![]() ![]() In 1970, Apollo 13 got to 280,000 miles/450,000 kilometers from Earth while carrying three astronauts (Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise)-the record for humans. Orion will fly farther away than any Apollo mission After September 5 the next launch window is September 19, 2022. The solar-powered Orion spacecraft’s trajectory must not take it through the path of an eclipse-the shadow of the Moon-for more than 90 minutes otherwise it will completely lose power. If the launch is scrubbed on Monday, Augthe next launch dates are Friday, September 2 and Monday, September 5. If its launch gets delayed it’s a four-day wait After the spacecraft launches aboard Artemis I, the sail will use sunlight to propel the CubeSat to a small asteroid (as depicted in an illustration, right). ![]() NEA Scout is composed of a small, shoebox-sized CubeSat (top left) and a thin, aluminum-coated solar. Objects like 2020 GE are common and can pose a hazard to our planet despite their small size. The target is 2020 GE, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in 2020 that is less than 60 feet/18 meters in size.Īsteroids smaller than 330 feet/100 meters across have never been explored up close before. An asteroid-chaser will hitch a rideĪmong dozens of experiments and ride-share “CubeSats” on the launch will be NEA Scout, a shoebox-sized satellite that will travel by solar sail to a near-Earth asteroid and take high resolution photos. It will also fly an Apollo 8 commemorative medallion, a bolt from the Apollo 11 mission and a patch from Apollo 11. When the Orion spacecraft gets to the Moon it will be carrying a lot of mementos for educational engagement and posterity in its “Official Flight Kit.” Perhaps the most bizarre is a small Moon rock from Apollo 11 that also was aboard the final space shuttle flight in 2011. Thanks to the Orion spacecraft’s plethora of cameras on its spider-like solar array expect a bunch of selfies and-almost inevitably-a new version of the famous “Earthrise” captured by Apollo astronauts. A few days later it will perform a flyby of the Moon. We’ll see ‘Moon selfies’ and a new ‘Earthrise’Īfter launch the spacecraft will enter a low-Earth orbit before the rocket’s upper stage fires to take it into a translunar orbit. During the Artemis-1 mission the Orion spacecraft will get close to the Moon's surface and attempt a.
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