MISSION to the moon Artemis I is drawing near. The United States Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has just set a launch date to bring its rocket to the Moon.
For now, the spacecraft and its rockets are preparing to be taken to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Preparations for launch are carried out on March 17, 2022 local time
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The vehicle used is the Orion spacecraft which uses the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, also known as the Mega Moon, to counter Earth’s gravity. This vehicle runs as far as 6.4 kilometers from the Kennedy Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch Pad 39B.
“The transfer started at 5 p.m. local time, will take about 11 hours to reach its destination, carried by Crawler-transporter 2,” said Charlie Blackweel Thompson, director of the Exploration Ground Systems Program at NASA. Live Science.
Then, after the spacecraft and rockets are positioned on the launch pad. Para engineer takes approximately two weeks to prepare wet dress rehearsal. It was so named, because the tests showed that the rocket could be loaded with supercooled liquid propellant.
Thompson explains, Call to Stations for dress rehearsal wet dress rehearsal likely done on April 1st, and surgery tanking is predicted to start on April 3.
Technicians and team engineer will also practice a launch countdown, to test the rocket’s response in a stop-flight scenario, before draining the fuel tanks, completing exercises, and preparing the rocket to return to VAB, which takes another 8-9 days.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft, reportedly can accommodate up to four people. However, it is planned that there will be no crew on board the Artemis I mission later this year.
However, on future Artemis missions, Orion will take astronauts into space. Then carry out missions on the Moon, and keep the crew safe when entering and returning from space.
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Then the SLS rocket is the most powerful rocket ever made by NASA. The rocket is capable of producing 15 percent more thrust during takeoff and ascent than the Saturn V rocket. The SLS rocket is capable of carrying a payload of more than 27 tons to the Moon.
If all tests have been carried out properly, NASA will only set an official launch date for Artemis I. Currently, Artemis I is registered as a spacecraft that will launch no earlier than May 2022.
Little information, Artemis I is an unmanned mission that will fly thousands of miles in lunar orbit, then return to Earth after about three weeks.
Then, the next part of the mission, Artemis II, will take the crew to fly to the Moon. After that, in the final stage of the program, Artemis III, will bring humans to the surface of the Moon for the first time since Apollo 17 landed on the moon in 1972.
Going forward, with Artemis III, NASA will land the first woman and first non-white person on the moon. The milestone will also lay an important foundation for establishing a long-term human presence on the moon.
In addition, the move will play an important role in space travel’s more ambitious goal, which is to send the first humans to Mars. (Ryn)
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