NASA's Moon mission to success, Orion capsule sends first image of Earth from 92 thousand kilometers away

- The vehicle is moving towards the lunar orbit at a speed of 8,800 km per hour.
New Delhi, 17 November 2022, Thursday
NASA relaunched its mission to the Moon on Wednesday after nearly 50 years. After this launch, this lunar mission got another big success today. In fact, the Space Launch System Orion capsule sent the first image of Earth from a distance of 92 thousand kilometers. At the same time, the vehicle is moving towards the lunar orbit at a speed of 8,800 km per hour.
NASA's third lunar mission in 2025
It is the first mission of NASA's Artemis lunar program. NASA is working on plans to land astronauts on the Moon in 2025 for its third mission. NASA plans to test the Orion satellite 60 miles above the moon's surface before approaching it.
10 small satellites will also be installed
If Artemis-1 successfully reaches Earth orbit, it will be a significant milestone for the project. During the mission, Orion will also place 10 small satellites known as CubeSats. One of these will contain yeast to see how the microgravity and radiation environment on the Moon affects the growth of microorganisms. Meanwhile, IceCube will orbit the moon and search for ice deposits on the moon that could be used by future lunar travelers.
About 23 days will be spent in space
Orion will fire its onboard thrusters to slow the spacecraft and help the moon's gravity hold it in orbit. During this phase, Orion will travel about 70 thousand kilometers from the Moon and reach its furthest point from Earth. Meanwhile, if there were astronauts in it, they would have seen a magnificent view of the Earth and the Moon from afar. Orion will spend six to 23 days in lunar orbit, firing its thrusters one more time to exit lunar orbit and return to Earth.
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