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NASA's Orion went DARK for 47 minutes - but not before sharing new images of the moon - Daily Mail

NASA's Orion went DARK for 47 minutes - but not before sharing new images of the moon - Daily Mail

NASA's Orion went DARK for 47 minutes - but not before sharing new images of the moon - Daily Mail
Nov 24, 2022 2 mins, 10 secs

Orion captured up-close shots of craters littering the lunar surface as it soared 81 miles above while traveling 5,102 miles per hour and at the time of this flyby on November 21, the capsule was 230,000 miles from Earth.

The craft is set to perform an engine burn Friday that will fling it into orbit around the moon and if all goes well, Orion will stay on the path for the next week and then head back to Earth on December 1.

The images were snapped in black and white but show amazing details of the lunar surface and the blackness that is space.

Orion captured up-close shots of craters littering the lunar surface as it soared 81 miles above while traveling 5,102 miles per hour and at the time of this flyby on November 21, the capsule was 230,000 miles from Earth.

The craft is set to perform an engine burn Friday that will fling it into orbit around the moon and if all goes well, Orion will stay on the path for the next week and then head back to Earth on December 1.

Engineers had expected to lose communication with the spacecraft as it passed behind the moon for approximately 34 minutes, but communication lost Wednesday was unexpected and lasted twice as long.

Orion will make its closest approach of 60 miles of the lunar surface before returning to Earth next month

Engineers had expected to lose communication with the spacecraft as it passed behind the moon for approximately 34 minutes, but contact lost Wednesday was unexpected and lasted twice as long

NASA has chosen her to personify its path back to the moon, which will see astronauts return to the lunar surface by 2025 -  including the first woman and the next man

Artemis 1 will be the first integrated flight test of NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  

Artemis 1 will be an uncrewed flight that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate our commitment and capability to extend human existence to the moon and beyond. 

It will travel 280,000 miles (450,600 km) from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the moon over the course of about a three-week mission. 

With this first exploration mission, NASA is leading the next steps of human exploration into deep space where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems near the moon needed for lunar surface missions and exploration to other destinations farther from Earth, including Mars. 

Together, Orion, SLS and the ground systems at Kennedy will be able to meet the most challenging crew and cargo mission needs in deep space

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