It is reported that mission commander Reid Wiseman captured "amazing" images after the crew completed the final engine burn and oriented the spacecraft toward the Moon.
It is noted that the Orion spacecraft was positioned approximately 142 thousand miles (228.5 thousand km) from Earth and 132 thousand miles from the Moon.
Astronaut Christina Koch said she was happy to hear the news that this stage had been reached more than two days into the flight.
The first image, titled "Hello, World," shows the vast blue expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. It also features the bright ring of Earth's atmosphere and green auroras near the poles.
In the image, Earth is shown inverted, with the Western Sahara and the Iberian Peninsula visible on the left, and the eastern part of South America on the right.
According to NASA information, the bright planet Venus is also captured in the lower right part of the image.
