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NASA's nighttime Artemis 1 moon rocket
launch will light up Florida's coast
Image Credit: NASA
Nasa is all set to launch its ambitious vibrations to further better the systems when
Artemis-1 mission to the Moon on 16 th humans jump onboard.
November 2022. The mission is aimed at During the first attempt, the rocket was hit by
demonstrating the technological an engine snag as engineers were unable to
advancement in designs, systems, and life properly chill one of the rocket’s four main
support of the spacecraft that has been engines. They struggled to pinpoint the
made in the 50 years since humans last source of the problem well after the launch
walked on the Moon in 1972.
postponement was announced and while the
The Space Launch System (SLS) with the fault did not appear to be with the engine, it
Orion spacecraft will launch from the was with the plumbing leading to it.
Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral When the rocket returned to the pad for the
in a two-hour launch window that opens at third attempt, nature played the villain. With
11:34 am. The launch will be a foundation Hurricane Ian barreling down on Florida,
for a future crewed mission as countries Nasa decided to remove the rocket from the
from across the world ready their plans to pad and further delay the launch to
launch to the Moon.
November.
The Orion spacecraft will travel a distance of The space agency wants to send the capsule
over 60,000 kilometers away from the Moon into lunar orbit on a trial run, before putting
and return with a splashdown in December astronauts on the next flight, in 2024. That
on Earth. While no humans will be around-the-moon mission would pave the
onboard the demonstration flight, dummies way for the first human moon landing in 50
are being sent on the journey, who will years, currently scheduled for 2025.
measure the acoustics, radiations, and
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