![]() Kennedy Space Center is somewhat unique in this group, Falor noted, because it is the first location that is mostly about technology and because NASA’s teams were still hard at work while Google was taking its images. So far, that has meant locations like Stonehenge, Versailles and a number of museums around the world. At the time the images were taken, both the Atlantis and Endeavour were still in NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building.Īs Ryan Falor, Google’s product manager for Street View Special Collections, told me yesterday, his team aims to take Street View to places that are culturally significant. This new collection gives users access to areas of the Space Center that are normally off-limits for visitors and also preserves an interesting moment in time, as the Street View team took these images just after the end of the Shuttle Program. With over 6,000 panoramic views, this is Google’s largest special collection of Street View imagery yet. A repeat of Artemis-1 though with a shorter duration, Artemis-2 (scheduled for 2024) will see a crew of three astronauts reach that same distance from Earth.To celebrate Kennedy Space Center’s 50th birthday, Google just added the Space Shuttle Program’s former launch facilities to its Street View service. Orion will use lunar gravity to gain speed and propel itself 40,000 miles /64,000 kilometers beyond the Moon-about 30,000 miles /48,000 kilometers) farther than Apollo 13. In 1970, Apollo 13 got to 280,000 miles/450,000 kilometers from Earth while carrying three astronauts (Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise)-the record for humans. Orion will fly farther away than any Apollo mission ![]() After September 5 the next launch window is September 19, 2022. The solar-powered Orion spacecraft’s trajectory must not take it through the path of an eclipse-the shadow of the Moon-for more than 90 minutes otherwise it will completely lose power. ![]() If the launch is scrubbed on Monday, Augthe next launch dates are Friday, September 2 and Monday, September 5. If its launch gets delayed it’s a four-day wait After the spacecraft launches aboard Artemis I, the sail will use sunlight to propel the CubeSat to a small asteroid (as depicted in an illustration, right). NEA Scout is composed of a small, shoebox-sized CubeSat (top left) and a thin, aluminum-coated solar. Objects like 2020 GE are common and can pose a hazard to our planet despite their small size. The target is 2020 GE, a near-Earth asteroid (NEA) discovered in 2020 that is less than 60 feet/18 meters in size.Īsteroids smaller than 330 feet/100 meters across have never been explored up close before. An asteroid-chaser will hitch a rideĪmong dozens of experiments and ride-share “CubeSats” on the launch will be NEA Scout, a shoebox-sized satellite that will travel by solar sail to a near-Earth asteroid and take high resolution photos. It will also fly an Apollo 8 commemorative medallion, a bolt from the Apollo 11 mission and a patch from Apollo 11. When the Orion spacecraft gets to the Moon it will be carrying a lot of mementos for educational engagement and posterity in its “Official Flight Kit.” Perhaps the most bizarre is a small Moon rock from Apollo 11 that also was aboard the final space shuttle flight in 2011. Thanks to the Orion spacecraft’s plethora of cameras on its spider-like solar array expect a bunch of selfies and-almost inevitably-a new version of the famous “Earthrise” captured by Apollo astronauts. A few days later it will perform a flyby of the Moon. We’ll see ‘Moon selfies’ and a new ‘Earthrise’Īfter launch the spacecraft will enter a low-Earth orbit before the rocket’s upper stage fires to take it into a translunar orbit. ![]() During the Artemis-1 mission the Orion spacecraft will get close to the Moon's surface and attempt a.
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