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On August 29, NASA’s moon-focused Space Launch System rocket Artemis I was to be launched for the first time. But due to some engine problem at the last moment, the launch schedule has been pushed back.
Artemis I is named after the fabled Greek moon goddess and twin of Apollo, Artemis.
This unmanned mission, formerly known as Exploration Mission 1, tests the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion Module.
From Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, the SLS will lift off, and Orion will travel to the Moon.
It will travel 40,000 miles beyond the moon and 62 miles above it in its orbit.
The module will arrive in the Pacific Ocean close to California after traveling for 20 to 25 days.
Considering that it is the largest and most potent rocket to launch from the Space Coast in years, excitement is strong.
Using astronauts, Artemis II will complete the same mission, and two astronauts will be placed on board Artemis III.
Exploration Mission-1 was formerly known as Artemis 1, the first space mission in NASA’s Artemis program and a proposed unmanned Moon orbiting mission. Additionally, it is the first launch of the entire Orion spacecraft as well as the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The test flight is now planned to launch on September 2, 2022, at 16:48 UTC from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, which is also where Apollo 10 was launched 53 years ago.
All the rocket stages and spacecraft that will be utilized in subsequent Artemis missions will be tested during Artemis 1’s six-week duration. Ten CubeSat satellites will be launched, and the Orion spacecraft will enter a lunar orbit after executing a trans-lunar injection (burn to the Moon).
