Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft sees the moon for 1st time in stunning video - Space.com

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NASA's Orion spacecraft has spotted the destination of its Artemis 1 trial formation the satellite and captured a stunning video to people the moment.

In a video released Friday (Nov. 18), the half-lit satellite is disposable successful the region with the Orion spacecraft successful the foreground, implicit with NASA's "worm" logo, arsenic seen from a camera connected the extremity of 1 of the capsule's 4 star wings. At the time, Orion was astir halfway to the moon, NASA said successful a statement.

"On the 3rd time of the Artemis I mission, Orion maneuvered its star arrays and captured the moon with a camera mounted connected the extremity of the array," NASA wrote successful the video description (opens successful caller tab).

NASA launched Orion connected is uncrewed Artemis 1 ngo connected Wednesday (Nov. 16) atop the agency's archetypal Space Launch System (SLS), which is present the world's astir almighty rocket. Orion volition alert a 25-day travel to the satellite and backmost connected a shakedown cruise that volition instrumentality to Earth connected Dec. 11. NASA is utilizing the ngo arsenic a formation arsenic a trial for its Artemis program to spot if the SLS rocket and Orion are acceptable to alert astronauts to the moon, with a crewed lunar landing targeted for 2025.

The satellite arsenic seen from an Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft star array camera connected Nov. 18, 2022.

The satellite comes into presumption of NASA's Orion spacecraft successful this inactive representation from a video captured from the Artemis 1 mission's capsule connected Nov. 18, 2022. (Image credit: NASA)

The video is the latest amazing presumption from Orion, which is equipped with 24 cameras dotted on its exterior, star arrays and interior to chronicle its historical trial flight.

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In the hours conscionable aft launch, Orion's captured a crescent Earth falling down arsenic it made its mode to the moon. Check it retired below.

NASA has besides launched a caller Artemis All-Access video series that volition supply play updates connected the ngo arsenic it ventures to the satellite and back.

The archetypal episode, which NASA besides dropped connected Friday, chronicles the archetypal 3 days of the Artemis 1 mission, including stunning views of spacecraft separation from its SLS rocket precocious stage, cubesat deployment milestones and an update from NASA's Dan Huot connected however the ngo has gone truthful far. Take a look successful the video beneath to cheque it out.

As of aboriginal Saturday (Nov. 19), the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft was 216,391 miles (348,247 kilometers) from Earth, 93,048 miles (149,746 km) from the satellite and cruising done abstraction astatine 995 mph (1,601 kph), according to NASA. You tin track Orion done space connected its ngo done NASA's Track Artemis website (opens successful caller tab).

So far, Orion's formation has gone comparatively smoothly, with NASA ngo managers saying it has exceeded their expectations, contempt insignificant hiccups arsenic engineers larn however the spacecraft performs successful heavy space.

On Monday greeting (Nov. 21), the Artemis 1 Orion volition marque its closest attack to the satellite successful a flyby, coming wrong 60 miles (100 km) of the satellite arsenic it prepares to full its wide, looping orbit.

NASA volition webcast the Artemis 1 satellite flyby unrecorded opening astatine 7:15 a.m. EST (1215 GMT), with the clip of closest attack scheduled for conscionable aft 7:57 a.m. EST (1257 GMT). Orion volition participate its last orbit astir the satellite connected Nov. 25 astatine 4:52 p.m. EST (2152 GMT), with NASA sum opening astatine 4:30 p.m. EST (2130 GMT). You tin watch NASA's Artemis 1 Orion webcasts live connected Space.com, courtesy of NASA TV.

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