ICPS-2 successfully boosted Orion and its four-person crew into a high Earth orbit. This is where the astronauts will orbit for the next day to ensure Orion’s systems are working as expected while still close to home.
United Launch Alliance, under a collaborative partnership with Boeing, built the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS) upper stage of the SLS rocket.
Source: @ulalaunch
@EverythingScience
❤2
Next up: Orion will separate from the ICPS at ~01:59 UTC.
Follow Artemis II on this live timeline to get a preview of upcoming events and when they're happening.
@EverythingScience
❤3
A reminder that humans can do incredible things when we work together with purpose.
Source: @AJamesMcCarthy @johnkrausphotos
@EverythingScience
❤2
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤2
Artemis II is now connected to the Deep Space Network. The vehicle is currently ~40 times further away from Earth than the International Space Station.Source: @TJ_Cooney
Human voices are now using the deep space network for the first time in 54 years
@EverythingScience
👏1
Orion is ready to roll!
During the proximity operations demonstration, Pilot Victor Glover will command Orion to maneuver near the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage, helping teams prepare for future missions when Orion will dock with another spacecraft.
Glover will report the spacecraft’s roll, pitch, and yaw – the side-to-side tilt, up-and-down, and left-to-right movements of the spacecraft.🌐 Watch live
Source: @NASA_Johnson
@EverythingScience
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤1
We have ICPS-2 separation from Orion! The spacecraft is traveling on its own now and will soon use the spent rocket stage as a target to perform a series of rendezvous and proximity operations demonstrations.
More information on the tests: blog.ulalaunch.com/blog/icps-2-or…
Source: @ulalaunch
@EverythingScience
Precision flying in space 🎯
The Artemis II crew are currently demonstrating proximity operations using our European Service Module engines 🚀
The techniques demonstrated will support future Artemis flights 🌕
Source: @esaspaceflight
@EverythingScience
❤1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
ICPS turning for more rendezvous operations with Orion
❤3
We hear from the teams here in the Eagle room at ESA Nederland that the European Service Module thrusters are working flawlessly. The reaction control thrusters are having a great performance and allowing for precise manoeuvres during the proximity operations.
Source: @esaspaceflight
@EverythingScience
❤1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." - John F. Kennedy.
For the first time since 1972, NASA has launched a crewed moon mission.
Source: @ENNEPS
@EverythingScience
🔥1
Next up: Orion upper stage separation burn at 03:27 UTC followed by the ICPS disposal burn and cubesat deploy.
Timeline
@EverythingScience
❤3
Tough and competent. 💪
The flight control team in Artemis Mission Control in Houston is on console and ready to command Orion and SLS after liftoff and all the way through splashdown, monitoring every system and every milestone to keep the crew safe. NASA Artemis II is sending NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen around the Moon to test Orion in deep space and pave the way for future lunar missions.
Source: @NASA_Johnson
@EverythingScience
❤2