{"id":567754,"date":"2023-11-16T14:14:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?post_type=image-article&p=567754"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:14:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T19:14:34","slug":"one-year-ago-artemis-i-lifts-off","status":"publish","type":"image-article","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/one-year-ago-artemis-i-lifts-off\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago: Artemis I Lifts Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1363\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?w=1363\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"NASA's Space Launch System lifts off from the launch pad, illuminating the ground with a bright white light that bounces off of clouds of smoke. Pictured on the left side of this image is the liquid hydrogen "flare stack" where vented liquid hydrogen is burned off safely.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg 2832w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=768,1154 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=681,1024 681w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=1022,1536 1022w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=1363,2048 1363w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=266,400 266w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=399,600 399w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=599,900 599w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=798,1200 798w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/52508519778-6fda3b2c74-o.jpg?resize=1331,2000 1331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1363px) 100vw, 1363px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA \/ Kevin Davis and Chris Coleman<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>In this photo, NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a path to the Moon, this officially began the <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.nasa.gov\/video\/farther-faster\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Artemis I mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the course of 25.5 days, Orion performed two lunar flybys, coming within 80 miles (129 kilometers) of the lunar surface. At its farthest distance during the mission, Orion traveled nearly 270,000 miles (435,000 kilometers) from our home planet. On Dec. 11, 2022, NASA\u2019s Orion spacecraft successfully completed a parachute-assisted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers-and-facilities\/hq\/splashdown-nasas-orion-returns-to-earth-after-historic-moon-mission\/\">splashdown<\/a> in the Pacific Ocean at 12:40 p.m. EST as the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Artemis I was the first in a series of increasingly complex missions that will enable human exploration at the Moon and future missions to Mars. Following the success of Artemis I, humans will fly around the Moon on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/missions\/artemis\/nasas-first-flight-with-crew-important-step-on-long-term-return-to-the-moon-missions-to-mars\/\">Artemis II<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA\/Kevin Davis and Chris Coleman<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this photo, NASA\u2019s Space Launch System (SLS), carrying the Orion spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Launch Complex 39B at the agency\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. EST on Nov. 16, 2022. Set on a path to the Moon, this officially began the Artemis I mission. 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