The mission is going well, but the launch caused some issues with the mobile launcher.
Nov 22, 2022, 5:46 PM UTCNASA’s Orion capsule snaps a selfie, with the far side of the Moon in the background.NASA’s Orion spacecraft has made it past the Moon as part of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, firing its engines to pass within 81 miles of the lunar surface, and is operating with high accuracy.
Now Orion is traveling onward to its next target, a distant retrograde orbit beyond the Moon where it will spend approximately one week. To get there, the spacecraft will perform a second engine burn on Friday, November 25th, pushing it to around 57,000 miles beyond the Moon. It will then enter an orbit traveling the opposite way around the Moon from the direction in which the Moon orbits around the Earth.
However, there was an issue with the mobile launcher for the Space Launch System. The mobile launcher is the structure consisting of a base and tower which provides power and fuel to the rocket while on the ground. It was somewhat discolored and damaged in the launch. “The mobile launcher itself has a little bit of damage to it, but it will be ready to fly the crewed launch on Artemis II,” Sarafin said.
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