The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) has reported that the Orion spacecraft that will undertake the uncrewed Artemis I mission has passed both its System Acceptance Review and Design Certification Review. This means that it is fit for its full planned mission profile – launch, flight to the vicinity of the Moon, return to Earth, landing (splashdown in the sea) and recovery. Every system on the spacecraft, every inspection report, all data from tests and verification support analyses were evaluated by these reviews. The aim was to establish that every element of the spacecraft had achieved the requisite technical maturity.
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