NASA Is Already Learning from Artemis I

craters on the lunar surface

Orion’s optical navigation camera sent back close-ups of craters on the lunar surface.

By the midpoint of NASA’s Artemis I integrated flight test, its managers were already adding items to the mission’s hefty to-do list. “We have accomplished a number of bonus objectives above and beyond what we had planned preflight, but we still also have some risks ahead of us,” NASA’s Mike Sarafin...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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