NASA successfully launched the Space Launch System, a Moon-bound megarocket that NASA had previously failed to launch. This rocket will take it beyond the far side. The MoonAnd back – further than any other habitable spacecraft so far.
NASA’s Artemis 1 mission marks the beginning of its plan to return to Moon for the first-time in 50 years. NASA plans to eventually travel to Mars by 2030.
We are moving.
The first time that the @NASA_SLSRocket and @NASA_OrionFly together #ArtemisI start a new chapter for human lunar exploration. pic.twitter.com/vmC64Qgft9
— NASA (@NASA) November 16, 2022
The rocket was launched Wednesday, 16 November 2022 at 0648 UTC from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
NASA announced at 0657 UTC that the SLS rocket had achieved main engine cutoff according to the mission timeline. The RS-25 engines started and the core had separated.
Next is the deployment of solar arrays so that the rocket can run on the Sun.
The test flight will be uncrewed and travel 64,000km (40,000 miles) beyond where the Moon is.
The mission will take place over 25 days, 11 hours, and 36 minutes. After covering a distance of 2.09M km (1.3M miles), the Space Launch System (SLS), will return to Earth on December 11, 2022.
This mission is the first of a series of more complex missions that will take people back to the Moon, for the first time since December 1972.
The new SLS being used is the most powerful rocket NASA has ever launched, and it’ll not only travel to the Moon – further than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown – However, you can also deploy small satellites.
The Orion Crew Capsule will have a variety of activities. A little strange combinationof mannequins and artifacts, mementos and zero-gravity indicator.
It is important to test the crew conditions and practice the operation of the spacecraft in order to ensure that it is safe for future crew.
NASA will launch Artemis 2 in 2024 using a Space Launch System rocket that is even more powerful.Assuming the spacesuits can be used immediately).
Artemis 3 is planned for 2025. It will try to land the first woman of color and the first person to reach the Moon’s South Pole.
The Artemis 4 mission will send astronauts to Gateway, a mini-lunar station in 2027.
