The rollout of NASA to Launch Pad 39B has now moved up to tomorrow, 16th August 2022
A NASA-led plan to send people into space, called Artemis, aims to study the Moon. The first landing attempt is scheduled for the lunar south pole in 2024. The first crewed lunar landing mission since Apollo 17, the final crewed mission of the Apollo program, in December 1972 will take place if the Artemis program is successful. The project is expected to be a global collaboration between for-profit space companies and governmental space organizations.
On Monday, NASA’s Exploration Ground systems tweeted “The rollout of @NASA_SLS & @NASA_Orion to Launch Pad 39B has now moved up to tomorrow, the evening of Aug. 16, ahead of the targeted Aug. 29 launch.”
ARTEMIS I UPDATE: The rollout of @NASA_SLS & @NASA_Orion to Launch Pad 39B has now moved up to tomorrow, the evening of Aug. 16, ahead of the targeted Aug. 29 launch. Stay tuned for more information as well as ongoing coverage. pic.twitter.com/28kRuwB4pN
— NASA's Exploration Ground Systems (@NASAGroundSys) August 15, 2022
The multiple parts of the SLS rocket as well as the complete flight and launch systems will be tested and inspected during the Artemis 1 mission on August 29. both on the moon’s successful deep space orbit and on the way back.
Mike Serafin, NASA’s Artemis 1 mission manager said,” In order to better comprehend both our engineering uncertainties and the flying environment from takeoff to splash down, we will use all of this information.”
Before the first class of Artemis astronauts boards, the Orion spacecraft for Artemis 2, which is projected to happen in 2024, all of this is done to make sure that it works as intended. If all goes according to plan with the test mission.
