at its furthest point in its moon orbit, about 268,000 miles from earth. by kjpmi

If you go by NASA's orbital diagram on the Artemis website and assume that Orion is actually turned the way they depict (following the path), then you would be correct, the shot we see here is "upside down". But I don't know if that's the case, and can't find anyone with a live orbital chart showing its exact position.

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matthew_ri t1_iy9vlf2 wrote

You saying this is making me want to dig deeper into it

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Rhaedas t1_iyartug wrote

Revisiting this because I went out and the Moon was visible, based on the phase of the Moon Orion is to the right from our viewpoint in our sky, so therefore the North pole is facing down to match up.

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