#OTD two years ago... #Artemis I was on its way home, having completed a lunar orbit departure burn by the European #OrionESM on 1 December 2022, one of two manoeuvres needed to get home. This image was taken on 1 December 2022.
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Spacecraft separation complete ✔️ #OrionESM is on its path to the Moon. 🙌🌖 Safe cosmic journey #LunaTwins – enjoy the view!
➡️ Track #Artemis I in real-time: www.nasa.gov/feature/track-nasa-s-art...
3, 2, 1… lift off! 🚀@NASA_SLS and #OrionESM shoot into the sky. #Artemis I is soaring #ForwardToTheMoon with the 🇩🇪 and 🇮🇱 #LunaTwins on board! 👏🌖
#Artemis I take two. 🌚🎬
Our #LunaTwins are positioned comfortably in #OrionESM atop @NASA_SLS ... ready to embark on their mission. Next launch attempt is scheduled for this Saturday, 3 September.🚀 #WeAreGoing
Following the launch – currently scheduled for 14:33 CEST – @NASA_Orion will separate & proceed on an outbound trajectory propelled by the European Service Module. The journey will last 42 days, during which #OrionESM & the #LunaTwins will orbit the Moon several times. 🌖🔄
⌛️Our #LunaTwins are waiting patiently in #OrionESM atop @NASA_SLS on launch pad 39B at @NASAKennedy.
Soon the twin mannequins from @DLR_de & @ILSpaceAgency will journey #ForwardToTheMoon and become the very first space radiation experiment to leave Earth orbit. 🚀🌘
