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At 6:36 PM Cape Canaveral time, NASA’s SLS rocket lifted off without incident carrying the four members of the Artemis II spacecraft. During the first few hours, Orion will complete its journey into Earth’s orbit, and throughout the first day it will perform important navigation and systems tests. On about the third or fourth day, the spacecraft will begin its path toward the Moon and pass through the field of gravitational influence. In total, the mission will last about 10 days.
The mission includes the first woman and first black person on a manned mission to lunar orbit. The launch comes 53 years after Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon.
The Artemis II crew will not land on the moon (that will happen in Artemis IV). Instead, their capsule will fly to altitudes of between 6,000 and 9,000 kilometers above the surface of the far side of the Moon, orbit it, and begin the journey back to Earth. The main goal of the mission is to prove that the space agency has the technological capacity to send people to the Moon safely and without accidents.
Once this is achieved, NASA will begin preparations for a new moon landing in the following years, which will aim to establish the first lunar bases in history, and with it the continued and sustainable presence of humans on the satellite.
The launch was successful and took place on schedule. The launch window opened on Wednesday, April 1 at 6:24 PM Eastern Time (EDT) and could be extended by two hours, if necessary. NASA had five more days to attempt another launch.
Task details
The astronauts launched aboard NASA’s SLS rocket and are traveling inside the Orion capsule, which is described as a spacecraft the size of a large truck. They will orbit Earth for at least two days to test the devices on board. They then align the spacecraft to begin its journey to the Moon. By the fifth or sixth day of the flight, the capsule is expected to enter the moon’s sphere of influence, where the satellite’s gravity is stronger than Earth’s gravity, and dock with its orbit.
When the spacecraft passes “behind” the Moon, the most dangerous phase will begin. The crew will be out of contact with Earth for about 50 minutes due to interference from the Moon itself. During this crucial moment, the crew must capture images and data from the Moon, taking advantage of the more advanced technology they carry than was available during the Apollo era.
After completing the return, the capsule will return to its home, taking advantage of the Earth’s and Moon’s gravitational fields to provide fuel. According to NASA estimates, by the tenth day of the flight, the crew will be close to reaching the planet.
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