NASA's Artemis II mission shared its first image of Earth from space as astronauts prepare for a historic journey to the moon.

WASHINGTON — Following a successful blast off from Earth, the Artemis II crew shared the first image of Earth from the Orion spacecraft. NASA released the image early Thursday, the second day of the 10-day trip around the moon before making their way back to Earth.

The four-member crew successfully completed a "translunar injection burn" on Thursday, sending them out of Earth's orbit and toward the moon.

The Artemis II astronauts, after saying goodbye to family and friends, were strapped into their seats aboard the Orion spacecraft by early afternoon, hours before the launch window opened at 6:24 p.m. Eastern time. As the astronauts sat, NASA continued with checks to ensure the safety of the crew before liftoff.

Resurfaced footage released by YouTuber Gary Friedman shows some of the sturdy computing hardware that powered Voyager 1 and 2, a pair of spacecraft first launched in 1977 and tasked with taking a trip through our solar system.

Helping the astronauts of Artemis II speak to the folks on Earth is the Deep Space Network, operated out of Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena.

In the silent, freezing expanse of interstellar space, a small spacecraft launched in the era of disco and analog tape has just achieved a feat once thought to belong only to science fiction. NASA’s Voyager 1 has officially crossed a staggering new threshold,

We’ll get eyes on the moon, kind of map it out and then continue to go back in force,” said flight director Judd Frieling.