Thirty-three years after the historic Apollo mission, NASA is set to once again send astronauts to the Moon with the launch of its Artemis I on August 29. The joint SLS-Orion spacecraft will take off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral. To send an unpowered capsule around the Moon and back to Earth on a six-week test flight called Artemis I.
after separating from rocketOver 2,300 miles (3,700 km) of upper stage Earth, orionK thrusters will send the capsule on its outbound course, bringing it closer to 60 miles, or 100 km, to the lunar surface before traveling about 40,000 miles (64,400 km) beyond the Moon and back to Earth. The capsule is scheduled to splash down in the Pacific Ocean on October 10.
during Artemis I The mission will travel more than 40,000 miles from the Moon in a flight test with the Orion SLS rocket.
Orion will carry an excited crew consisting of one male and two female mannequins that will be equipped with sensors to measure the level of radiation that a real-life crew would encounter. NASA plans to land first woman and first person of color MoonThrough his Artemis mission.
The trip is intended to have the SLS vehicle undergo a rigorous test before it is considered ready to carry astronauts.
How and where to watch?
NASA will live streaming launch of Artemis I To the Moon on its official pages on various social media platforms including Facebook, instagram And Twitter,
Artemis I launch schedule
NASA will start broadcasting launch While loading the propellant into the SLS at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 29 August. After the launch around 6:03 IST, the space agency will share mission updates with its top officials including Bill Nelson, Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin and other important Artemis officials. Beginning August 30, the live stream will switch to coverage of Orion’s outbound trajectory.