NASA continues to prepare for a major attempt to pave the way for the launch of its 1 -month mission Artemis.
Artemisa 1 using a large -scale Space Launch System (SLS) to send an Orion capsule on a non -flying voyage around the moon. It was the first flight for the SLS and the second for Orion, which flew a non -flight mission to Earth orbit in 2014.
NASA rolled the Artemis 1 SLS-Orion spacecraft out to the starting class at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center last week for some tests. The main of these is a “wet suit,” which takes the SLS and Orion through most of their process on the start day, launching a massive rocket. (This is the meaning of “mākū”.)
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The technicians chose more boxes than clean wet clothes, scheduled for April 3 or so. For example, they have “integrated a wide range of earth support equipment into rocket and spacecraft, including electricity, nuclear fuel and cryogenic propellant lines,” NASA officials said. wrote in a new article on Wednesday (March 23).
“Technology testing is underway to ensure the continuity of the systems as planned with the rocket and aircraft currently stationed on the pad,” they said. “In addition, technicians will provide air -protective clothing, or SCAPE clothing, for training operations in the event of a crisis on the board during evacuation and start -up.”
There is no start date for Artemis 1; one will be selected after the teams evaluate data from fabric testing and other experiments, NASA officials said. (The mission may not begin before this June.)
Artemis 1 is the moon larger than NASA’s first missionary Your Artemis programwhich expects to establish a permanent orbit around the moon by the end of 2020. If all goes according to plan, Artemis 2 will send astronauts around the moon in 2024, and Artemis 3 will land on the lunar surface in 2025 or 2026.
Mike Wall is the author of “Outside“(Grand Central Publishing, 2018; edited by Karl Tate), a book about exploring alien life. Follow him on Twitter @michaeldwall. Follow us on Twitter @Spacedotcom or at Facebook.
