Kennedy Space Center, United States: NASA Will make a second attempt to launch his powerful new moon rocket An official said on Saturday, after clearing a test flight earlier in the week.
Much Awaited Unmanned Mission – Dubbed artemis 1 Will bring the United States one step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon, five decades after humans last walked on the lunar surface.
Blastoff was planned for Monday morning, but was canceled because a test to get one of the rocket’s four RS-25 engines into the proper temperature range for launch was not successful.
Artemis 1 mission manager Mike Sarafin announced the date of the new launch attempt during a media briefing on Tuesday, and NASA later tweeted that the two-hour launch window would begin at 2:17 p.m. (1817 GMT) on Saturday .
Named after Apollo’s twin sister, Artemis 1 aims to test-fire a 322-foot (98 m) Space Launch System rocket and Orion Crew Capsule who sits on top.
Sensor-equipped effigies stand for astronauts on the mission and will record acceleration, vibration and radiation levels.
Thousands of people—including the US Vice President Kamala Harris – Apollo 17 gathered to watch the launch 50 years after the astronauts last set foot on the Moon.
Ahead of Monday’s planned launch, the filling of the orange-and-white rocket with ultra-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen was briefly delayed by the risk of a lightning strike.
A possible leak was detected while filling the main stage with hydrogen, which led to a halt. After the test, the flow resumed.
NASA engineers later discovered an engine temperature problem and decided to scrap the launch.
The Orion capsule is orbiting the Moon to see if the ship is safe for people in the near future. At some point, Artemis aims to place a woman and a person of color on the Moon for the first time.
During the 42-day journey, Orion will follow an elliptical course around the Moon, within 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach and 40,000 miles at its farthest — designed to carry humans. will be the deepest in space by a single craft.
One of the main objectives is to test the capsule’s heat shield, which at 16 feet in diameter is the largest ever built.
Upon returning to Earth’s atmosphere, the heat shield would withstand speeds of up to 25,000 mph and temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 degrees Celsius)—about half as hot as the Sun.
NASA is expected to spend $93 billion between 2012 and 2025 Artemis ProgramWhich is already years behind schedule, at a cost of $4.1 billion per launch.
next mission, artemis 2Will take astronauts into orbit around the Moon without landing on its surface.
The crew of Artemis 3 is to land on the Moon in 2025 at the earliest.
And since humans have already visited the Moon, Artemis has another lofty goal set on it: a crewed mission to Mars.
The Artemis program aims to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon with an orbiting space station known as the Gateway and a base on the surface.
The gateway will serve as a staging and refueling station for a trip to the Red Planet that will take at least several months.
Much Awaited Unmanned Mission – Dubbed artemis 1 Will bring the United States one step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon, five decades after humans last walked on the lunar surface.
Blastoff was planned for Monday morning, but was canceled because a test to get one of the rocket’s four RS-25 engines into the proper temperature range for launch was not successful.
Artemis 1 mission manager Mike Sarafin announced the date of the new launch attempt during a media briefing on Tuesday, and NASA later tweeted that the two-hour launch window would begin at 2:17 p.m. (1817 GMT) on Saturday .
Named after Apollo’s twin sister, Artemis 1 aims to test-fire a 322-foot (98 m) Space Launch System rocket and Orion Crew Capsule who sits on top.
Sensor-equipped effigies stand for astronauts on the mission and will record acceleration, vibration and radiation levels.
Thousands of people—including the US Vice President Kamala Harris – Apollo 17 gathered to watch the launch 50 years after the astronauts last set foot on the Moon.
Ahead of Monday’s planned launch, the filling of the orange-and-white rocket with ultra-cold liquid hydrogen and oxygen was briefly delayed by the risk of a lightning strike.
A possible leak was detected while filling the main stage with hydrogen, which led to a halt. After the test, the flow resumed.
NASA engineers later discovered an engine temperature problem and decided to scrap the launch.
The Orion capsule is orbiting the Moon to see if the ship is safe for people in the near future. At some point, Artemis aims to place a woman and a person of color on the Moon for the first time.
During the 42-day journey, Orion will follow an elliptical course around the Moon, within 60 miles (100 kilometers) at its closest approach and 40,000 miles at its farthest — designed to carry humans. will be the deepest in space by a single craft.
One of the main objectives is to test the capsule’s heat shield, which at 16 feet in diameter is the largest ever built.
Upon returning to Earth’s atmosphere, the heat shield would withstand speeds of up to 25,000 mph and temperatures of 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit (2,760 degrees Celsius)—about half as hot as the Sun.
NASA is expected to spend $93 billion between 2012 and 2025 Artemis ProgramWhich is already years behind schedule, at a cost of $4.1 billion per launch.
next mission, artemis 2Will take astronauts into orbit around the Moon without landing on its surface.
The crew of Artemis 3 is to land on the Moon in 2025 at the earliest.
And since humans have already visited the Moon, Artemis has another lofty goal set on it: a crewed mission to Mars.
The Artemis program aims to establish a permanent human presence on the Moon with an orbiting space station known as the Gateway and a base on the surface.
The gateway will serve as a staging and refueling station for a trip to the Red Planet that will take at least several months.