"The translunar injection burn shoved the craft onto its correct path with 6,000 pounds of thrust—about the same as to accelerate a car from 0 to 60 miles an hour in 2.7 seconds, increasing its speed by 867 miles per hour."
"With this burn to the moon we do not leave Earth, we choose it. Integrity copies—your integrity crew is go for TLI, replied astronaut Christina Koch."
"At the time of the burn, the spacecraft was just 115 miles above Earth. Their work puts the Artemis II hurtling towards the moon at a blistering 22,670 mph—the fastest it will go at any point in space."
NASA's Artemis II mission is progressing as the Orion spacecraft completed its last major fuel burn, propelling it towards the moon. The translunar injection burn utilized 6,700 pounds of propellant, generating 6,000 pounds of thrust and increasing the spacecraft's speed by 867 miles per hour. The crew, consisting of four astronauts, conducted system checks before the maneuver. At its peak speed of 22,670 mph, the Orion spacecraft is on track for a ten-day journey around the moon and back to Earth.
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