Throughout its history, NASA has carried out thousands of missions, but one of the most anticipated missions is related to the Moon and the Artemis program. Human beings want to set foot on satellite Earth again, and their best opportunity lies in a program that is already moving forward, step by step, in its final mission: for a woman and a black man to step onto the lunar surface. and now one new test he wants prepare the second part of the program.
Controlled rescue of the astronauts of the Artemis II mission
As NASA has shown in the publication that we leave you below these lines, astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, along with various teams from the space agency, performed comprehensive essay for imitate the moment of return the crew of the future Mission Artemis to the ground.
NASA will use assistance provided by the United States Department of Defense Earth Systems Exploration Program Person responsible for save the astronauts which will sail in the Pacific Ocean and take them to the ship which will return them to dry land.
Astronauts in tow!@NASAGroundSys and @DeptOfDefense team members help @AstroVicGlover during recovery training at sea. These trainings prepare teams to acquire #Artemis II astronauts after they hit Earth. https://t.co/TSpRAjyKZV pic.twitter.com/uQKaTRJxdv
— NASA Artemis (@NASAArtemis) February 26, 2024
The Orion capsule It will be the crew’s entryway to the planet, and after they deploy their parachutes, which will reduce the descent speed from 40,000 km/h to 480 km/h, contact with sea levelwhich is located 100 kilometers off the coast of California at a speed of about 30 km/h.
He sasquatch teambelonging to the Johnson Space Center, will be in charge in the meantime retrieve the remains of the plane to make it easier for helicopter and lifeboat teams to do their jobs. The next step will be to approach the capsule and put on the inflatable collar around him and the raft known as ‘front porch’.
🌊 Off the coast of San Diego…
Members @NASAGroundSysThe Landing and Recovery team and DoD partners have been busy practicing recovery procedures @NASAArtemis II mission.
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— NASASLS (@NASASLS) February 25, 2024
The ship will then be positioned about 90 meters from the capsule and that will be it astronautsone by one, to happen upgraded to two rescue helicopterswhich will lead them boat. They pass inside and medical examination and will fly back to the coast and head to the Johnson Space Center.
For your part, Orion capsule he will be drawn to himself boat and ends up being ushered into one of the hangars. He takes the ship with the capsule safe course to San Diego Naval Baseending a rescue that, within a few years, could see the return of the first crew to step on the moon in decades.
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