Artemis II Update-21, Day 7: First Return Correction Burn Complete

Artemis II Update-21, Day 7: First Return Correction Burn Complete

Artemis II marked a key step in its return to Earth late Tuesday, as the Orion spacecraft fired its engines to fine-tune its path home. At 8:03 p.m. Eastern Time, Orion, named Integrity, performed its first return trajectory correction burn. The 15-second firing adjusted the spacecraft’s velocity by 1.6 feet per second, a small but […]

Artemis II Update-14, Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby 

Artemis II Update-14, Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby 

Astronauts aboard Artemis II  continue their workday aboard the Orion spacecraft, testing survival suits and preparing for a lunar flyby set for Monday, April 6. The crew is set to enter the Moon’s gravitational influence just after midnight and execute a key trajectory correction burn later in the day. Final science targets, including major lunar […]