Highly Elliptical Orbit

Artemis II crew clears Earth orbit, heads for moon

Artemis II crew clears Earth orbit, heads for the moon

The engine firing provided a slingshot-like boost to the Orion capsule, speeding it to 24,500 mph, the velocity needed to break free of Earth's gravitational clasp for a trek to the moon.

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Artemis II astronauts rocket toward the moon after spending a day around Earth

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Artemis II's Moon-Bound Astronauts Capture Earth's Brilliant Blue Beauty as They Leave It Behind

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NASA Artemis II astronauts to fly around moon in spacefaring 'pivot point'

During the flyby, NASA's Artemis II crew will observe lunar features never before seen by human eyes and experience a 40-minute communications blackout.

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It’s time for Artemis II to break Apollo 13’s distance record. What to know about the moon flyby

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'Something we have never seen before': Artemis II crew describe far side of Moon

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NASA Astronauts Are Closer to Moon Than Earth on Artemis II Day 4

As Day 4 dawned on the Artemis II mission, the astronauts were closer to the moon than to Earth, after crossing the halfway point between the two bodies on Friday night.

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How to track Artemis II astronauts to the moon

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Artemis II crew snap epic photos of the Earth from space

Futurism

Boeing’s Military Space Plane Just Slammed on the Brakes in Orbit

The US military’s top secret X-37B space plane, which has been orbiting the Earth since December 2023 on its current mission, has slammed on the brakes. As detailed in a Boeing Space video, the plane has started “performing advanced aerobraking ...

Science Daily

Astronomers spot a 'highly eccentric' planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter

The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to be a juvenile planet that is in the midst of becoming a hot Jupiter, and its orbit is providing some answers to how such ...

New Atlas

Not-so-secret spaceplane to use "first-of-a-kind maneuver" to change orbit

While the official story is that it is conducting experiments in radiation effects and Space Domain Awareness technologies while in a Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO), the details of what else it's doing up there are a matter of speculation. This makes OTV-7 largely the same as the previous six missions, but there will be at least one difference.