NASA’s Orion Capsule Put to the Test Before Artemis II Crewed Moon Mission

NASA’s Orion Capsule Put to the Test Before Artemis II Crewed Moon Mission

Engineers and technicians at NASA’s Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio, prepare the Orion Environmental Test Article for testing in advance of the Artemis II mission.

Artemis II will be the first flight with crew aboard NASA’s deep space exploration system: the Orion spacecraft, Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. During their mission, four astronauts will confirm all of the spacecraft’s systems operate as designed with people aboard in the actual environment of deep space, over the course of about a 10-day mission. The Artemis II flight test will pave the way to land the first woman and next man on the Moon on Artemis III.

Artemis II: 

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-ii

https://www.nasa.gov/moontomars

NASA's Artemis Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

Glenn Research Center

https://www.nasa.gov/glenn/

Video Credit: NASA's Glenn Research Center

Duration: 51 seconds

Release Date: March 6, 2024

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