For NASA’s Orion spacecraft, the next stop is home. The uncrewed spacecraft flying on NASA’s Artemis 1 mission achieved a major milestone in its mission today (December 5) when it managed to burn out the engine in 207 seconds while in just 128 kilometers above the lunar surface. The maneuver put Orion on track to …
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Part of the far side of the Moon looms just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken on day six of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the end of one of Orion’s solar arrays. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence on Sunday November 20, making the Moon, instead of …
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Six days after NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched to the moon, the gumball-shaped capsule reached its destination on Monday. Soaring 81 miles above the lunar surface, the spacecraft passed over historic Tranquility Base – the site of the Apollo 11 moon landing – and into the history books. Capturing views of Earth and the Moon, the …
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Six days after NASA’s Orion spacecraft launched to the moon, the gumball-shaped capsule reached its destination on Monday. Soaring 81 miles above the lunar surface, the spacecraft passed over historic Tranquility Base – the site of the Apollo 11 moon landing – and into the history books. Capturing views of Earth and the Moon, the …
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WASHINGTON — NASA has approved plans to move on to the critical next step of the Artemis 1 mission, a maneuver of the uncrewed Orion spacecraft as it flies close to the moon Nov. 21. NASA announced in late Nov. 19 that the Artemis 1 mission management team had approved the Powered Outflight (OPF) maneuver, …
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NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion capsule is exceeding expectations in deep space and remains on track to fly close to the moon Monday, Nov. 21, agency officials said. The Artemis 1 mission launched Wednesday morning (November 16), sending an uncrewed Orion to the moon atop a massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. This is Orion’s first-ever …
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