Nasa lunar mission to be monitored from Bermuda
Royal Gazette | Bermuda • • science
Key Points:
- NASA's Artemis II mission, launching next Wednesday from Kennedy Space Center, will carry four astronauts aboard the Orion spacecraft for a ten-day trip around the moon.
- Bermuda's tracking station on Cooper's Island will monitor the mission, highlighting the island's important role in space exploration.
- Bermudian engineer Kimille Trott will be involved in monitoring the launch from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, contributing to key aspects of the space launch rocket.
- The mission aims to demonstrate capabilities for deep space travel and will orbit the moon at altitudes between 4,000 and 6,000 miles, offering astronauts a unique view of the entire lunar disk, including the poles.
- Artemis II builds on the uncrewed Artemis I mission of 2022 and marks NASA's first crewed flight on the Orion spacecraft mounted on the Space Launch System rocket.
