The launch of the NASA’s Artemis I mission It meant a momentous step in the history of space exploration. With the launch of the SLS megarocket and the Orion spacecraft, the Earth will once again come close to the Moon: for Artemis III, the first woman and the next man will reach the natural satellite.
And although the Orion spacecraft is already heading towards lunar orbit, we can still enjoy unprecedented details of its departure from our planet.
ESA, European Space Agency, which is part of the Artemis I Program in conjunction with NASA, released a spectacular takeoff of the rocket over the weekend.
It was taken with a camera on board the SLS, with a high angle shot, in which not only the view of the devices and the lights on the base stand out, but also the but also from smoke and fire at the time of launch.
The video spread on Twitter is 3:33 long, but it’s totally worth watching. It already has 182 retweets and 1,231 likes.
The Artemis Program, NASA’s attempt to put the first woman on the Moon
NASA’s Artemis Program seeks to put the first woman and the next man on the Moon. This is expected to happen by the year 2025.
While the unmanned Artemis I Mission will reach the orbit of the Moon to examine the radiation conditions, Artemis II will follow the same trajectory, but already with the designated astronauts.
Artemis III will be the historic mission that will transfer the first woman and the next man to the lunar surface.
The launch of the SLS megarocket and the Orion spacecraft occurred on November 16, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Although scheduled for the end of August, various problems, including a fuel leak, affected the schedule.
The Orion spacecraft will return to Earth, according to the NASA roadmap, on December 11, 2022, after 25 days, 11 hours and 36 minutes long. It will fall on the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of San Diego, United States.