May 5, 2024

This Week @NASA: Orion Spacecraft Returns, Mars Sample Deposited, InSight Mars Lander Mission Ends

The Orion spacecraft is back in Florida after Artemis I, a direct deposit on Mars, and an informative mission concerns an end. These are a few of the stories to inform you about– This Week at NASA!

The Orion spacecraft is back in Florida, after Artemis I …
A direct deposit on Mars …
And an informative objective comes to an end …
a few of the stories to tell you about– This Week at NASA!
At 12:40 p.m. EST, December 11, 2022, NASAs Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I objective crashed in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day objective to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASAs Landing and Recovery group, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland. Credit: NASA
Artemis I Orion Spacecraft Returns to Kennedy Space Center
The Orion spacecraft that completed the 1.4-million-mile Artemis I objective beyond the Moon and back, has been safely obtained from the Pacific Ocean and carried back to NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The spacecraft will go through post-flight analysis ahead of the first crewed flight of Orion on Artemis II.
NASAs Perseverance rover deposited the first of numerous samples onto the Martian surface on December 21, 2022, the 653rd Martian day, or sol, of the objective. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS
Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
NASAs Perseverance rover just recently transferred a titanium tube, filled with a rock sample, onto the surface area of Mars. It is the first of about 10 sample tubes the rover is expected to ultimately leave at an area on Mars called “Three Forks.” Test tubes dropped off there might be gone back to Earth by the future Mars Sample Return project.
This is among the last images ever taken by NASAs InSight Mars lander. Caught on December 11, 2022, the 1,436 th Martian day, or sol, of the objective, it reveals InSights seismometer on the Red Planets surface area. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA Retires InSight Mars Lander Mission
Mission managers have actually ended the InSight mission on Mars after successive attempts to get in touch with the spacecraft stopped working. InSight invested more than four years gathering unique science about the interior layers of Mars that is assisting us better understand all rocky planets, including Earth.
NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 lunar module pilot, is photographed throughout the Apollo 7 mission. Credit: NASA
Apollo Astronaut Walter Cunningham Dies at 90
Previous NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham died on January 3. Cunningham flew on the very first crewed Apollo flight, and later on functioned as primary astronaut for the Skylab program. Walt Cunningham was 90 years old.
Thats whats up this week @NASA …

At 12:40 p.m. EST, December 11, 2022, NASAs Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I objective sprinkled down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASAs Landing and Recovery group, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland. Credit: NASA
NASAs Perseverance rover just recently deposited a titanium tube, filled with a rock sample, onto the surface of Mars. Former NASA astronaut Walter Cunningham passed away on January 3.