Artemis on its return trip

SteveB

SteveB

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Hi.
Last night I was driving home from work and saw a decent sized pinpoint of light on the north side of the moon. For whatever reason I recalled that Artemis was returning to the earth, and found myself wondering if this pinpoint light was Artemis.

It was around 5:15 pm, pst (gmt-8)

Anyone else notice it?

I googled Artemis return from the moon, but nothing which explained what I was seeing....

Just a matter of curiosity.

Thanks.
 
SteveB said:
Hi.
Last night I was driving home from work and saw a decent sized pinpoint of light on the north side of the moon. For whatever reason I recalled that Artemis was returning to the earth, and found myself wondering if this pinpoint light was Artemis.

It was around 5:15 pm, pst (gmt-8)

Anyone else notice it?

I googled Artemis return from the moon, but nothing which explained what I was seeing....

Just a matter of curiosity.

Thanks.
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When I looked the other day, I believe Mars was more prominent at the time.

Update:

Flight engineers continue to test the spacecraft after the outbound flyby burn.

- propellant slosh
- reaction control thruster system


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Reference: NASA
 
Sailors Recover Orion Spacecraft (12/11/2022) Aka - The "test article" in the language of NASA engineers.

“The ship will soon begin its trip back to U.S. Naval Base San Diego, where engineers will remove Orion from the ship in preparation for transport back to Kennedy Space Center in Florida for post-flight analysis.”

Orion-768x512.jpg

Photograph credit: Dec. 11, 2022. NASA Photo


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Quote Reference: USNI news
 
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