The start of the Artemis I mission has been marked by the entry of NASA's ion into the moon. The uncrewed spaceship will be used to test out equipment and hardware before the crewed missions to the moon. An engine burn was performed on Friday, November 25 in order to get into this space.
It is 40,000 miles away from the moon and moving in the opposite direction of the moon. This efficient orbit requires minimal fuel to maintain, and as it is distant from the moon, it will take a week for the spaceship to return to Earth.
According to NASA, at some point today, Saturday, November 26, the record for the farthest distance traveled by a spaceship designed for humans will be passed. The record for farthest from Earth was set by the Apollo 13 craft at a distance of over 400,000 miles.
The fuel efficiency of the spaceship is better than expected according to the manager of the program.
According to Deloo, the European Service Module is operating more fuel-efficiently than the Artemis mission designers had anticipated, and it produces more electrical power while consuming less. The European Service Module is being pushed to their limits by mission control. The years of planning, designing, and building to the highest specifications are paying off, and we have lots of data to analyze and learn from to ensure we will be taking astronauts to the Moon in the safest and most efficient way.
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