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NASA set to launch Artemis 1 Mission!
Last Updated on June 30, 2024 by Daily News Staff NASA Update!
The launch director halted today’s Artemis I launch attempt at approximately 8:34 a.m. EDT. The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft remain in a safe and stable configuration. Launch controllers were continuing to evaluate why a bleed test to get the RS-25 engines on the bottom of the core stage to the proper temperature range for liftoff was not successful, and ran out of time in the two-hour launch window. Engineers are continuing to gather additional data.
The countdown has started and the launch is scheduled for 8:33 am EDT from Kennedy Space Center.
Artemis I will be the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the Moon for decades to come. (NASA)
The mission is set for a launch window that opens on Monday, August 29, at 8:33 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Kennedy Space Center is providing around-the-clock video coverage of the Artemis 1 vehicle, which is currently awaiting liftoff from Pad 39B.
For the live feed… https://youtu.be/6SkLFDypXH0
UPDATE: Countdown Continues, Teams Confirm No Impacts from Lightning Strikes
Overnight engineers evaluated data from lightning strikes to the lightning protection system at Launch Pad 39B that occurred yesterday. They confirmed the strikes were of low magnitude and had no impacts to Space Launch System, Orion, or ground systems. NASA
Artemis 1 is the first planned uncrewed test flight in NASA‘s Artemis program which is designed to eventually land humans on the Moon again. It is also the first flight of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the complete Orion spacecraft. The test flight is currently scheduled to launch on 29 August 2022 at 12:33 UTC from the Kennedy Space Center‘s Launch Complex 39B, from which Apollo 10 was launched 53 years before.
Artemis 1 will last for three weeks and will test all the rocket stages and spacecraft that would be used in later Artemis missions. After reaching orbit and performing a trans-lunar injection (burn to the Moon), the mission will deploy ten CubeSat satellites[7] and the Orion spacecraft will enter a distant retrograde orbit for six days. The Orion spacecraft will then return and reenter the Earth’s atmosphere, protected by its heat shield, and splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
The original launch date of Artemis 1 was planned in December 2016, but it was delayed at least sixteen times due to technical issues with the SLS and the Orion spacecraft. Other factors contributing to the delays are the cost overruns (which is the main criticism of the SLS) and budget limits imposed by the federal government. After the Artemis 1 mission, Artemis 2 will perform a crewed lunar flyby and Artemis 3 will perform a crewed lunar landing, five decades after the last Apollo mission. (wikipedia)
For more details visit: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i/
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