Tuesday, February 7, 2023

THERE AND BACK AGAIN

NASA's historic 25 day circumlunar mission for the Orion Spaceship came to a successful end on December 11, as he capsul came down in the Pacific Ocean, with a scene reminiscent of the classic Apollo era.
Orion came within 80 miles of the lunar surface, taking some fantastic shots of the surface and testing the systems which will be used to send Artemis 2 and a manned crew, in the next mission in a few years time.
As is now the standard, the Orion was fully visible on social media channels by any interested party and a live feed showed the capsules progress through space.
As the Orion was fitted with cameras all over the hull and inside the capsule, viewers were treated to unprecedented coverage of the mission. A far cry from the blurry, monochrome images which were televised across the world in 1969, as Neil Armstrong stepped out on the lunar surface.

 

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