This new capsule, which is to take astronauts on the moon in the coming years, is currently traveling more than 64,000 kilometers from the moon.
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The Orion vessel has placed itself as a remote lunar orbit, on the tenth day of the Artemis-1 mission, NASA announced on Friday, November 25. In a
This new capsule, which is to take astronauts on the moon in the coming years – the first to tread its surface since the last Apollo mission in 1972 -, is currently traveling more than 64,000 kilometers from the moon.
without crew on board
At this distance, it will take no less than six days to travel a lunar half orbit, before starting the way back to earth.
This first oron ship’s test flight, without crew on board, should be used to ensure that the vehicle is safe. Amerration in the Pacific Ocean is scheduled for December 11, after a little more than twenty-five days of flight.
The success of this mission depend on the future of Artemis-2, which will take astronauts to go around the moon without landing there, then Artemis-3, which will mark the return of humans on the Lunar surface. These missions must respectively take place in 2024 and 2025.