Friday, April 3, 2026

Orion Continues to Stay the Course on its Journey towards the Moon...

An image of NASA's Orion capsule approaching the Moon in the far distance on April 3, 2026...as seen by a GoPro camera installed on one of the spacecraft's four solar array wings.
NASA

Outbound Trajectory Correction Burn Update (News Release)

NASA’s Artemis II crew in Orion continues on a precise trajectory to fly by the Moon on Monday, April 6. Flight controllers in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston elected to cancel the spacecraft’s first outbound trajectory correction burn, as the spacecraft’s trajectory is on the right flight path.

This burn was the first of three planned trajectory adjustments in the mission timeline to fine‑tune the spacecraft’s velocity and trajectory. Any adjustments needed may be incorporated into a subsequent correction burn.

Source: NASA.Gov

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An image of the crescent Earth as seen by an Artemis 2 astronaut aboard NASA's Orion capsule...on April 3, 2026.
NASA

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