Artemis II and its crew are continuing to make their way towards the moon’s orbit in the Orion spacecraft.
On Thursday night, Orion’s main engine provided nearly 6,000 pounds of thrust to push the spacecraft out of Earth’s orbit and on its way towards the moon’s orbit, where it will fly by the moon and then be brought back to Earth, NASA said.
“Orion’s main engine provides up to 6,000 pounds of thrust, enough to accelerate a car from 0 to 60 mph in about 2.7 seconds. At the time of the burn, Orion’s mass was 58,000 pounds and burned approximately 1,000 pounds of fuel during the firing.”
Video: See Artemis II’s engines thrust spacecraft to the moon
NASA illustration: Here’s how Artemis II gets from Earth to the moon – and back
Artemis II live tracker
NASA has created the Artemis Real-time Orbit Website (AROW), where people can track the Orion spacecraft in real time. Click here to see where the spacecraft and the Artemis II astronauts are.
Watch live: NASA video feed from Orion spacecraft
Here is a live video feed from the Orion spacecraft.
“Viewers will see a blue screen if there is a loss of signal, or if the bandwidth is needed for mission activities. Viewers may see what appears to be a black screen when the vehicle is in darkness.”
