With the successful splashdown of the Artemis 1 this Sunday, we're just a few years out from a manned mission to the moon in Artemis 3. How excited are you for NASA to return to the moon?
, Artemis 1 mission manager, Mike Sarafin, said that “we have successfully operated Orion in the deep space environment, where it exceeded our expectations, and demonstrated that Orion can withstand the extreme conditions of returning through Earth’s atmosphere from lunar velocities.”
Orion raced toward Earth at about 25,000 mph , carrying out one brief atmospheric “skip maneuver” to help it obtain an optimal trajectory before plunging into Earth’s air. Orion then deployed three huge red-and-white parachutes, which gracefully slowed the capsule to a speed of about 20 mph for splashdown., which loaded the capsule on board once technicians in the water ensured various systems were safe.
The spacecraft is now on its way to a U.S. Navy base in San Diego. After that, it will return to Kennedy Space Center, where personnel will offload space biology tests and mannequins that measured radiation exposure. NASA will also prioritize inspection of Orion’s heat shield, as it withstood temperatures of more than 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit during reentry.
Alas, not everything went to spec when it came to Orion’s payload of small satellites called CubeSats. Three of them are presumed lost or dead:
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