After “unexpected loss,” NASA says Orion spacecraft communications have been restored
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NASA said Wednesday that communications with the Orion spacecraft have been restored after an “unexpected loss.”
In a blog post, the agency wrote that NASA’s Mission Control Center at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, unexpectedly lost data from Orion at 12:09 a.m. CST for 47 minutes. .
The loss occurred during the overnight reconfiguration of the communication link between Orion and the Deep Space Network.
“The reconfiguration has been carried out successfully several times in the past few days, and the team is investigating the cause of the signal loss,” NASA wrote.
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On November 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings captured these images of the spacecraft and the Moon as it continued to approach our lunar neighbor. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence at 2:09 pm EST, making the Moon, rather than the Earth, the primary gravitational force acting on the spacecraft. Orion completed its first flyby on the morning of November 21, 2022.
(Image credit: NASA)
The team solved the problem with a reconfiguration on the ground.
“Engineers are examining data from the event to help determine what happened, and the Command and Data Management Officer will download the data recorded aboard Orion during the outage for inclusion in this assessment.” , NASA said.
Snoopy, the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test, floats in space on November 20, 2022, while attached to its tether on the Orion spacecraft. In this enhanced image, Snoopy stands out in a custom orange spacesuit, while Orion’s interior has been shaded black and white for contrast. The character’s space suit is inspired by the suit astronauts will wear during launch and re-entry to Orion on future missions to the Moon. NASA has shared a partnership with Charles M. Schulz and Snoopy since the Apollo missions and the relationship continues under Artemis. Snoopy was selected as the zero-gravity symbol for flight because of the inspiration and excitement the character has provided for human spaceflight for more than 50 years.
(Image credit: NASA)
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He said there was no impact to Orion and it remains in a healthy configuration.
NASA’s Lunar New Moon rocket lifts off from Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. This launch is the first flight test of the Artemis program.
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This hiccup comes after hydrogen leaks and other delays before the launch of the Space Launch System’s Artemis I rocket.
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The uncrewed Orion rocket and capsule lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in the early hours of November 16.
