The SLS rocket with the Orion capsule has arrived at Launch Pad 39B on the Kennedy Area Middle. That is the ultimate stage of preparation for the primary astronaut flight to the Moon in over half a century.
The enormous Area Launch System (SLS) rocket, together with the Orion capsule, was moved to Launch Pad 39B on the Kennedy Area Middle in Florida on Saturday, January 17. This occasion marks the ultimate stage of preparations for the primary crewed flight to the Moon in over half a century. NASA introduced this on its X social media web page, writes UNN.
Particulars
The journey of the 98-meter-tall, 5-million-kilogram rocket from the Automobile Meeting Constructing to the pad took over 11 hours. The transport was carried out on a modernized crawler-transporter from the Apollo program period at a velocity of 1.6 km/h.
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Hundreds of NASA workers and their households, in addition to the company's new administrator Jared Isaacman and the mission crew, noticed the method. Crew commander Reid Wiseman known as the second "awe-inspiring."
Crew and Mission Schedule
The Artemis 2 mission will final 10 days and includes a lunar flyby with out a floor touchdown. The crew contains:
- Reid Wiseman (Commander, NASA);
- Victor Glover (Pilot, NASA);
- Christina Koch (Mission Specialist, NASA);
- Jeremy Hansen (Mission Specialist, Canadian Area Company).
They would be the first people to strategy the Moon because the finish of the Apollo program in 1972.
Subsequent Steps
NASA plans to conduct a moist gown rehearsal in early February. Solely after the profitable completion of this check will the precise launch date be introduced. The preliminary launch window opens on February 6, 2026.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman emphasised that the company has solely a restricted variety of days for a February launch because of orbital constraints, in any other case the mission must be postponed till March or April.
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