{"id":17329,"date":"2022-11-28T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/orion-capsule-watches-the-moon-eclipse-earth-at-farthest-point-of-artemis-odyssey\/"},"modified":"2022-11-28T17:01:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T09:01:49","slug":"orion-capsule-watches-the-moon-eclipse-earth-at-farthest-point-of-artemis-odyssey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/orion-capsule-watches-the-moon-eclipse-earth-at-farthest-point-of-artemis-odyssey\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion capsule watches the moon eclipse Earth at farthest point of Artemis odyssey"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full-width\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/221128-earthmoon5-630x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-738795\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/221128-earthmoon5-630x432.jpg 630w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/221128-earthmoon5-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.geekwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/221128-earthmoon5.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\"><figcaption data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"wp-element-caption\">A camera on NASA\u2019s Orion capsule catches sight of the moon covering part of Earth\u2019s disk. (NASA \/ ESA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Halfway into its 25.5-day uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, NASA\u2019s Orion capsule today recorded a weird kind of Earth-moon eclipse, reached its farthest distance from our planet and began the complicated trek back home.<\/p>\n<p>NASA Administrator Bill Nelson marveled at the milestones achieved in the Artemis program, aimed at sending astronauts to the lunar surface by as early as 2025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArtemis 1 has had extraordinary success and has completed a series of history-making events,\u201d he told reporters at a news briefing. \u201cFor example, on Friday, for the first time, a human-rated spacecraft successfully entered that orbit for Artemis, one called a distant retrograde orbit. And then, on Saturday, Orion surpassed the distance record for a mission with a spacecraft designed to carry humans into deep space. \u2026 And just over an hour ago, Orion set another record, clocking its maximum distance from Earth, 270,000 miles.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" class=\"\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=b0yle&amp;dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1597390593751404544&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geekwire.com%2F2022%2Forion-moon-eclipse-earth-farthest-artemis%2F&amp;sessionId=bfac0e578e069070852e5ac3690598a92505541b&amp;siteScreenName=geekwire&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" data-tweet-id=\"1597390593751404544\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i178279961173416057=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Spectacular views\ud83c\udf16\ud83c\udf0e@NASA_Orion completed another major milestone today at 3:08 pm CT as the spacecraft reached the farthest distance from Earth during the #Artemis I mission traveling over 268,000 miles. Want to see more images like these? Click here: https:\/\/t.co\/ArJTxEaRU4 pic.twitter.com\/TZQJvb5kw5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASA&#8217;s Johnson Space Center (@NASA_Johnson) November 29, 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The mission evokes the spirit of the Apollo program, which sent NASA astronauts to the lunar surface 50 years ago. To cite just one example, Artemis 1 broke the distance record set by Apollo 13 back in 1970. \u201cArtemis builds on Apollo,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cNot only are we going farther and coming home faster, but Artemis is paving the way to live and work in deep space in a hostile environment, to invent, to create, and ultimately to go on with humans to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cameras mounted on Orion\u2019s solar array wings have been recording images of Earth, the moon and the spacecraft itself since the capsule\u2019s Nov. 15 launch atop NASA\u2019s giant Space Launch System rocket. Today, the orbital alignment was just right to capture pictures of the moon passing in front of Earth\u2019s disk \u2014 which meant communication links with Earth were temporarily cut off during the eclipse.<\/p>\n<p>Although Orion\u2019s view of the moon-over-Earth occultation was remarkable, there are precedents: For example, the Apollo astronauts saw multiple Earthrises and Earthsets \u2014 and Orion\u2019s cameras did likewise during an earlier phase of the Artemis 1 trip. For what it\u2019s worth, a satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory captured views of the moon passing in front of Earth for a partial \u201ceclipse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the hits just keep on coming: In the week ahead, Orion is due to execute a series of maneuvers that will involve a second close approach to the lunar surface \u2014 providing the mission\u2019s first opportunity to take close-up pictures of Apollo landing sites. Those maneuvers will set Orion up for its homeward cruise.<\/p>\n<p>Mission managers said the flight has been going largely according to plan, with just a few \u201cfunnies\u201d that have been cleared by the NASA team. For example, engineers determined that a series of resets in Orion\u2019s star-tracking system were nothing out of the ordinary in Orion\u2019s operating environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are continuing to proceed along the nominal mission,\u201d Artemis 1 mission manager Mike Sarafin said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the most crucial tests won\u2019t come until Orion makes its descent to a Pacific Ocean splashdown on Dec. 11.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest test after the launch is the re-entry, because we want to know that the heat shield works at about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, almost half as hot as the sun, coming in at 32 Mach \u2026 25,000 miles an hour,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>If the re-entry and splashdown sequence is successful, NASA engineers will check the condition of the capsule and collect the sensor data from three mannequins that were placed into Orion\u2019s seats. All those readings will help the Artemis team determine the schedule for the crewed missions ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Artemis 2, tentatively scheduled for 2024, will send astronauts on a 10.5-day mission around the moon. If that shakedown cruise goes well, and if a Starship lunar lander that\u2019s currently under development at SpaceX is ready to go in time, NASA would proceed with Artemis 3 in the 2025 time frame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will have four [astronauts] go into a lunar polar elliptical orbit that will then have two of the astronauts in the lander go down to the surface,\u201d Nelson said.<\/p>\n<p>The crews for future Artemis missions haven\u2019t yet been announced, but Nelson said Artemis 3 will put the \u201cfirst woman and the next man\u201d on the lunar surface. He has also promised that the landing party will include the first person of color to set foot on the moon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A camera on NASA\u2019s Orion capsule catches sight of the moon covering part of Earth\u2019s disk. (NASA \/ ESA Photo) Halfway into its 25.5-day uncrewed Artemis 1 mission, NASA\u2019s Orion capsule today recorded a weird kind of Earth-moon eclipse, reached its farthest distance from our planet and began the complicated trek back home. 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