But everything seems to be OK now.
The communication outage lasted 47 minutes, and Orion came out of it in good shape; the spacecraft is healthy and suffered no apparent ill effects, NASA officials said.
Orion is gearing up for a crucial maneuver: It's scheduled to perform an engine burn on Friday that will insert the capsule into orbit around the moon. If all goes well, Orion will stay in that orbit for about a week, then head back toward Earth on Dec. 1. The capsule will arrive here with a parachute-aided splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast on Dec. 11.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
NASA 'giddy' over amazing moon views from Artemis 1 Orion spacecraftBrett is a science and technology journalist who is curious about emerging concepts in spaceflight and aerospace, alternative launch concepts, anti-satellite technologies, and uncrewed systems. Brett's work has appeared on The War Zone at TheDrive.com, Popular Science, the History Channel, Science Discovery, and more. Brett has English degrees from Clemson University and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. In his free time, Brett is a working musician, a hobbyist electronics engineer and cosplayer, an avid LEGO fan, and enjoys hiking and camping throughout the Appalachian Mountains with his wife and two children.
Read more »
NASA Orion Spacecraft Captures Stunning Views During Artemis I Lunar FlybyNASA Artemis I – Flight Day Six: Orion Performs Lunar Flyby, Closest Outbound Approach On its sixth day into the Artemis I mission, Orion successfully completed its fourth orbital trajectory correction burn using the auxiliary engines at 1:44 a.m. CST ahead the first of two maneuvers required to en
Read more »
NASA Artemis I – Flight Day Seven: Orion To Exit Lunar Sphere of InfluenceArtemis I – Flight Day Seven: Orion to Test Search Acquire and Track Mode, Exit Lunar Sphere of Influence NASA’s Orion spacecraft is now on its seventh day into the Artemis I mission, a flight test around the Moon, paving the way for astronauts to fly on future missions. On November 22, at 12:02
Read more »
NASA’s Orion space capsule ‘exceeding expectations’ so far on Artemis moon missionThe NASA_Orion spacecraft continued “to exceed expectations” this week with its closest approach to the moon so far - an 81-mile-high pass above the surface. The NASA_Marshall Center in Huntsville designed the NASA_SLS that lifted it to space. More:
Read more »
Artemis 1's Orion spacecraft sees Earth setting behind moon (video)It's a new 'pale blue dot' image from deep space.
Read more »
NASA's Artemis 1 Orion spacecraft aces close moon flyby in crucial engine burnOrion zoomed just 80 miles (130 kilometers) above the lunar surface Monday (Nov. 21) at 7:44 a.m. ET. and completed an engine burn needed to continue its historic mission.
Read more »