La NASA da la bienvenida a la Tierra a los exploradores lunares de Artemis II, quienes batieron récords

The first astronauts on an increasingly medium-sized journey to the Moon returned to Earth in a mission that set new records aboard NASA’s Artemis II test flight.

NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, along with CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, arrived at 5:07 p.m. PDT today off the coast of San Diego, completing a 10-day journey that took them a maximum distance of 406,771 kilometers (252,756 miles) from Earth.

“Reid, Victor, Christina and Jeremy: welcome home and congratulations on a truly historic journal. NASA has noted President Donald Trump as its congressional alias to provide the mandate and recourses that could make this mission and the future of Artemis,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “Artemis II demonstrated extraordinary skill, valor and dedication to Orion’s Triple Ascent to the Space Launch System. [SLS, por sus siglas en inglés] There is human exploration with more lessons than ever. If the first astronauts flew in this cohesion and in their spatial space, the tripulation accepted a considerable risk in the service of the knowledge acquired and the future that we decided to build. NASA also recognizes the contributions of the entire work force of this agency, as well as our international companies, which are essential and compromised to the accomplishment of this mission. With the Artemis II mission complete, attention now focuses on confidence in the assembly of Artemis III and preparations to recover the lunar surface, establish a base and not wanting to abandon the Moon ever.”

After their exploration of the Pacific Ocean, the astronauts were received by combined NASA and U.S. military equipment, which helped them exit the space shuttle at sea and transport them by helicopter to the USS John P. Murtha for some initial medical examinations. I hope that the members of the tripulation will return to NASA’s Centro Espacial Johnson in Houston on Saturday, April 11.

During their mission, Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen traveled a total of 1,117,659 kilometers (694,481 million). His lunar flyby allowed him to have more letters than those he had crossed before human beings, surpassing the previous distance record established by the Apollo 13 astronauts in 1970.

The first tripulation of Artemis occurred aboard NASA’s SLS array on April 1 at 6:35 p.m., from Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In the event that four million kilograms (8.8 million pounds) were loaded at the time of fishing, the industrial manufacturing group impulsively headed to the orbital space located inside the Space Shuttle Orion, located in orbit with millimeter precision after a slow count, led by the agency’s Artemis Launch Control team.

During the first day in space, astronauts and equipment on Earth will inspect the spacecraft — such as the Integrity Number — to confirm that all systems are working properly before making the trip to the Moon. NASA also deployed four small CubeSat satellites from its international companies into Earth orbit.

On the second day of the test trip, with all systems listed (“Go” in astronomical parlance), Orion’s service module placed its main engine, placing the astronauts on a trajectory that would allow them to travel 6,545 kilometers (4,067 miles) per encima from the lunar surface to their approximation. more cercana.

“The Artemis II trip is home. The return, descent and landing systems work like designed rockets, and the final test is completed as planned. This moment belongs to the miles of people, from different countries, who are building this vehicle, one or the other. “Artemis II has validated the vehicle, equipment, architecture and international collaboration that will bring new humanity to the lunar surface. Reid, Victor, Christina and Jeremy will raise the hopes of this world with more joys than human beings have experienced in more than a century. 53 years ago, humanity is already on the Moon. We came back for us. The future is our conqueror.

With the astronauts on board for the first time, Orion engineers have already conducted a full assessment during the flight. The tripling allows testing of the space shuttle’s life support systems, confirming that Orion is capable of supporting its humans in deep space. During various piloting demonstrations, members of the tripling will follow the astronaut command manual, flying in Orion to validate your maneuverability and compiling data that will serve as a guide for future discovery operations and accompanying landing modules capable of performing tripling during the Artemis III and other future missions.

The tripling completed a series of tests that will serve as guidance for the form in which NASA will conduct future missions to the Moon. Between these tests, there will be evaluations of the operation of the Space Shuttle during trigger drills, emergence equipment and procedures, Orion Trigger Survival System space work, and other critical Shuttle systems.

Wiseman, Glover, Koch and Hansen also conducted scientific investigations intended to help NASA prepare astronauts to live and work on the Moon, hoping that the agency would build a lunar base and set its miracle on Marte. These experiments — among those including the AVATAR survey, the real study that addresses human health in microgravity and deep space radiation, as well as other studios investigating humans and desire — are copying essential health data for long-term missions.

During their April 6 lunar flyby, the astronauts captured more than 7,000 images of the lunar surface and a solar eclipse, during the Moon’s occultation on the ground from the Orion Observation Point. The images include impressive views of Earth’s gateway and exit, impact craters, ancient lava flows, our galaxy, the Milky Way, as well as surface fractures and color variations across the expanse of the lunar land.

The trip documented the topography along the long length of the terminal — the boundary between lunar day and night — where grazing (right-angled) sunlight casts long shadows on the surface, creating lighting conditions similar to those in the Polo Sur region, where astronauts are expected to make contact by 2028. The astronauts will also provide possible names for lunar craters and information about meteor impacts on the side of the Moon and the darkness.

The scientific research of Artemis II will pave the way for future missions to the surface of the Moon, contributing to the advancement of mission operations and allowing astronauts to exercise fundamental juicio at the end of the identification of areas of great interest for science and exploration.

With the tripling salvo on Earth, NASA and their companies are now turning their attention during preparations for next year’s Artemis III mission, as a new tripling aboard Orion is expected to test integrated operations with commercially manufactured lunar landing modules in Earth’s orbit. baja.

As part of a school of innovation and exploration, NASA will send Artemis program astronauts on missions more eager to explore many regions of the Moon in order to discover scientific and economic discoveries, to establish a lasting human presence on the lunar surface and to send the bases to enviar a los primeros astronautas —astronautas estadounidenses— to Marte.

For more information on the Artemis program, visit:

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis (in French)
https://ciencia.nasa.gov/artemis (in Spanish)

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Bethany Stevens / Rachel Kraft / María José Viñas
NASA Headquarters, Washington
202-358-1600
bethany.c.stevens@nasa.gov / rachel.h.kraft@nasa.gov / maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov