US EditionArtemis II Is in Orbit - What Happens Next?
The 10-day test flight will send four astronauts farther from Earth than any humans in history and is a key step toward a lunar landing.
- On Thursday, April 2, NASA's Artemis II crew continued orbiting Earth in the Orion capsule after launching from Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday, preparing for a critical trans-lunar injection burn.
- This 10-day test mission aims to demonstrate that Orion can support humans on lunar journeys, paving the way for potential landings by 2028 and surpassing the distance record of 248,655 miles set during the 1970 Apollo 13 mission.
- NASA astronauts Commander Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover, along with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, are reported as 'safe, secure and in great spirits' and maintaining strict 30-minute daily exercise routines.
- Thursday night, Orion will fire its engines for six minutes to execute the trans-lunar injection, propelling the spacecraft out of Earth orbit toward a historic lunar flyby scheduled for Monday, April 6.
- Upon reaching the moon, the Orion capsule will fly 6,400 miles beyond the far side, surpassing Apollo astronaut records, before concluding with a water landing in the Pacific Ocean likely on Friday, April 10.
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Artemis II crew cleared to depart Earth orbit, head for moon
The engine firing is timed to provide a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it up to some 25,000 mph, the velocity needed to break free of Earth's gravitational clasp for a four-day trek to the moon.
NASA gave joi a green crew of the ship Artemis 2, currently located on the orbit of the Earth, for their ship to be propelled over a few hours in the direction of the moon, reports AFP, taken by Agerpres. “It’s a ‘go’ for Orion spaceship to carry out the operation provided for at 23:49 GMT, after NASA “has finished ...
The Nasa gave Thursday its green light to the crew of Artemis 2, for the time being in orbit around the Earth, so that their ship would propelle in a few hours towards the Moon. ...
The key event of the next hours will be the lunar exit manoeuvre.
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