The unmanned American spacecraft "Orion" reaches the orbit of the moon
The American unmanned “Orion” spacecraft entered the field of influence of the moon’s gravity, as it made the first orbit around it, as part of achieving the first stage of the American “Artemis” lunar program.
This was reported by the American space agency “NASA” on November 21 on its website, and it said that “Orion” entered on Monday morning a region where the moon’s gravity exceeds the Earth’s gravity and the vehicle automatically revolved around the moon, allowing it to increase its speed necessary to enter the distant lunar orbit on the 25th. November where you will stay for about a week.
And NASA specialists said that the vehicle lost contact with it during its investigation of maneuvering in space for 30 minutes because it was flying behind the moon in its dark side.
At that time, the vehicle automatically started its engines so that it could accelerate to a speed of 8.2 km / s and approach the moon to a distance of 128 km.
The specialists said that contact with the spacecraft was restored at 7:59 on November 21, US Eastern Shore Time (15:59 Moscow time).
It is noteworthy that the unmanned “Orion” vehicle was launched on November 16 with an American super-heavy Space Launch System missile. Before returning to Earth on December 11, the vehicle must make another orbit around the moon. The vehicle carries on board 3 dummies that are used in particular to measure the level of radiation during its flight.
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