NASA has confirmed that it remains connected way for the motorboat of the Artemis I Moon ngo during a two-hour motorboat model that opens astatine 1:04 a.m. EST connected Wednesday, November 16.
The launch countdown volition statesman astatine 1:24 a.m. connected Monday, November 14.
Artemis I is the archetypal integrated formation trial of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, and the crushed systems astatine the agency’s Kennedy Space Center successful Florida. SLS is simply a ace heavy-lift motorboat conveyance with unprecedented powerfulness and capabilities that provides the instauration for quality exploration beyond Earth’s orbit. Orion is NASA’s caller quality spacecraft for deep-space missions that volition service arsenic the exploration conveyance that volition transportation the unit to space, supply exigency abort capability, prolong astronauts during their missions and supply harmless re-entry from heavy abstraction instrumentality velocities. The Artemis I ngo volition pave the mode for a crewed trial formation and aboriginal quality lunar exploration arsenic portion of Artemis.
Following Hurricane Nicole, teams conducted thorough assessments of the rocket, spacecraft, and associated crushed systems and confirmed that determination were nary important impacts from the terrible weather. The SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft arrived astatine Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B connected November 4 and rode out the tempest there.
Live sum of briefings and events volition aerial connected NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website at: https://www.nasa.gov/live
Engineers antecedently rolled the rocket back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) connected September 26 up of Hurricane Ian and aft waving disconnected 2 erstwhile motorboat attempts connected August 29 owed to a faulty somesthesia sensor, and September 4 owed to a liquid hydrogen leak astatine an interface betwixt the rocket and mobile launcher. Before to rolling backmost to the VAB, teams successfully repaired the leak and demonstrated updated tanking procedures. While successful the VAB, teams performed modular attraction to repair insignificant harm to the foam and cork connected the thermal extortion strategy and recharge oregon regenerate batteries passim the system.
Full motorboat sum is arsenic follows. All times are Eastern, and the accusation is taxable to change.
Sunday, November 13
7 p.m.: NASA volition clasp a prelaunch media teleconference pursuing a ngo absorption squad gathering with the pursuing participants:
- Bill Nelson, NASA administrator
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis ngo manager, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis motorboat director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy
- Emily Nelson, main formation director, NASA Johnson
- Melody Lovin, upwind officer, U.S. Space Launch Delta 45
Monday, November 14
12 p.m.: NASA volition clasp a prelaunch media briefing connected NASA TV to supply a presumption connected the motorboat countdown with the pursuing participants:
Jeremy Parsons, Exploration Ground Systems Program lawman manager, NASA Kennedy
Melody Lovin, upwind officer, U.S. Space Launch Delta 45
Tuesday, November 15
3:30 p.m.: NASA TV commentary sum of tanking operations to load propellant into the SLS rocket begins, including views of the rocket and Launch Control Center, and audio from a commentator.
10:30 p.m.: NASA TV commentary sum of motorboat begins successful English. Coverage volition proceed done translunar injection and spacecraft separation, mounting Orion connected its way to the Moon.
Wednesday, November 16
12 a.m.: NASA TV commentary sum of motorboat begins successful Spanish connected NASA’s Spanish-language YouTube relationship and volition proceed astir 15 minutes aft liftoff. Mission sum updates volition beryllium posted connected the NASA en español societal media channels.
4 a.m.: NASA TV sum of the postlaunch quality league volition travel astir 1 hr aft the unrecorded motorboat broadcast ends. Coverage commencement clip is taxable to change, based connected the nonstop liftoff time. The postlaunch quality league volition see the pursuing participants:
- Bill Nelson, NASA administrator
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis ngo manager, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems Program manager, Kennedy
- John Honeycutt, Space Launch System Program manager, Marshall
- Howard Hu, Orion Program manager, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
- Emily Nelson, main formation director, Johnson
8:30 a.m.: NASA TV commentary sum of Orion’s archetypal outbound trajectory pain connected the mode to the Moon. Coverage commencement clip is taxable to change, based connected the nonstop liftoff time.
10 a.m.: NASA TV commentary sum of archetypal Earth views from Orion during outbound seashore to the Moon.
NASA Television sum of further events passim the ngo is available online.
Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the nationalist tin registry to be the launch virtually. NASA’s virtual impermanent programme for the ngo includes curated motorboat resources, notifications astir related opportunities oregon changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual impermanent passport pursuing a palmy launch.
Watch, Engage connected Social Media
Stay connected with the ngo and fto radical cognize you are pursuing the motorboat connected Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #Artemis. Follow and tag these accounts:
- Twitter: @NASA, @NASAArtemis
- Facebook: NASA, NASAArtemis
- Instagram: NASA, NASAArtemis
The nationalist tin way the Artemis I ngo arsenic it happens utilizing to Artemis Real-time Orbit Website, which volition supply accusation astir wherever Orion is successful narration to the Earth and the Moon. Individuals besides tin besides download a virtual boarding walk to commemorate the historical flight.
Through Artemis missions, NASA volition onshore the archetypal pistillate and the archetypal idiosyncratic of colour connected the lunar aboveground and found semipermanent exploration astatine the Moon successful mentation for quality missions to Mars. SLS and NASA’s Orion spacecraft, on with the commercialized quality landing strategy and the Gateway successful orbit astir the Moon, are NASA’s backbone for heavy abstraction exploration. SLS is the lone rocket that tin nonstop Orion, astronauts, and supplies to the Moon successful a azygous mission.