Earthset as Orion Prepares for Outbound Powered Flyby
The Earth is seen setting from the far side of the Moon just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this video taken on the sixth day of the Artemis | mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion's solar arrays. The spacecraft was preparing for the Outbound Powered Flyby maneuver which would bring it within 80 miles of the lunar surface, the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis | mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, making the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.
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Slow Motion Liftoff of NASA's Artemis | Moon Rocket
22 Nov
2022
NASA's Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft
launched from launch pad 39B for the Artemis I mission
on November 16. This is an uncrewed flight test that will
demonstrate the ability of the SLS rocket to safely carry
the Orion spacecraft around the Moon and its return and
recovery to Earth for the agency's Artemis Program.
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NASA's Artemis | Rocket launch from 39B launch pad
On Nov. 16, 2022, the Orion spacecraft launched aboard
the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from NASA's
Kennedy Space Center and embarked on the #Artemis I
mission to the Moon and back. Orion orbited the Moon,
getting as close as 79 miles to the lunar surface, and
successfully splashed back down to Earth 25.5 days later
on Dec. 11.
This video was captured from the Launch Pad 39B
Four RS-25 engines and two five-segment solid rocket
boosters provided more than 8.8 million pounds of thrust
for SLS during liftoff and flight. Thanks in part to
development of a new RS-25 engine controller that checks
engine health 50 times per second, engineers were able to
collect more than 100 measurements on pressures,
temperatures, flows, speeds, and vibrations on the four
RS-25 engines that helped power Artemis I. The
preliminary post-flight data indicates that all SLS systems
performed exceptionally and that the designs are ready to
support a crewed flight on Artemis II.
The Artemis II mission will bring us closer to establishing
a sustained human presence on the lunar surface and
landing the first woman and first person of color on the
Moon.This video was captured from launch pad 39B and used by engineer to monitor the monitor and track the rocket during flight.
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