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NASA says the Artemis 1 moon mission launch effort is ready for launch on November 14, 2022. Photo / NASA
NASA officials in a conference call with the media said that launching the highly anticipated Artemis 1 mission to the moon would be challenging: “If we hadn’t been confident, we wouldn’t have launched it,” he said.
The Artemis 1 mission stack consists of a large Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft. The SLS rocket has been in the VAB for five weeks, NASA engineers have replaced the hardware of the SLS flight termination system.
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They also recharge Orion batteries and replace charging batteries, including those on 10 mission trips. “The work on the VAB is progressing smoothly. We were able to protect the rocket from the storm and were able to carry out inspections for repairs,” said Cliff Lanham, Senior Vehicle Operations Manager of the Exploration Soil Systems Program at KSC.
Lanham added that the pre-flight work process was almost complete and the NASA team at KSC had begun preparing for the launch of Launch Pad 39. He admitted that the team’s enthusiasm had never waned despite previous delays in the flight. mission.
The Artemis 1 mission will send the unmanned Orion on a long journey to the lunar orbit and back. This is the first mission of NASA’s Artemis lunar exploration program, which aims to locate people near the moon’s south pole by 2025 or 2026.
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Further establish a sustainable human presence on and around the moon by the end of the decade. “This is a challenging mission,” said Jim Free, associate director of the exploration systems development mission leadership at NASA’s Washington DC headquarters.
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