NASA announced the mission’s success on social media by posting a video of the landing.
“After 1.4 million miles in space, circling the Moon and collecting data that will prepare us to send astronauts on future missions ArtemisThe Orion space capsule is home,” NASA said.
The capsule landed off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula at around 9:40am local time (around 6:40pm Eastern European Time). She landed 300 miles south of the original landing site. NASA had to change the location due to weather conditions. There were strong winds and powerful waves off the California coast.
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When entering the atmosphere at a speed of about 40,000 km/ha Now Orion’s heat shield has heated up to around 2,800 degrees Celsius. st C. At an altitude of 7.6 thousand. meters, the parachutes were released, which slowed the rate of fall to about 160 km/h. The capsule was traveling at approximately 32 km/h when it hit the water.
No damage has been reported on the vessel. The capsule is now being recovered from the US Navy vessel USS Portland.
“Orion floating on water will be attached to the ship’s winch by divers and, after drying, placed on a specially designed platform and transported to land. NASA tried the whole process for the last time at the beginning of the week” – described Bartłomiej Pawlak, journalist of Gazeta.pl.
Artemis I mission. NASA plans to land a man on the moon again
The SLS rocket carrying the Orion capsule into space was launched from the United States on the morning of November 16. Therefore, NASA officially launched the Artemis I space mission. It was the third launch attempt rocketsthe previous two were canceled due to engine problems.
The primary objective of the Artemis I mission is an unmanned flight to orbit the Moon and the safe return of the Orion spacecraft to Earth.
“If reentry and splashdown go according to plan, NASA will be on track for the Artemis 2 mission, which will send the first astronauts to lunar orbit in more than half a century. Artemis 2 is scheduled for May 2024 and Artemis 3 – whose goal is to land at the Silver Globe – by 2025.
