The Artemis 1 mission took place between the launch on 16 Nov 2022 and the splashdown on 11 Dec 2022. This mission was the first of a series that will result in mankind returning to the Lunar surface. The Space Launch System(SLS) and the Orion spacecraft were uncrewed for this initial mission to the Moon and back.
Artemis 1 Images
A Full Moon in View
Image Credit: NASA/Cory Huston
A Bird’s Eye View
Image Credit: NASA/Chris Coleman, Kevin Davis
A camera on the mobile launcher shows the rocket and spacecraft lifting off
Image Credit: NASA/Chris Coleman, Kevin Davis
A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond Orion in this image taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar array wings
Image Credit: NASA
The spacecraft reached a maximum distance from Earth when it was 432,210 kilometres away from our home planet
Image Credit: NASA
Orion captured the Earth rising behind the Moon following its second close flyby above the lunar surface as the spacecraft trekked toward home
Image Credit: NASA
At 17:40 UTC, 11 Dec 2022, Orion splashed down in the Pacific Ocean west of Baja California, completing its 25.5 day mission beyond the Moon
Image Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
Orion was recovered by personnel on the USS Portland
Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett