{"id":1773322,"date":"2022-12-13T07:49:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T12:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773322"},"modified":"2022-12-13T08:33:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:33:54","slug":"u-s-sailors-recover-orion-spacecraft-following-its-trip-around-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-sailors-recover-orion-spacecraft-following-its-trip-around-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Sailors Recover Orion Spacecraft Following Its Trip Around the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-sailors-recover-orion-spacecraft-following-its-trip-around-the-moon%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1773322&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_99554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FjvCq38WAAE9-Ja.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99554\" data-attachment-id=\"99554\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/12\/11\/sailors-recover-orion-spacecraft-after-million-mile-swing-around-the-moon\/fjvcq38waae9-ja\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/FjvCq38WAAE9-Ja.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1279,703\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture  style=\"display:none\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-99554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS Portland (LPD-27) on Dec. 11, 2022. NASA Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>The post has been updated with a statement from NASA.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A team of sailors aboard <em>USS Portland<\/em> (LPD-27) recovered an Orion space capsule after it splashed down in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after a 25-day trip around the moon.<span id=\"more-99545\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Orion is an unmanned capsule that was launched into space on Nov. 16 as part of the Artemis I lunar orbit mission. During its time in space, Orion traveled 1.3 million miles, according to NASA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon Orion\u2019s successful splashdown in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California\u2026 flight controllers in mission control at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston spent about two hours performing tests in open water to gather additional data about the spacecraft, including on its thermal properties after enduring the searing heat of re-entry through Earth\u2019s atmosphere,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nasa.gov\/artemis\/\">reads a Sunday evening statement from NASA<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_99555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Orion-768x512-1.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99555\" data-attachment-id=\"99555\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2022\/12\/11\/sailors-recover-orion-spacecraft-after-million-mile-swing-around-the-moon\/orion-768x512\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Orion-768x512-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"768,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-99555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Orion spacecraft after landing in the Pacific Ocean on Dec. 11, 2022. NASA Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As Orion returned home, the capsule passed within 60 miles of the moon, according to NASA. Orion used the moon\u2019s gravity and the European Service Module to make its way back to Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The capsule entered Earth\u2019s atmosphere at 25,000 mph, which will produce temperatures of around 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NASA. It slowed to 100 mph as it approached the Pacific Ocean with the help of three large white and orange striped parachutes that deployed to slow the capsule down before it landed in the water.<\/p>\n<p>Once Orion splashed down \u2014\u00a0about five nautical miles from <em>Portland<\/em> \u2014 Navy divers and members of NASA\u2019s Exploration Ground Systems boarded small boats from the amphibious warship to the capsule. An MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter circled the capsule, as well. The divers inspected it for hazards before hooking up the tending and tow lines.<\/p>\n<p>Once hooked up, sailors and NASA specialists started to haul Orion into <em>Portland\u2019s<\/em> well deck. As of Sunday afternoon, the operation to move the capsule into the ship had started.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Artemis I is meant to test NASA\u2019s ability to do deep space exploration, flying around and beyond the moon. The uncrewed capsule allows NASA to collect data on how the spacecraft performed and what environments astronauts may experience before reentry.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no crew inside the capsule, there is a manikin \u2014 Cmdr. Moonkin Campos \u2014 with sensors attached, will give NASA scientists data on the acceleration, vibration and radiation. Campos is joined by two other manikin crew members \u2014 Helga and Zohar, according to NASA..<\/p>\n<p>NASA will follow the Artemis I with a crewed mission to test how the capsule performs with astronauts aboard. NASA has not yet determined when the crewed mission will launch. Data collected from Orion will help inform the timeline.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy has been practicing for several years to recover the Orion capsule once it makes its watery landing off the coast of the Baja peninsula, near Guadalupe Island. <em>Portland<\/em> was underway with Littoral Combat Ship USS <em>Montgomery<\/em> (LCS-8) which provided security for the splashdown site.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, USS J<em>ohn P. Murtha <\/em>(LPD-26) conducted several recovery tests, both in the daylight and at night, USNI News previously reported.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30999\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orion-scaled.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30999\" data-attachment-id=\"30999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2018\/01\/29\/usni_news_video_nasa_at_sea\/orion\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/orion-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4551,3304\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{\" aperture \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-30999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USNI News Image<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>USS <em>Anchorage<\/em> (LPD-23) and USS <em>Somerset<\/em> (LPD-25) also performed tests in early 2018. Tests with the Navy and NASA began in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The Navy provides San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships for the recovery of the Orion capsule as part of a partnership between NASA and the sea service.<\/p>\n<p>The extensive aviation and medical facilities aboard San Antonios designed to support combat Marines made the ships an ideal platform to recover the capsule.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with the Navy and NASA extends back 45 years to the last time the Navy recovered a deep space capsule. That time it was the Apollo 17 mission, USNI News previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, the Navy would use divers and helicopters to deliver astronauts and capsules to an aircraft carrier. The new Orion is too heavy to be carried by helicopter which resulted in NASA and the Navy using a ship with a well deck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orion spacecraft in the well deck of USS Portland (LPD-27) on Dec. 11, 2022. 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