What Artemis I actually doing at the moon
NASA's Orion spacecraft arrived at the moon yesterday after travelling some 230,000 miles (370,000km) in five days. The capsule zoomed over the landing sites of Apollo 11, 12 and 14 as it came within 80 miles (130km) of the lunar surface. But now it is circling the moon, what exactly will it be doing for the next 10 days before it heads home? As you'd expect there are a multitude of science experiments NASA is carrying out, including checking radiation levels, seeing how'space seeds' behave and monitoring a dummy called Commander Moonikin to see how he is coping with the journey. Artemis I will not only fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans - around 40,000 miles (64,000km) beyond the far side of the moon - it will also stay in space the longest without docking to a space station, and return home faster and hotter than ever before.
Nov-22-2022, 12:17:36 GMT
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