Spot NASA's Artemis 1 Orion on its way to the moon in a free livestream (Nov. 19) - Space.com

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Editor's note: This communicative was updated connected Nov. 18 aft the lawsuit was rescheduled owed to mediocre upwind astatine the scope site.

NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft is headed to the satellite connected a first-of-its-kind trial formation and you whitethorn beryllium capable to spot a telescope's presumption of the spacecraft online Saturday nighttime (Nov. 19).

The Orion spacecraft launched toward the satellite Wednesday (Nov. 16) astatine 1:47 a.m. EST (0647 GMT) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center successful Florida, riding the agency's archetypal Space Launch System megarocket into orbit. A fewer hours later, the rocket's precocious signifier fired its motor to nonstop the Artemis 1 Orion capsule connected its travel astir the moon. That's wherever tonight's unrecorded webcast comes in.

A presumption of Earth arsenic seen from the Artemis 1 Orion capsule much than 9 hours into formation connected Nov. 16, 2022.

"The motorboat of Artemis 1 is overmuch much than america going to the satellite again. It is the opening of a caller era," Masi wrote successful a statement. "Because of the historical value of this event, we decided to effort thing ne'er done (to our knowledge) before: we volition stock unrecorded images, online, of the Orion spacecraft on its mode to the satellite aft its launch."

It is not definite that the Virtual Telescope Project volition beryllium capable to spot the Orion spacecraft. First, the upwind successful Italy indispensable cooperate, past Masi indispensable beryllium capable to spot the spacecraft, which is simply a comparatively small, fast-moving people successful the void of space, with his telescope.

"We volition bash our champion to amusement you the Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft connected its mode to the moon, arsenic soon arsenic it volition beryllium disposable from Italy," Masi wrote. "We volition presume the motorboat and trajectory information provided by the JPL Horizons / Solar System Dynamics services, decently imported successful our robotic telescopes to way this highly demanding people astatine our best."

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