Congratulations, Honeywell Aerospace, on launching as an independent aerospace and defense company! Excited to see the opportunities ahead to strengthen our industrial base and advance national security for future generations. I’m grateful for all the work Honeywell has done in Minnesota and look forward to this next chapter of innovation.
And we pilots shall measure distances in miles!
Will that be statute miles or Nautical miles?
Both!
Visibility will be measured in Statute miles and distance on navigation charts shall use Nautical miles.
Join @Astro_Jeremy on his out-of-this-world journey to the Moon! Get an insider’s look at his preparations through his captivating vlog series.
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One year ago today, NASA’s Orion spacecraft reentered the atmosphere after completing a 1.4 million-mile, 25.5 day #Artemis I mission around the Moon. View the full length video here: https://t.co/0Rn7eRETua
One year ago: @NASA_Orion splashes down in the Pacific ocean off the coast of California, bringing the Artemis I mission to a close after traveling over 1.4 million miles.
Happy #Thanksgiving!
One year ago, @NASA_Orion was on flight day eight of the #Artemis I mission. The uncrewed spacecraft caught a glimpse of our home planet as it headed toward its distant retrograde orbit of the Moon.
Flight Day 8: Nicole Demandante, Lockheed Martin Orion Mission Architect, recalls Orion leaving the lunar sphere of influence and testing the search acquire and track (SAT) mode that would be used if Orion needed to recover communications with Earth.