NASA project Artemis tracker

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Today is a big day ladies. The big slingshot - will they skip off into oblivion or get shot back towards home?

EDT

 

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Turns out there's no danger involved in missing the marks in the slingshot maneuver. If it happened they have a "free return" trajectory planned and have enough food water and air left in the service module for up to ten additional days.

The danger though is, if they skip off Earth's atmosphere. This would happen only after the service module is jettisoned as part of the return approach, so they won't have enough air to survive free return from there and might even wind up in orbit permanently.

 

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We are back in contact with integrity. Flawless slingshot.

 

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Artemis II — Live Mission Tracker

 

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Digital composite of entire darkside

 

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Yes it's fake. Lots of that getting put out there.

 

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Yes it's fake. Lots of that getting put out there.

Is that a picture of Iran after Trump nukes them tonight?

 

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Update - two days until splashdown they're more than halfway home.

 

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Fascinating reading. They're going to bounce off the atmosphere intentionally on re-entry! It's a must-read.

 

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In this mission, there is no orbit of the moon. It is slingshot fly-by.

 

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Splashdown scheduled for this evening.