The launch of Artemis I is within touching distance.
Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at approximately 07:30 am EDT after a 10-hour journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building .an August 29 launch date for its Artemis I mission, which will see SLS launch the agency's Orion capsule on a trip to the moon and back. This came after the space agency successfully completed a much-delayed wet dress rehearsal in June, during which it filled SLS with fuel and performed a simulated countdown that stopped just short of launch.
Up to launch, NASA says "engineers and technicians will configure systems at the pad for launch" and that "teams have worked to refine operations and procedures and have incorporated lessons learned from the wet dress rehearsal test campaign and have updated the launch timeline accordingly.". It can send more than 27 metric tons or 59,500 pounds to orbits beyond the moon. It's powered by twin five-segment solid rocket boosters and four RS-25 liquid propellant engines.
It will be a momentous occasion for NASA, its partners, and for the world, as it will be the first time the space agency has sent a large mission to the moon since Apollo 17 in 1972 — Rocket Lab did recently launch a small cubesat towards the moon forThe mission will also pave the way for Artemis II, which will send astronauts on the same trip around the moon and back.
. Artemis III will send astronauts to the lunar surface for the first time since Apollo 17, including the first woman and person of color to reach the moon.If Artemis I does launch on August 29, it is expected to return and make a splashdown over the Pacific Ocean on October 10. The mission will have lasted approximately 42 days. However, NASA has also set asideof September 2 and 5 in case preparations aren't completed by the first window or weather conditions are unfavorable.
For the time being, it seems like preparations are going smoothly and we may finally see the much-delated launch of SLS take place this summer. Though the SLS program has faced criticism for
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