After a series of setbacks, the American space agency NASA now wants to send its new moon rocket into space on November 14. On this day, there is a 69-minute window for a launch of the unmanned lunar mission Artemis 1 at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, as NASA announced Wednesday.
Possible alternative dates are November 16 and 19. Due to technical problems, NASA had to cancel the planned launch of the SLS rocket twice in August and September. A launch scheduled for late September was then canceled due to Hurricane “Ian,” NASA returned the 98-foot rocket from the launch pad to a hangar.
On Wednesday, NASA said research and analysis had confirmed that only “minimal work” was needed to prepare the rocket and space capsule “Orion” for launch. The rocket could be returned to the launch pad as early as November 4.
Test under real conditions
50 years after the last moon landing, NASA wants to re-prepare for human journeys to the moon with the “Artemis 1” mission. During the unmanned mission, the new gigantic rocket SLS (pictured below) and the “Orion” capsule on its tip will have to be tested under real conditions.
Named after the Greek goddess of the moon, the follow-up missions “Artemis 2” are intended to put astronauts into orbit around the moon and land back on the moon with “Artemis 3” at the earliest in 2025.
Source: Krone
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