The Orion spacecraft, which has been orbiting the Moon until recently, has been approaching Earth for several days now. pre-existing Sunday It is back to the surface of our planet. The landing time is set for around 9.40 am local time (6.40 pm Polish time), Reuters reports.
Orion is scheduled to fall into the ocean near the Mexican island of Guadalupe around the year 260 how much West of the California Peninsula, 420 km from the American city of San Diego. This place was chosen last Thursday because of the expected favorable weather conditions.
As indicated by the BBCDecember 11th marks exactly 50 years since the last Apollo program mission. During Apollo 17, the astronauts stayed on the lunar surface for 3 days, 2 hours, 59 minutes and 40 seconds and covered a distance of 35.7 km. They also made three walks on the surface of the silver ball, which lasted a total of 22 hours, 3 minutes, and 57 seconds.
NASA. Orion will land twice. Where do you watch Spaceship Returns?
“The Orion landing will be a very complex process and one of the most important steps of the entire mission. NASA It intends to test a new landing technique – the so-called skip entry (which can be translated as entry jump in the atmosphere). The agency stated that this technology has not yet been used on manned spacecraft (Orion is a manned spacecraft, but it flies without a crew on the first attempt) ”- our journalist Bartomij Pawlak reported earlier.
On its initial atmospheric reentry, Orion is only supposed to evade its upper layers to lose some speed. Then it will bounce off the atmosphere a little to increase its height, and only the second time will it penetrate its upper layers. This technology is to help the spacecraft get as close as possible to the American coast. In the future, this is to facilitate access to astronauts who will participate in manned flights.
NASA invites you to broadcast the return of the spacecraft. It will be shown on YouTube At this address >>>. The broadcast will begin at approximately 5 pm Polish time.
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Artemis mission. “Now if we go to the moon, we’ll go there forever.”
The SLS rocket carrying the Orion capsule launched into space from the United States on the morning of November 16. Thus, NASA officially launched the Artemis I space mission, the third attempt to launch the rocket. The previous two were canceled due to engine problems.
The main target of the Artemis I mission is the unmanned aerial vehicle airline In orbit around the Moon and the safe return of the Orion spacecraft to Earth. As Jerzy Rafalski, an astronomy promoter from the Toruń Planetarium, says, this is the first stage of human return to the Moon, as we last saw it 50 years ago.
“Now, if we go to the moon, we go there forever.” We’ll build a base there, stay and use this moon scientifically and for business, Jerzy Rafalski said.
The mission was to last until December 11th. – Returning to Earth will be another very important test before the planned manned mission, – says Jerzy Rafalski.
– We’re coming back from the vicinity of the Moon, so the speeds will be much higher. It will be more difficult to enter the atmosphere, the forces will be much greater, and the temperature will be much higher, – Rafalski explained.
The manned Artemis II mission, which will again orbit the Moon, is planned for 2024. A year later, NASA plans to organize the Artemis III mission, which aims to land a man on the moon again.
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