@CollinRugg 53 years of technical advancement and all we can do is come within 5000 miles of the surface of the moon. Makes you seriously question if the moon landing was ever actually real or was it one of the greatest hoaxes of a generation?
NEW: NASA's Artemis II has successfully blasted off, launching toward the Moon for the first lunar voyage in 53 years.
Here is what to expect next:
- Mission is 10 total days.
- The crew will get 5000 miles from the Moon's surface.
- The crew will sleep in two four-hour periods.
- On Day 2, Orion engines will accelerate the spacecraft to escape velocity and send them toward the Moon.
- On Days 3-5, the crew will fine-tune the approach to the Moon.
- Day 6 is when the crew flies by the Moon. They will be about 250,000 miles from the Earth.
- Days 6-7, the crew will fine-tune their approach back to Earth.
- On Day 10, the crew will put on their proper suits and get ready for reentry.
- They will reenter Earth's atmosphere at 25,000 miles per hour.
- Two parachutes will slow the capsule to 17 miles per hour.
- They will splash down off the coast of San Diego, California.
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