Astronomy:Exploration Mission-3

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Exploration Mission-3
Orion visiting Deep Space Gateway.jpg
Artist's concept of the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway orbiting the Moon with the Orion spacecraft on the right.
Mission typeNear-Rectilinear Halo Orbit (NRHO)
OperatorNASA
Mission duration16-26 days[1]
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft typeOrion MPCV
Start of mission
Launch date2024 (planned)[2]
RocketSLS Block 1B
Launch siteKennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing sitePacific Ocean
Orion Triangle Patch.svg
Orion Program
← EM-2
EM-4 →
 

The Exploration Mission-3, or EM-3, is a planned 2024 mission of the Space Launch System and second crewed mission of NASA's Orion spacecraft.[2] The intended goal of the mission is to deliver the ESPRIT and U.S. Utilization modules to the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G).[3]

Mission objectives

The EM-3 mission plan is to send four astronauts in the second manned Orion capsule into a near-rectilinear halo orbit around the Moon for a maximum of 26 days. It will also deliver two more elements of the future Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G), a small space station, to lunar orbit. The LOP-G components will be ESPRIT and the U.S. Utilization Module.[4] Exploration Missions 3 through 8 would complete the assembly of the Lunar Gateway.[5][6][7]

See also

  • Proposed SLS and Orion Missions

References

  1. ↑ Gebhardt, Chris (22 September 2017). "SLS EM-1 & -2 launch dates realign; EM-3 gains notional mission outline". NASASpaceFlight.com. https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/09/sls-em-1-em-3-notional-mission-outline/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Davis, Jason (6 September 2018). "Orion's third flight will haul two pieces of a space station to lunar orbit". The Planetary Society. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/orion-em-3-gateway.html. 
  3. ↑ Sloss, Philip. "NASA evaluates EM-2 launch options for Deep Space Gateway PPE". https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2017/12/nasa-evaluates-em-2-launch-of-space-gateways-ppe/. Retrieved 2 March 2018. 
  4. ↑ Sloss, Philip (September 11, 2017). "NASA updates Lunar Gateway plans". https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2018/09/nasa-lunar-gateway-plans/. 
  5. ↑ Godwin, Curt (April 1, 2017). "NASA's human spaceflight plans come into focus with announcement of Deep Space Gateway". Spaceflight Insider. http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/organizations/nasa/nasa-human-spaceflight-plans-focus-announcement-deep-space-gateway/. Retrieved 2017-04-02. 
  6. ↑ Chris Gebhardt (2015-09-22). "SLS manifest options aim for Phobos prior to 2039 Mars landing". http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/09/sls-manifest-phobos-mars-2039/. Retrieved 2017-03-30. 
  7. ↑ "NASA Announces Progress on Asteroid Initiative | NASA". http://www.nasa.gov/press/2015/march/nasa-announces-next-steps-on-journey-to-mars-progress-on-asteroid-initiative. Retrieved 2017-03-30. 

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