OUR NASAlast Wednesday (16) launched his rocket into space Artemis a mission begins that will take astronauts back to the moon.

The Orion space agency’s program aims not only to return astronauts to the moon, but also to build housing for them so that they can stay on the Earth’s satellite for a long time.

Artemis mission will return astronauts to the moon

The 100-meter high Artemis rocket was launched from the unmanned Orion spacecraft, but with dummies, precisely to test the impact of this mission, which intends to return humans to the moon in the future. Artemis launched from the Kennedy Space Center, located at Cape Canaveral, Merritt Island, in the United States.

We haven’t had a manned mission to the moon in over 50 years, and according to Orion program manager Howard Hu, we will soon have habitats that will serve as a support base for scientific missions on the satellite. Currently, the Orion capsule, separated from Artemis, is located about 134 thousand kilometers from the moon. This is the mission’s third launch attempt, with two others aborted due to technical launch problems, one in August and the other in September.

🇧🇷This is the first step we are taking towards long-term deep space exploration, not only for the United States, but for the entire world.Hu said.And I think this is a historic day for NASA, but it’s also a historic day for all the people who love manned spaceflight and deep space exploration. I mean, we’re going back to the moon, we’re working on a sustainable program, and this is the vehicle that will get people back to the moon.🇧🇷

The mission is going as expected so far. Barring unforeseen problems, the next two planned missions will already have astronauts landing on the moon, something that hasn’t happened since the mission. Apollo 17in 1972.

🇧🇷Send people to the surface [da Lua] and they will live on this surface and do scienceHu said.It will be very important for us to learn a little beyond our Earth orbit and then take a big step forward when we go to Mars. And the Artemis missions allow us to have a stable platform and transportation system that allows us to learn how to operate in this deep space environment.🇧🇷

The Orion capsule is due to return to Earth on December 11, and this is one of the most important stages of the entire mission, when the module reaches a speed of 38,000 km / h (32 times the speed of sound), and its shield is at the bottom. , being exposed to temperatures around 3000°C, entering our atmosphere.

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Via: BBC

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