NASA’s Artemis 1 mission is a sucess as the Orion spacecraft has returned to Earth asnd splashed down successfully in the Pacific Ocean.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) completed its historic Artemis 1 mission earlier today after the spacecraft splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. Orion launched on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket in November. Since then, America’s first lunar spacecraft for humans has completed various milestones and set new records on its lunar journey. These include the longest distance traveled for a spaceship of its kind and evaluating the lunar orbit for NASA’s Gateway space station, which will form the backbone of the Artemis program.
Today’s milestone was one of the most important for Artemis 1, even though Orion had finished its journey around the Moon earlier this week. This is due to the fact one of the most important components of the ship, its heat shield, remained untested before today’s atmospheric entry. The reentry saw Orion enter the Earth at staggering temperatures up to 5,000 Fahrenheit.
