NASA & ESA are sending Humans back* to the Moon! #okc #news #wth

ESA & NASA & Airbus are going to the Moon. Kind of. With the help of the SLS rocket (Standard Launch System) and the Orion Space Capsule, we have a mission that doesn't involve Mars or an Asteroid. So that's kind of cool, right? It seems like robotic space exploration is still getting 99% of the action over Human Space Exploration. That is sad. Strange days, indeed. God Bless everyone. T @newTHOR on twitter https//http://bit.ly/2i6yW0K The Article http://dailym.ai/2lApAM3 NASA to join forces with the European Space Agency for historic 2021 manned Orion mission around the moon - the first time humans have left low orbit since 1972 The first Orion mission will be uncrewed, and is expected to launch in 2018 Manned mission is set for launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida as early as 2021 Will include up to four astronauts and be the first time humans have left low orbit since 1972 ESA and Airbus have now agreed with NASA to build a module for the manned mission Mankind had taken a major step towards leaving the orbit of Earth for the first time since 1972. The European Space Agency says it will contribute key components for a future NASA mission to take humans around the moon within the next few years. Astronauts haven't gone beyond a low orbit around Earth since 1972, when NASA ended its Apollo program. The mission will use NASA's Orion capsule to carry up to four astronauts around the moon – the first time humans have left low orbit since 1972. The mission is set for launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, as early as 2021 and will include up to four astronauts ORION'S NEXT TEST Nasa's Orion stacked atop a 70 metric ton Space Launch System rocket will launch from a newly refurbished Kennedy Space Center in November 2018. The uncrewed Orion will travel into Distant Retrograde Orbit, breaking the distance record reached by the most remote Apollo spacecraft, and then 30,000 miles farther out (275,000 total miles). The mission will last 22 days and will test system readiness for future crewed operations. The European Space Agency and aerospace company Airbus have already delivered a propulsion and supply module for an unmanned flight of NASA's new Orion spacecraft next year. The agency said today that it and Airbus have now agreed with NASA to build a module for a second, manned mission that will fly around the moon as early as 2021. The Service Module provides propulsion, electrical power, water and thermal control as well as maintaining the oxygen and nitrogen atmosphere for the crew. The mission is set for launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, as early as 2021 and will include up to four astronauts – the first time humans have left low orbit since 1972. Crew size and composition will be determined closer to launch. The mission will see Orion follow three progressively elongated orbits to reach past the Moon and return to Earth, faster than any manned spacecraft has reentered our atmosphere before. ESA's Director of Human Spaceflight, Dave Parker, explained the mission when it was first revealed last year, saying, 'We are excited to be a part of this historic mission and appreciate NASA's trust in us to help extend humanity's exploration farther afield into our Solar System.' The first Orion with the service module will be launched in late 2018 on NASA's new Space Launch System. The month-long mission will be unmanned and will orbit the Moon before returning to Earth, testing the spacecraft and rocket before carrying astronauts. The European Service Module is designed, built and assembled by a team of companies from 11 countries led by Airbus Space & Defence, based on proven technology from ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle that flew to the International Space Station five times with supplies. HOW THE HISTORIC MANNED MISSION WILL WORK The mission plan for the flight is built around a profile called a multi-translunar injection (MTLI), or multiple departure burns, and includes a free return trajectory from the moon. Basically, the spacecraft will circle our planet twice while periodically firing its engines to build up enough speed to push it toward the moon before looping back to Earth. After launch, the spacecraft and upper stage of the rocket will first orbit Earth twice to ensure its systems are working normally. Orion will reach a circular orbit at an altitude of 100 nautical miles and last 90 minutes. The move or burn to get the spacecraft into a specific orbit around a planet or other body in space is called orbital insertion. Following the first orbit, the rocket’s powerful exploration upper s


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