uncrewed spacecraft, Moon will be about 50,000 miles above its surface, and Ritual The Earth will move in the opposite direction of its orbital direction.
NASA, Because of the size of its orbit, of Orion He says it will take six days to circumnavigate half the moon. The spacecraft will then exit orbit and begin its return journey to Earth. Agency, He states that this process will give Orion “a very stable orbit where very little fuel is required for a long journey through deep space.”
Orion is both Earth and Ritual The orbit will remain stable due to its exposure to gravity, which will help keep the spacecraft in the same position while minimizing fuel consumption.
The next big phase of NASA’s Artemis 1 Moon mission begins!
During distant retrograde orbit NASA’s Orion will be able to advance their systems step by step in an environment far away from our planet. The Artemis 1 mission is recreating humans for the first time in more than half a century. to the moon It’s about testing Orion before taking it back.
earlier this week Orion, Moon successfully performed a lunar flyby, in which it came as close as 81 miles to the surface. This was the first of two maneuvers needed to get Orion into its retrograde orbit before it burns today.
far away retrograde You will be able to watch the orbital combustion live. NASA says real-time footage of the mission will be available to watch once the broadcast’s bandwidth allows.