EQUULEUS, a JAXA 6U cubesat on Artemis 1, successfully flew by the moon and tested a water-based propulsion system that placed the spacecraft on a low-energy trajectory to the Earth–Moon L2 Lagrange point.
Artemis 1 launched on 2022-11-16 with 10 cubesat secondary payloads.
A change to a propulsion system provided by the Georgia Institute of Technology during Lunar Flashlight development caused the cubesat to miss its original secondary-payload launch opportunity on Artemis 1 because the propulsion system was not ready by fall 2021.
LDRA provided ongoing support in the development of the Artemis I mission software.
During the Artemis I mission, an uncrewed Orion flew thousands of miles beyond the Moon over six weeks.
Artemis 1 carried the inaugural launch of the Space Launch System on 2022-11-16.
Splashdown was the final milestone of the Artemis I mission that began with the successful liftoff of NASA’s Space Launch System rocket on 2022-11-16 from Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The European Space Agency’s joint team with industry designed, built, and flew the first European Service Module for Artemis 1.
Artemis 1 launched on 2022-11-16 from the Kennedy Space Center on the first flight of the Space Launch System.
NASA planned to conduct Artemis 2 about two years after Artemis 1 and to refurbish and reuse avonics components from the Artemis 1 Orion on the Artemis 2 Orion.
Mike Sarafin was the NASA Artemis 1 mission manager and had been involved with 65 missions supporting human spaceflight.
Successfully completing reentry at lunar return velocities of up to 40,0 m per hour was the top objective of the Artemis 1 mission to test Orion’s thermal protection system.
NASA planned to name the Artemis 2 crew in early 2023 if Artemis 1 was confirmed successful.
Latching current limiters in one part of the European Service Module’s power system opened at least 17 times uncommanded during the Artemis 1 mission.
GoPro cameras mounted on the tips of each of the four solar arrays on the European Service Module produced many of the images and video returned by Artemis 1.
The European Service Module has produced more electrical power than expected while using less power than planned during the Artemis 1 mission.
Testing Orion through reentry at lunar return velocities of about 40,0 m per hour is the Artemis 1 mission’s top priority.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft performed a second and final lunar flyby on 2022-12-05 as part of the Artemis 1 mission.
The seven new test objectives for Artemis 1 are in addition to the 124 objectives already planned to test Orion's performance.
The Artemis 1 mission launched on 2022-11-16.