Similarly, the capabilities of the Orion ship will be measured, in which up to four crew members can fit, that is, one more than the Apollo, and with water and oxygen reserves that would allow about 20 days of independent travel.
Two hours after this launch, and after separating from the SLS rocket, Orion will continue its journey under its own power, covering a total of 1.3 million miles.
The spacecraft, with three mannequins on board collecting data to aid future crews, will fly close to the moon, about 62 miles (nearly 100 km) from the surface, then enter a distant lunar orbit where it will finally come to rest. will come. more than 61,000 kilometers from the terrestrial satellite, that is, where no other crew capsule has arrived.
Also traveling with Artemis I are ten mini-research CubeSats, each the size of a shoebox, which will be deployed to track various orbits following Orion’s departure to its lunar orbit.
One of the CubeSats is the LunaH-Map, a small spacecraft that will produce a detailed map of parts of the lunar surface using neutron spectroscopy technology.
On his return, Orion will face another tough test, such as successfully descending off the coast of San Diego, California (USA), using eleven parachutes and in which he will have to slow down quickly at a speed of 40,000 km/h. with which it will reach the Earth’s atmosphere, a time when it will support a temperature of up to 2,760 degrees Celsius.
This mission will be followed in 2024 by the first crewed in the program, Artemis II, which will make the same journey, and it is expected that with Artemis III, expected in 2025, the first woman and man of color to land on the moon will reach the lunar soil touch Moon.
Source: El heraldo
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