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Artemis I / Orion

Orion, the Moon and the Return to Deep Space

Artemis I was an uncrewed integrated flight test of SLS and Orion: Orion traveled beyond the Moon, returned to Earth, and tested systems needed for later crewed missions.

Object type

Crew-capable spacecraft test mission

Target / region

Moon and deep-space trajectory

Known for

Testing Orion around the Moon

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Mission objective and outcome: Testing Orion around the Moon

Why this mission belongs in the Library: Mission record for Moon and deep-space trajectory: objective, crew-capable spacecraft test mission design, and the documented result (Testing Orion around the Moon).

Objective

What the mission set out to do

Artemis I was an uncrewed integrated flight test of SLS and Orion: Orion traveled beyond the Moon, returned to Earth, and tested systems needed for later crewed missions.

artemis-i-orion is a crew-capable spacecraft test mission focused on Moon and deep-space trajectory; its mission record separates planned measurements from the results actually documented.

Mission design

How the plan matched the target

For artemis-i-orion, the defining design choice was to use a crew-capable spacecraft test mission for testing orion around the moon. That choice determines what the spacecraft can observe, how it moves or operates, and what risks the team must manage.

For artemis-i-orion, the cited record places the spacecraft at Moon and deep-space trajectory; the engineering profile keeps its instrument, power, communications, and navigation details separate from the mission narrative.

Results

What the mission contributed

Documented result: Testing Orion around the Moon. For artemis-i-orion, that result is the evidence users can compare with the original objective and source record.

The connected engineering entry for artemis-i-orion explains which hardware produced or supported these measurements.

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The Space Launch System: NASA’s Heavy-Lift Rocket and the Artemis I Mission

Anthony Young

An account of the Space Launch System’s development, major components and relationship to earlier NASA launch-vehicle plans. The book includes a dedicated chapter on Artemis I, connecting rocket engineering with the uncrewed Orion mission.

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