![]() Navy are beginning initial operations for recovery of Orion when it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems team and the U.S. ![]() To date, flight controllers have accomplished or are in the process of completing 37.5% of the test objectives associated with the mission, with many remaining objectives set to be evaluated during entry, descent, splashdown, and recovery. Based on Orion’s performance, managers are examining adding seven additional test objectives to further characterize the spacecraft’s thermal environment and propulsion system to reduce risk before flying future missions with crew. That’s what we do – we test it and we stress it.”Įngineers had originally planned an orbital maintenance burn today but determined it was not necessary because of Orion’s already precise trajectory in distant retrograde orbit. “It’s incredible just how smoothly this mission has gone, but this is a test. “Because of the unbelievable can-do spirit, Artemis I has had extraordinary success and has completed a series of history making events,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. Reaching the halfway point of the mission on Flight Day 13 of a 25.5 day mission, the spacecraft remains in healthy condition as it continues its journey in distant retrograde orbit, an approximately six-day leg of its larger mission thousands of miles beyond the Moon. ![]() The spacecraft also captured imagery of Earth and the Moon together throughout the day, including of the Moon appearing to eclipse Earth. ![]() NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft reached the farthest distance from Earth it will travel during the Artemis I mission - 268,563 miles from our home planet - just after 3 p.m. Orion has now traveled farther than any other spacecraft built for humans. 28, 2022) On flight day 13, Orion reached its maximum distance from Earth during the Artemis I mission when it was 268,563 miles away from our home planet. ![]()
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