The Orion capsule, launched by the US Aerospace Agency on November 16 as part of its return to the Moon project, managed to break the “farthest distance” record.
United States Aerospace Agency (NASA), Search for Artemis It plans to send astronauts to the moon and then to Mars by 2025.
NASA has successfully launched its giant SLS rocket into space after weeks of technical setbacks and bad weather. on the SLS rocket Orion The spacecraft was en route to lunar orbit.
Orion The capsule is expected to orbit the Moon for about a week and then return to Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean on December 11.
Orion breaks the distance record
In a statement from NASA, the capsule was launched on Nov. 26. 430 thousand kilometers reported to have passed.
In the statement, it “The record for the longest distance traveled by a spacecraft designed to carry people” it was announced.
Artemis’ mission manager, Mike Sarafin, noted that this record, broken just two weeks after launch, sheds light on the steps to be taken for the next missions.
It should be noted that NASA astronauts will be able to make a test run around the Moon in 2024 with the Orion capsule, which currently does not have a lunar lander, and the Moon landing with SpaceX’s Starship is expected in 2025.
of the SLS-Orion probe; It is said to have cost NASA at least $37 billion so far, including design, construction, testing and ground facilities.
