![]() NASA'S ORION SPACECRAFT OFFERS LAST BREATHTAKING VIEWS OF THE MOON AS IT BEGINS JOURNEY HOMEĪrtemis II is building off the successful test mission of Artemis I, which launched on an uncrewed Orion on top of the SLS rocket in November and took a 1.4-million-mile journey around the moon that tested the systems before astronauts fly on board on missions to the moon. The Artemis I mission didnt have any astronauts on. Official crew portrait for Artemis II, from left: NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen, taken on March 29, 2023. Canada’s participation in the Artemis program is not only a defining chapter of our history in space, but also a testament to the friendship and close partnership between our two nations." NASA Artemis is a three-part series of increasingly complex missions aimed at putting a man and a woman on the Moon before the end of 2025. On behalf of all Canadians, I want to congratulate Jeremy for being at the forefront of one of the most ambitious human endeavors ever undertaken. "Thanks to our longstanding collaboration with NASA, a Canadian astronaut will fly on this historic mission. Yesterday, ESA formally gave possession of the second European Service Module to NASA for the Artemis II mission that will see four astronauts circle our moon and return to Earth. "We are going back to the moon, and Canada is at the center of this exciting journey," said the Honorable François-Philippe Champagne, the minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency. NASA says the approximately 10-day mission will test and stress the Orion spacecraft’s life-support systems to prove the capabilities and techniques required to live and work in deep space. The European Service Module has 33 thrusters, 11 km of electrical wiring, four propellant and two pressure tanks that all work together to supply propulsion and everything needed to keep the astronauts alive far from Earth-there is no room for error.The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left to right): NASA astronauts Christina Hammock Koch, Reid Wiseman (seated), Victor Glover, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.Īrtemis II will be the first crewed mission using the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, the Orion spacecraft and all the ground systems used to launch them on their historic mission. The mission will take a minimum of eight days and will collect valuable flight test data, in the first time for over 50 years that humans have voyaged to our natural satellite. The crew will fly Orion to 8889 km beyond the moon before completing a lunar flyby and returning to Earth. ![]() ![]() The European Service Module-2 will power the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis II mission that will see NASA astronauts commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, and mission specialists Christina Koch with Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen complete flyby of the moon and return to Earth. Science & Astronomy Will Artemis astronauts look for life on the moon By Leonard David published 9 June 2023 Some hardy microbes might be able to survive on Earths nearest neighbor likely. In the presence of one of the four Artemis astronauts that will rely on the European Service Module-2 for water, air, electricity, propulsion and temperature control on their two-week voyage around our moon, ESA's European Service Module production manager Anthony Thirkettle and NASA's Orion program manager Howard Hu signed the papers for the handover of the hardware at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S.Īrtemis II – European Service Module perspective. Artemis 1 launched an uncrewed Orion capsule into lunar orbit in November 2022, and Artemis 2 aims to fly a similar mission with astronauts aboard in 2024. ![]()
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