Tribunnews Reporter, Namira Yunia Lestanti
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Launching Rocket Artemis 1 which was planned to be launched this February, was forced to experience a delay of one month.
NASA, quoted by Reuters, delivered the launch Rocket Artemis 1 which brings a colony of living beings to explore month had to be postponed due to technical difficulties during the launch.
Although it was not specifically stated what obstacles NASA was facing, it also said that the increase in patients infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 among rocket technicians was also another reason for the delay in this launch.
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“It’s really what I call sort of a hit list of a bunch of things that we really need to get done and then we’re going to be ready to roll out the vehicle,” said Tom Whitmeyer, deputy administrator. NASA.
Known, rocket launch This Artemis 1 will later have implications for the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion crew capsule that will be sent together in the Artemis program.
This rocket launch is intended to carry out human missions in exploring month to build a colony in preparation for astronauts to go to Mars.
Before reaching the target, NASA will have to fly the SLS and Orion, which are currently in the pre-launch preparation stage.
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It took at least two weeks for the technicians to prepare for the launch. Prior to that, the Orion will be taken to the assembly site for inspection.
So far, Nasa has not provided a specific time and date for the launch of the Artemis 1 rocket to explore the Moon. However NASA estimate schedule rocket launch Artemis 1 will finish at the latest to between month April to March.
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