On flight day 23 of NASA’s Artemis I mission, the Orion spacecraft continues making the return trip to Earth, capturing photos and video along the way. “At present, we are on track to have a fully successful mission with some bonus objectives that we’ve achieved along the way,” said Mike Sarafin,
and decided on a landing site in the Pacific Ocean near Guadalupe Island, south of the primary landing area. Watch the reentry preview briefing for more details.
using cameras on each of the spacecraft’s four solar arrays. During the crew module inspection, flight controllers look at the back shell made up of 1,300 thermal protection system tiles which will protect the spacecraft from the cold of space and the extreme heat of re-entry. The Moon appears smaller from Orion’s perspective on flight day 22 as the Artemis I spacecraft continues distancing itself from our lunar neighbor, over 125,000 miles away in this image. Credit: NASAtechnique that enables the spacecraft to accurately and consistently splash down at the selected landing site.
Orion continues its journey home to Earth, which appears here as a crescent, still 234,000 miles away. The Artemis I spacecraft is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday, December 11.
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