25 Hari Keliling Bulan, Kapsul Orion NASA Kembali ke Bumi

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Kapsul Orion NASA ditarik ke dek sumur U.S.S. Portland setelah mendarat di Samudra Pasifik di lepas pantai Baja California, Meksiko, Minggu (11/12/2022).

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Kapsul Orion milik NASA ini telah meluncur dari luar angkasa, menembus atmosfer bumi, dan kemudian jatuh di lautan pasifik. 

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Setelah jatuh, helikopter militer AS dan sekelompok kapal cepat segera mendekati kapsul untuk inspeksi.

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Wahana ini telah melakukan perjalanan tanpa awak mengelilingi bulan dalam misi perdana program Artemis selama 25 hari.

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Kapsul Orion berangkat ke Bulan dari Bumi pada 16 November, titik peluncurannya di Kennedy Space Center di Cape Canaveral, Florida. Kapsul ini dibawa Space Launch System (SLS), generasi masa depan roket NASA yang merupakan terkuat dan terbesar.

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Debut SLS menandai jalannya program Artemis, yang merupakan penerus Apollo. Artemis menjadi ambisi Amerika Serikat yang ingin kembali mengirim astronaut ke Bulan usai melakukannya pada 1970-an.

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Namun Artemis punya rencana berbeda dari Apollo sebab Bulan hanya dijadikan sebagai lokasi membangun pangkalan untuk eksplorasi manusia ke Mars di masa depan.  

AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
AT SEA, PACIFIC OCEAN - DECEMBER 11: NASAs Orion Capsule descends toward splash down after a successful uncrewed Artemis I Moon Mission on December 11, 2022 seen from aboard the U.S.S. Portland in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. A 26-day mission took the Orion spacecraft to the moon and back which completed a historic test flight that coincided with the 50th anniversary of the landing of Apollo 17 on the moon, the last time that NASA astronauts walked there. (Pool photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)