There are less than six days left in the Artemis 1 mission and the time has come for the uncrewed Orion spaceship to perform one last flyby of the Moon. Right here, you can follow along.
The close lunar flyby will take place on Monday, December 5 at 11:41 a.m. The burn will take about 3 minutes and 27 seconds to complete. The increase in speed will be around 655 mph.
A communications black out is expected to last for around 31 minutes after the capsule goes behind the far side of the lunar surface. The live stream of the lunar flyby can be found on NASA TV.
Today is the last major maneuver of the Artemis 1 mission, though NASA will need to perform several small course corrections in the coming days. On Sunday, December 11th, he will splash down in the Pacific Ocean. There is an hour and a half later. The Artemis 1 mission began on November 16 with the launch of the SLS rocket.
The return phase of the mission began on December 1 when the mission broke free from its targetorbit. The capsule was able to move a bit faster on December 4 after a minor course correction burn. At 4:30 p.m. yesterday, it was 222,213 miles from Earth, and it was travelling at 4,950 km/hr. Artemis 1 is a demonstration mission that will be used to set the stage for Artemis 2.
Save for some minor annoyances, the current mission seems to be going well. Four of the capsule's limiters suddenly switched off, and controllers are looking into the issue. NASA says that the limiters were turned on and never caused any problems. A component in the service module spontaneously opened without a command, which may be related to the current investigation.
NASA says that the moon rocket exceeded expectations.
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