ALT On this week’s HWHAP, NASA and Firefly Space experts discuss the upcoming launch of Blue Ghost Mission 1, its lunar lander, and the science and technology being delivered to the Moon’s surface. https://go.nasa.gov/4fWRhsi

ALT The Orion spacecraft stands out against the blackness of space. The European Service Module, where a glimpse of a solar array extends from, is white. The capsule gleams with colors of silver and blue. The Moon can be seen in the distance.

ALT The Earth is seen setting from the far side of the Moon just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this video taken on the sixth day of the Artemis I mission by a camera on the tip of one of Orion’s solar arrays. The spacecraft was preparing for the Outbound Powered Flyby maneuver which would bring it within 80 miles of the lunar surface, the closest approach of the uncrewed Artemis I mission, before moving into a distant retrograde orbit around the Moon. The spacecraft entered the lunar sphere of influence Sunday, Nov. 20, making the Moon, instead of Earth, the main gravitational force acting on the spacecraft.

ALT A view of Earth as seen from the Artemis I Orion capsule about 9 hours into flight on Nov. 16, 2022

ALT Heavily simplified overview of the European Service Module propulsion system for NASA's Orion spacecraft.

ALT Orion is centered. Orion's solar array wings are unfurled and in varying positions. The Moon is in the far-distance in the center left, lit from the left. On-screen overlays read: Distance to Earth: 233792 Distance to the Moon: 13238 Velocity: 93 Mission Elapsed Time: 5D : 1H : 0M