NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft is on the second day of its journey heading toward the Moon as part of Artemis I, a planned 25.5-day flight test. At 6:32 a.m. EST, Orion performed a second outbound trajectory burn using the auxiliary thrusters on the European Service Module. Rather than using the m
. Rather than using the main engine, these auxiliary thrusters will be used for most trajectory correction burns.Callisto
Callisto is named after a mythological Greek goddess and one of Artemis’ hunting attendants and is meant to show how commercial technology could assist future astronauts on deep space missions. The payload will demonstrate how astronauts and flight controllers can use human-machine interface technology to make their jobs simpler, safer, and more efficient, and advance human exploration in deep space.
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