Artemis I

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Artemis I was the first integrated test of the SLS rocket, Orion spacecraft and ground systems for returning humans to the Moon. Uncrewed, it looped around the Moon and safely returned to Earth.

AgenturaNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

TělesoThe Moon

MiseArtemis I

SEE ALSO →Artemis I

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Fig. 1 — Start rakety SLS s lodí Orion při misi Artemis I (NASA).

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MISSION TIMELINE

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SLS launch: a new launcher after the Shuttle era

On 16 November 2022 the most powerful launcher NASA had fielded since Saturn V lifted off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center.…

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Orion heads into deep space

After separating from the launcher, Orion deployed its solar arrays and began a weeks-long flight. The spacecraft tested…

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Orion při přiblížení k Měsíci během Artemis I (NASA).

Around the Moon and into distant orbit

Orion entered a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon and spent several days there. The orbit gave the spacecraft the distance…

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Orion, Země a Měsíc v jednom záběru během letu (NASA).

A lunar-speed return

On 11 December 2022 Orion entered the atmosphere at nearly 11 km/s. Its heat shield was tested in flight for the first time at…

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Loď Orion po přistání v Tichém oceánu (NASA).

MISSION IN NUMBERS

Launch16. listopadu 2022

Duration25 d 10 h 53 min

Trajectorykolem Měsíce

Outcomeúspěšný test

FACTS

Artemis I was uncrewed; its task was to test the systems before the first crewed flight.
SLS sent Orion beyond low Earth orbit on the new spacecraft’s first flight.
Orion travelled approximately 1.4 million miles, or about 2.3 million kilometres.
Orion’s heat shield faced lunar-return speed and heating during reentry.