Artemis II: the journey of Orion and its crew around the Moon

Uploaded on September 15, 2023

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Artemis II: the journey of Orion and its crew around the Moon

2023-09-15 – Animation of the trajectory of the Artemis II mission, the first crewed mission to the Moon since 1972. 

After a launch atop the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Orion and its crew perform a rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration before travelling to the Moon, doing a flyby, and finally returning to Earth with a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen is the first Canadian to ever participate in a lunar mission as part of Artemis II. (Credits: Canadian Space Agency, NASA)

Launch from Kennedy Space Center

Separation of solid rocket boosters

Deployment of solar arrays

Separation from the rocket’s upper stage

Rendezvous and proximity operations demonstration

Trans-lunar injection burn

Outbound flight 

Moon flyby
 

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