spaceship Oriongives NASA, made the closest flyby of the moon this Monday (21). Capsule embarked on a mission Artemis 1 November 16 in a rocket Space launch system 🇧🇷SLS) and made excellent recordings.

Orion circled the Moon after separation from the rocket and at the end of the maneuver was at a distance of 129 km from the lunar surface. Shortly before this, the crew module took a high-resolution photo of the moon, showing all of its craters and mountains in stunning detail. The image was shared on the mission’s social media.

🇧🇷The Orion spacecraft took this image of the Moon on the sixth day of its flight as it approached its first flyby of the Artemis I mission and its closest approach to the Moon.“, the profile says.

Mission completed this Monday

Orion’s flyby to the moon ended on Monday. The information was shared by Jim Free, NASA Associate Administrator for Research Systems Development.

🇧🇷This morning, the Orion spacecraft made its closest flyby of the moon at an altitude of about 130 km above the lunar surface, moving at a speed of 8200 km/h.“, he wrote on Twitter.

It will remain in orbit around the Moon for about a week to test the spacecraft’s systems at an altitude of about 40,000 miles above the lunar surface. Orion will then fly back to Earth, landing in the Pacific Ocean scheduled for December 11, after just 25 days of flight.

People can follow the mission and even track the spacecraft in real time using an interactive online tool provided by NASA.

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Via: NASA

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