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🚀 #Artemis II update: the 8 auxiliary engines on the European Service Module burned for about 9 seconds to fine-tune Orion's trajectory on the way back to Earth 🌍.
One more trajectory correction burn is planned tomorrow, a few hours before the crew and service modules separate
Thursday's research schedule covered relaxation to robotics to improve crew health and operations. Meanwhile, @NorthropGrumman's Cygnus XL targets a Saturday, April 11 launch. More... https://go.nasa.gov/4czsXOM
Image 3: Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window at 6:41 p.m. EDT, April 6, 2026, during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface. The dark portion of Earth is experiencing nighttime.
@NASAAdmin @julia_bergeron @NASAKennedy Mr. Isaacman, can you give us some insight into Artemis III?
Will you use the LVSA + ICPS + OSA, (or their respective STA’s), or perhaps will you utilize a different adapter to go directly from the core to Orion, such as the USA?
Thx!
