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Artemis I Update: Orion Offloaded from USS Portland in Preparation for Transport to Kennedy Space Center

By |2022-12-14T17:48:00-05:00December 14th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

Team members with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems program successfully removed the Artemis I Orion spacecraft from the USS Portland Dec. 14, after the ship arrived at U.S. Naval Base San Diego.Team members with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems program successfully removed the Artemis I Orion spacecraft from the USS Portland Dec. 14, after the ship [...]

Teams Train for Starliner’s First Crewed Flight

By |2022-12-14T16:15:00-05:00December 14th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , , |

The NASA astronauts for Boeing’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) arrive in the high bay of Boeing’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 18, 2022. From left are Suni Williams, pilot; Barry “Butch” Wilmore, commander; and Mike Fincke, CFT backup spacecraft test pilot. Photo credit: BoeingNASA [...]

Artemis I Update: Orion Secured Inside USS Portland Ahead of Return to Shore  

By |2022-12-11T18:53:00-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland. Credit: NASA/James M. BlairThe Orion [...]

Artemis I – Flight Day 26: Orion splashes down, concluding historic Artemis I mission

By |2022-12-11T13:17:00-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland ship. Credit: NASA/Kim ShiflettNASA’s [...]

Splashdown! NASA’s Orion Returns to Earth After Historic Moon Mission

By |2022-12-11T12:03:00-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , , |

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, west of Baja California, at 9:39 a.m. PST Sunday after a record-breaking mission, traveling more than 1.4 million miles on a path around the Moon and returning safely to Earth, completing the Artemis I flight test.

Artemis I – Flight Day 26: Orion Crew Module Separation From Service Module Complete

By |2022-12-11T12:01:00-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

The crew module of NASA’s Orion spacecraft has successfully separated from its service module at 11:00 a.m. CST in preparation for the crew module’s return to Earth. The service module will burn up harmlessly in Earth’s atmosphere upon re-entry over the Pacific Ocean. The Artemis I trajectory is designed to ensure any remaining parts [...]

Watch Live Now: NASA Television Coverage of Orion’s Return to Earth

By |2022-12-11T11:42:00-05:00December 11th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

NASA and DoD members of the Artemis I recovery team run practice flight operations procedures aboard the USS Portland (LPD 27). The team is out at sea ahead of the Dec. 11 Orion splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. Credit: NASA/Kim ShiflettLive coverage is underway on NASA Television, the agency’s website, and the NASA app [...]

Artemis I – Flight Day 25: Orion in Home Stretch of Journey

By |2022-12-10T19:15:00-05:00December 10th, 2022|Categories: NASA News|Tags: , , , , |

art001e002518 (Dec. 9, 2022) On flight day 24 of the Artemis I mission, Orion’s optical navigation camera captured this black-and-white photo of Earth as a sliver. Orion uses the optical navigation camera to capture imagery of the Earth and the Moon at different phases and distances, providing an enhanced body of data to certify [...]

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