Update on NASA’s Artemis I Mission Following Return Lunar Flyby (Dec. 5, 2022)

On Dec. 5, NASA experts provided an update on the Artemis I mission following the return lunar flyby of the Orion spacecraft. The return powered flyby burn, in which the spacecraft harnessed the Moon’s gravity and accelerated back toward Earth, began at 11:43 a.m. (16:43 UTC). Orion is expected to splashdown off the coast of San Diego at 12:40 p.m. EST (17:30 UTC) on Sunday, Dec. 11. Orion launched aboard the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket at 1:47 am EST (6:47 UTC) on Nov. 16 from historic Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of NASA’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and Kennedy Space Center ground systems. More: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i Credit: NASA