On Monday morning, December 5, you can watch NASA’s Artemis 1 Orion capsule performing a crucial engine burn in the course of a flyby of the moon. The Orion is scheduled to perform a 207-second engine burn, longer than the Artemis mission 79 miles above the lunar surface.
Read down below for more information.
What Exactly Is Artemis 1?
Artemis 1 is a cruise of Orion and NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket which floated the capsule on November 16. If the mission goes well, on Artemis 2 in 2024, the astronauts will put boots down near the lunar south pole. The latter one will happen on Artemis 3.
Wondering what the primary goals of NASA’s Artemis program are?
These missions are the primary goals because they are a part of a broader effort to set up a moon base by the end of the decade.
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Space Launch System did its mission nicely during Artemis 1’s launch, and Orion performed up to expectations.
On November 25, the capsule arrived in lunar orbit and departed on December 1. The wrong part is that the spacecraft still has some boxed that need to check, including Monday’s engine burn.
The Orion will return to Earth on December 11, and the capsule will barrel into Earth’s atmosphere at nearly 25,000 mph, giving his heat shield a serious test. The structure will experience a temperature half as the surface of the sun.
The capsule will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California only if Orion’s parachutes do their jobs on December 11. Meanwhile, this would be the end of the Artemis 1 mission.
This is all the news known about these missions. Fingers are crossed that NASA’s plan will work. Also, sit tight because more information is coming about space!