NASA’s massive rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), is ready to blast off Monday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atop the rocket sits Orion, the spacecraft that will eventually take astronauts to the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This mission \u2014 dubbed Artemis I \u2014 is a critical test of several things: how SLS performs; how Orion performs; and how its heat shield holds up upon re-entry after travelling to the moon and coming in at extremely high speeds. It would be a significant milestone in the space agency\u2019s initiatives to bring humans back to the Moon\u2019s surface for the first time since 1972. The SLS massive rocket will carry the crew capsule around the Moon further than any spacecraft made for humans has ever done, before returning to Earth for a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About Artemis:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Artemis-1 will test how well SLS and Orion can complete a mission to the Moon and back and will ensure that both rocket and the spacecraft can safely ferry astronauts that far into space and back. The spacecraft will stay in orbit for approximately six days to collect data and allow mission controllers to assess the performance of the spacecraft. According to a news release from the agency, the unmanned mission will be the \u201c1st integrated test of NASA\u2019s deep space exploration system,\u201d which incorporates the Orion spacecraft, the SLS rocket, and the ground structures at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. \u201cThis is a mission that truly will do what hasn\u2019t been done and learn what isn\u2019t known,\u201d Mike Sarafin, Artemis 1 mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington, said in the news release. \u201cIt will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.\u201d Since the Saturn V mission in the 1960s and 1970s, the SLS rocket is the most dynamic one ever built. Up until this point, it was parked within a structure at Florida\u2019s Kennedy Space Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How The Rocket Will Manoeuver:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The rocket will travel 4.2 miles from NASA\u2019s Vehicle Assembly Complex to the launchpad at an average speed of 1 to 2 miles per hour in about 10 hours. The Orion spacecraft, designed to transport astronauts on trips into orbit lasting up to a few weeks, is perched atop this rocket. The mission will endure for around three weeks and conclude with proof of Orion\u2019s preparation to return to Earth in a secure way. Off the coast of Baja, California, the spacecraft will do a precise landing within the visual range of the rescue vehicle. The mission will be followed by Artemis 2, which is scheduled to orbit the moon with a crew by 2024, and Artemis 3, which is scheduled to make a moon landing with a crew by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA’s massive rocket, called the Space Launch System (SLS), is ready to blast off Monday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atop the rocket sits Orion, the spacecraft that will eventually take astronauts to the moon. 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