Ben HoustonNov 22, 2022

The flight of NASA's Artemis (purple) uses two very close encounters with the moon's gravity (green) to changes its trajectory to get back to the earth (blue.) Amazing.

More details: https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

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Show threadMarkD
@BenHouston3D Fantastic graphic. Is it my imagination or does Artemis slow down on its first approach to the moon? That seems pretty weird. But then orbital mechanics is all weird, right 😃
Nov 23, 2022 at 7:46amWeb
Show threadBen HoustonNov 23, 2022
@markd speed is listed in bottom left corner of graphics!