NASA Orion
By NASA Orion The capsule previously completed a key part of the Artemis I mission, from a distance of about 130 kilometers above the moon.Fly close to the moon. This success is especially important because it demonstrated the reliability of the propulsion system. Orion performed four trajectory correction burns on its way to the moon, and this time the Orbital Maneuvering System engine burned for 2 minutes 30 seconds, allowing Orion to accelerate smoothly to 933 kilometers per hour. It was traveling at 8,084 kilometers per hour at an altitude of approximately 383 kilometers above the Moon when the fire started. Shortly thereafter the fire reached about 130 kilometers above the Moon, at a speed of 8,211 kilometers per hour.
Orion’s next move is to use the burn to enter the Moon’s long-distance retrograde orbit, scheduled for 4:52 PM ET Friday. Afterwards, Orion will stay in orbit for about a week, during which guidance, communications, power, thermal control, and other systems will be tested. It is worth mentioning that after entering orbit, Orion will be sent to a location approximately 64,370 kilometers from the moon. According to current plans, he will return to Earth on December 11th.
In addition to Orion’s moon flyby, NASA also shared some details of its evaluation of the SLS rocket and launch system after a successful launch at a previous press conference. At the same time, the engineers also studied the problem of RAM failure of the tracking system and the automatic opening of the solar power module mobile service unit. At present, it has made a lot of progress, and according to NASA, these ” episodes” will not affect the mission.
